I’m always searching for something. We all are, but it happens to be my job. With a world of information out there, finding what you want can be more difficult than finding a needle in a haystack. (Use a strong magnet, be prepared to find many, tiny bits of bailing wire.) It’s a life skill. You have to know what subject headings to use, when to narrow your search, and when to broaden your search. That’s why I was intrigued when my searching came across the word “Googlewhack”.
A Googlewhack is a search consisting of two ordinary words without quotation marks, that returns exactly one hit. I have never had a Googlewhack on Google, but when I looked at some of the subject headings in our Staff Picks books for kids and teens (Wood lice (Crustaceans) -- Juvenile fiction), I thought it could be a fun exercise to try in our catalog. Go ahead, give it a shot. Here are some word pairs to get you started. Each will return one title in our catalog.
• movable papa
• snakebites orphans
• tundras blessings
• ex-convicts authorship
• rootless degradation
Mary Kretsch
Information Specialist
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