Add a search
Each search in a Super Search page is a link with a %s token where your
query goes, for example https://core.ac.uk/search?q=%s. There are two easy
ways to make one — you never have to write the %s by hand.
Option 1 — from a search link
Best when a site has its own search box.
On the site you want — a library catalogue, a database, a journal — run a normal search for a distinctive two-word phrase such as
climate migration. Two words with a space are easy to spot in the address and reveal how the site handles spaces; avoid single common words.Copy the full address from your browser's address bar. It will contain your phrase, e.g.
…doSearch?Query=climate+migration.Paste it into the link converter (or the builder's "Add from a search link" panel) and tell it the phrase. It produces
…doSearch?Query=%s, ready to drop into a section.Option 2 — a site search
Best when a site has poor or no search of its own — which is most of them. Instead of using the site's search, you search it through Google.
In the builder's + Add a site search panel, type just the
website address, e.g. economist.com, and it builds:
https://www.google.com/search?q=site:economist.com+%s
Tick UK Google to use google.co.uk instead.
This is exactly how many of the searches in the templates work — the news titles, the
magazines, and the UK academic search are all Google site searches.
What the converter recognises
Your phrase can be written into a link in different ways. The converter checks the common forms automatically:
climate+migration spaces written as + climate%20migration spaces written as %20 in the query string …?q=climate+migration -> …?q=%s in the path …/search/climate+migration -> …/search/%s with extra settings …?q=climate+migration&sort=date -> …?q=%s&sort=date