Help with topic browsing
Use the Browse social care topics to find records by topic and see how topics are related.
Hot topics
Your topics
The topic tree
How to combine topics
How to view related topics
How to search for topics
Hot topics
This is a list of the most viewed or searched topics in the last two weeks in order of most popular first.
You can sign up and select your own topics of interest these will appear on the homepage instead.
To select your topics of interest to appear on the home page please visit the sign-up page
Your topics
If you sign in to Social Care Online the homepage will display any topics of interest you have selected.
You can change your selected topics at any time by visiting the log-in page
The topic tree
The top level of the topic tree has fifteen main topic areas. Use these to find your topic of interest.
Key
Each topic has:
- A plus sign next to it. Use this to expand the topic tree to reveal sub-topics
- A tick box. Tick the box to select the topic, add it to the combine topics box and display any related terms (see example below)
- A topic title. Click on the title to view all the records for that topic
- A number in brackets. This is the number of records in this topic
- An RSS feed button. View more information on RSS feeds
How to combine topics
Tick the box beside a topic to add that topic to the Combine topics box. Navigate through the topic tree and add any additional topics you require. Click on 'Search' to view the records for these topics or reset the search by selecting 'clear'.
Note: adding more than two topics may dramatically reduce the results returned
Note: Combine topics uses AND so will only produce results that include both topics. To search more than one topic e.g. adoption or fostering, use the Intermediate or Advanced search options.
How to view related topics
Tick the box beside a topic and any terms related to that topic will apear to the right of the topic tree. These can also be selected or added to the Combine topics box. See below for an example:
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How to search for topics
To find a topic add a word to the find topic search box and press Search.
If the topic is recognised the search will return a list of topics that include your search term and highlight them with a red arrow. See below for an example using 'law':
