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After logging in, the main menu bar contains a grey ‘search’ box, which is retained throughout Skylark. This will perform a simple keyword search at any time during your Skylark session. Keyword searches will return matches from variable names or labels, and are not case sensitive. | After logging in, the main menu bar contains a grey ‘search’ box, which is retained throughout Skylark. This will perform a simple keyword search at any time during your Skylark session. Keyword searches will return matches from variable names or labels, and are not case sensitive. | ||
- | **N.B.** multi-term | + | \\ |
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+ | **Keyword search parameters** | ||
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+ | The keyword search function has been updated in the latest Skylark release to be more intuitive and flexible. | ||
+ | The default setting for a multi-term | ||
+ | e.g. if you make a standard keyword | ||
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+ | You can use the modifiers - + and “ next to one or more search terms to change the focus of a keyword search. | ||
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+ | ^Modifier ^Use | ||
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+ | Combinations of the above multipliers can also be used, e.g. //“blood pressure” –diastolic// will exclude all variables with diastolic in the description, | ||
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+ | **N.B.** Please do not specify Boolean search terms e.g. AND, OR, NOT in a keyword search, as they will give many unexpected results! | ||
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- | A {{library_files.pdf|guide}} to the NSHD data libraries and their contents is available. | + | A {{library_files.pdf|guide}} to the older NSHD data libraries and their contents is also available. |
* **However**, | * **However**, | ||
- | * Also, many of the libraries relate to various sub-studies that have taken place over the years. In some cases, the variables will contain only a few hundred cases, rather than the full sample. Please use the frequency tables for individual variables present on Skylark to check the details, prior to adding to your basket. | + | * Also, many of the libraries relate to various sub-studies that have taken place over the years. In some cases, the variables will contain only a few hundred cases, rather than the full sample. Please use the frequency tables for individual variables present on Skylark to check the details, prior to adding to your basket. |
+ | * The [[mrepo: | ||
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+ | * For a quick way to view all available variables from the [[mrepo: | ||
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* Hospital episodes (HES) | * Hospital episodes (HES) | ||
- | If you think your project may require access to these kinds of data, or other sensitive variables unavailable via Skylark due to a raised level of risk of reidentification to NSHD study members, please [[mrclha.swiftinfo@ucl.ac.uk|contact us]]. It may be possible for you to access these data from inside the Unit. | + | If you think your project may require access to these kinds of data, __or__ |
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