Surf3D AGENT: CensusAgent_1.xo WHAT IT DOES: Gathers report abstracts from www.census.gov WHAT ITS GOOD FOR Researching population and demographics in the US Census and gathering available PDF documents On a per web page node basis: Metric A counts the word 'population' and extracts sentences Metric B counts 'education, training, vocation, and extracts sentences Metric C counts occurence of .pdf .jpg .jpeg .fls documents Getting relevant report summaries for the many census documents Getting extracts from reports containing chosen word terms HOW IT WORKS: Drills down into each census document in your census web page search results and extracts sentences and report listings containing your preferred extraction keywords HOW TO SET IT UP: Save-As the provided CensusAgent_1.xo to a new name, such asAsianPopulation.xo Type preferred search term keywords into the OR line of the main Agent (X) window such as Korean, Cambodian, Vietnamese Type preferred text extract keywords into the Metric channel lines A and B such Immigration and Cluster and Density HOW TO USE IT: Start your Web Browser Go to this URL: http://www.census.gov/ Type in any search terms into theCensus search window and submit The Census search results are displayed in your browser Go to the Surf3D main Agent window and click the GET-URL button Now click the right pointing triangle on the main Surf3D toolbar to start the agent VARIATIONS TO TRY: Browse the different view buttons #1 through #8 Try different searches with different keywords for text extraction Try different searches with different keywords for OR line evaluation Make agents for different news topics by changing keywords