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Finding aid - Wikipedia

Finding aid ... A finding aid, in the context of archival science and archival research, is an organization tool, a document containing detailed and processed ...

Library of Congress Finding Aids: Search/Browse

Search Library of Congress finding aids by keyword. Browse finding by collection, date, LC location, name, name/title, and subject. Finding aids are XML ...

Introduction to Archival Research: What is a Finding Aid?

Each collection in an archive should have a dedicated Finding Aid. Though the Finding Aid may be an unfamiliar document at first, most Finding ...

What is a finding aid, and how do I use it? - LibAnswers

Each finding aid will also include biographical information about the creator of the collection, and often historical background for the material, allowing ...

Finding Aids Default - Missouri Secretary of State

The Missouri State Archives collections are non-circulating. Permanent state government records housed in the Missouri State Archives stacks area are available ...

SAA Dictionary: finding aid - Society of American Archivists

Finding aid is a broad term that covers any type of description or means of reference made or received by an archival repository.

How to Read a Finding Aid - Primary Sources in Archives & Special ...

How to Read a Finding Aid. A Finding Aid is a document that provides a description of an archival collection to guide people in using the ...

Finding Aids | The Art Institute of Chicago

Finding aids are text documents and do not contain images or other digital content. To access digitized objects from the Archives' collections, please visit our ...

Archival Finding Aids | American Institute of Physics - AIP.ORG

A finding aid is a tool created by records professionals to give information about the contents of archival collections. Finding aids provide detailed ...

Finding Aid Type | National Archives

Finding aids are tools that help a user find information in a specific record group, collection, or series of archival materials. Examples of finding aids ...

Reading a Finding Aid - A Guide to Primary Sources at the Archives ...

Summary Information. This part of finding aid states the collection title, collection number, and dates of the material. The extent will tell ...

What is a finding aid? - Ask a Librarian

A finding aid conveys useful information about an individual collection, including an inventory of the series, containers, and folders; ...

Using a finding aid - Visiting Special Collections - Research Guides

A finding aid is a descriptive guide for archival collections and usually includes information about the creator of the materials, formats included, dates ...

What is a finding aid? - Ask Us! - UCLA Library

A: A finding aid is a guide that describes what is contained in a collection of archival materials. Finding aids enable you to locate and request materials from ...

Archival Processing: Finding Aid Notes - Guides @ UF

Overview. Finding aids typically contain the following descriptive notes: abstract, biographical/historical note, collection level scope and ...

So, what is a finding aid? - Archives and Special Collections

A finding aid contains information relating to a specific collection. They are created by archivists and used by researchers to help determine ...

What is a Finding Aid? - Ball State University Archives and Special ...

Finding Aid. A finding aid is a descriptive guide or outline of an archival collection to assist researchers in understanding the content of the ...

Archival Guides - Rare and Manuscript Collections - Cornell University

To search a more complete list of our collections, use the Cornell University Library Catalog. You can find collections with finding aids by searching below.

How to Use Our Finding Aids - Northeastern University Library

A finding aid describes the holdings and context of a collection of archival records. In our finding aids you will...

What is a Finding Aid? - YouTube

This video is a deep dive into understanding Archival Finding Aids, or the documents created to describe archival collections.