Refining search results
The advanced search page allows you to narrow search results based on the type of item you are looking for in the Muckety database. This can help you get to the information you are looking for more quickly.

On the left side of the advanced search page is an area that allows you to limit the scope of your search by choosing the topic areas you wish to search in. You do not have to limit your search to one topic area. Pick as many as you feel would be appropriate.

Major topic areas include:
People, Business & finance, Education, Politics & government, Entertainment & sports, Media, Other organizations, Animals, Awards & lists, Vehicles, Places, Health, Objects, Events and Crime.

Each major topic area has sub-topic areas that can be selected as well. Choosing a major topic area will include all sub-topic areas by default.

Click the PLUS symbol to see the sub-topics within each topic area.

Once you have selected the topic areas to search, put your search terms in the search box and click the search button.

Performing an advanced search
Suppose you are looking for information related to the toolmaker Stanley. If you were to just search for Stanley you would end up with a long list of results, many of which are related to people named Stanley.

To narrow the search, you can click on the box next to the topic area that says Business on the left side of the search page and click the search button.

While there are still quite a few businesses that contain the word Stanley, the list is much smaller and focused only on the topic area you are interested in. Select the box next to the entry for Stanley, Inc. and you get the relationship map and other information about the company.

Creating a map from more than one search result
It is possible to create Muckety maps that show the relations of more than one of the items that appear in search results. As an example, let’s see if there are common connections between two technology companies – Cisco Systems and Network Appliance.

First we perform search for the two companies. The names of the companies need to be joined using the word “and,” so we search for “Cisco Systems and Network Appliance”

When we get to our search results we check the boxes next to both names and click on the Muckety map button. The resulting maps looks like the one pictured below. (When the database does not include overlapping relationships, the map that is displayed is the one that has the most relationships.)

Let’s look at one of Chicago’s political dynasties – the Daley Family. Richard J. Daley was a mayor of Chicago, his son Richard M. Daley is currently the mayor and another son, William M. Daley, was U.S. secretary of commerce.

First we search the database looking for Daley. On the results page we check the boxes next to Richard J. Daley, Richard M. Daley and William Daley and click on the Muckety map button. The resulting map looks like this:

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