Search Overview
Here's a quick overview of how to search.
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Search Type |
Example |
Finds records with |
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All Words |
Japanese Occupation |
both japanese and occupation within each record, although not necessarily next to each other |
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Any Word |
Japanese Occupation |
japanese or occupation |
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Exact Phrase |
Japanese Occupation |
japanese next to the word occupation |
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Thesaurus |
pollution |
pollution and also other synonyms to pollution like contamination |
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Linguistic |
pollution |
pollution and also linguistic variations of pollution like pollutant and polluted |
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Date |
From 1961 to 1962 |
the searched words that also fall within the specified dates |
Viewing search results
After you have keyed in your keywords and started your search, the search page appears with the number of hits produced. From here, you can view the search results for each selected archival collection. The search results page for each archival collection is quite similar and contains the following three main areas:
The Information area at the top of the page indicates the number of records that have been retrieved from the archival collection selected as well as the search term(s) used.
The Navigation area facilitates easy navigation across the pages of the search results.
The Search Results area lists the first ten records that match your search. Depending on the archival collection selected, each result usually contains at least 3 columns - a title or description and dates. Your search keywords appear in a highlighted style so they're easy to spot in the results. To view one of the results, click its title or description. To view a particular page, click on the required page number.
Here's an example of a search: