QueryPic¶

Visualise searches in Trove's newspapers and gazettes¶

What does it mean when your search in Trove's digitised newspapers returns 3 million results? QueryPic helps you explore your search results by showing you how they change over time – aggregating the number of articles matching your query by day, month, or year.

Just search in Trove, then copy and paste the url below to visualise the results.
Combine multiple searches to compare changes in language, technology, or the impact of particular events.
Click on any point in a chart to view the results for that date in Trove.
Save your chart as an image or a HTML file.

1. Enter your Trove API key¶

Get your own Trove API key and enter it below.

2. Enter your search url¶

Construct your search using the Trove web interface, then just copy and paste the url into the box below.

3. Select the scale (optional)¶

QueryPic aggregates search results by time units – either 'year', 'month', or 'day'. If you choose 'Automatic' in the list below, QueryPic will choose a unit based on the date range of your query, trying to balance resolution and efficiency:

Less than 3 months – 'day'
Between 3 months and 20 years – 'month'
More than 20 years – 'year'

If you're not happy with these results you can select your own time unit.

4. Create your chart¶

You can add as many queries as you want to a single chart.

5. Questions?¶

But what are you actually searching? For more ways of analysing Trove's digitised newspaper corpus, see the Trove Newspapers in Context of the GLAM Workbench.

How does it work? For examples of how to use Trove's facets to construct high-level visualisations like these, see Visualise Trove newspaper searches over time.

Any problems? Feel free to ask questions in the GLAM Workbench section of OzGLAM Help.

Created by Tim Sherratt for the GLAM Workbench. Support this project by becoming a GitHub sponsor.