Library|Archives Catalogs and Finding Aids
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 ...
Finding Aid Type | National Archives
Examples of finding aids include published and unpublished inventories, container and folder lists, card catalogs, calendars, indexes, registers, and ...
Catalogues & Finding Aids - The University of Nottingham
Archives and manuscripts are catalogued differently from library collections. In libraries, items relating to a particular subject are brought together into ...
Library-Archives Catalogs and Finding Aids | Wisconsin Historical ...
The entirety of the Society's Library and Archives collection are now cataloged together in the University of Wisconsin-Madison library catalog. Library ...
Manuscripts in libraries: catalog versus finding aid
During the card catalog era, finding aids generally appeared as typescripts, whether bound in book form or just stapled together in a folder.
Finding Aids vs. Library Catalogs - The Occasional Genealogist
Some finding aids are incredibly in-depth, allowing you to identify exactly the record you want to access. Some are not even as detailed as a traditional book ...
What is a finding aid, and how do I use it? - LibAnswers
A finding aid is a tool for accessing the documents and items contained within an archival collection. The aid describes the contents of the collection, ...
Finding Aids and Cataloging | Society of American Archivists
This guide was created as part of a CLIR Hidden Collections grant with the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. They used this guide to help local history ...
Using Finding Aids - Manuscript Reading Room - Library of Congress
A finding aid provides a detailed description of a collection by summarizing the types of material and overall scope of the content, conveying details about ...
Finding Aid Note | National Archives
Examples of finding aids include published and unpublished inventories, container and folder lists, card catalogs, calendars, indexes, registers ...
Archival Guides - Rare and Manuscript Collections - Cornell University
Archivists prepare guides to archival and manuscript collections, which are also known as finding aids. These guides typically contain a prose description ...
How to Read a Finding Aid - Primary Sources in Archives & Special ...
A finding aid is a document that provides a description of an archival collection to guide people in using the collection for research.
Introduction to Archival Research: Catalog Record versus Finding Aid
Finding aids provide more information than a catalog record and are designed to help you navigate archival collections to locate materials pertinent to your ...
What are...Finding Aids - City Archives & Special Collections
They provide metadata for the records. Finding aids are similar to library catalogs, which describe books and other types of media, but their ...
Library Research Guide for Finding Manuscripts and Archival ...
The finding aids linked from the WorldCat catalog records in ArchiveGrid are not searched; only the finding aids contributed by individual ...
Reading a Catalog Record for an Archival Collection
A finding aid is a detailed document prepared by archivists or librarians that informs researchers about a collection.
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 ...
Introduction to Archival Research: What is a Finding Aid?
A Finding Aid is a document written by archivists to describe an archival collection. A Finding Aid describes the history of a collection and the arrangement ...
Finding Aids to Special Collections - NYS Library
Finding Aids to Special Collections ; Barlow-Olmstead Family Papers, Papers, 1782-1958 (bulk 1850-1900) ; Barnes, Francis G., Letters, Letters ...
Finding Aids - State Archives of North Carolina
Finding aids are narrative descriptions of archival materials and often provide more detailed information about individual collections than can be found in the ...