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New Finding Aids at the Archives


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 ...

Library of Congress Finding Aids: Search/Browse

... finding by collection, date, LC location, name, name/title, and subject. Finding aids are XML documents created using the Encoded Archival Description (EAD) ...

Finding Aids Default - Missouri Secretary of State

Finding Aids are descriptions of collections, often down to the item level, for records kept by the Missouri State Archives. Finding Aids include agency or ...

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 Aid Requirements | National Archives

Finding aids are integral components of accessioning documentation and are required for all new accessions. A separate Electronic Records ...

Finding Aids | The New School Archives & Special Collections

Finding Aids describe archival collections held by The New School Archives. When a new collection becomes available for research, the finding aid for the ...

Library introduces new interface for archival finding aids

Searches also will produce more related items, since ArcLight will match keywords rather than exact phrases only. Users then can filter those ...

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 ...

Browse by Collection Title - Library of Congress Finding Aids

Browse LC finding aids by collection title. Finding aids are XML documents created using the Encoded Archival Description (EAD).

Finding Aids | The Art Institute of Chicago

Finding aids are inventories or indices that describe the contents and context of an archival collection and are the primary method of accessing information ...

Gallery Archives Finding Aids

Finding aids are guides to the collections of papers and records in the National Gallery of Art Archives. These guides provide historical or biographical ...

Finding Aids | JDC Archives

Our finding aids enable users to identify materials in our collections that are of interest and relevance to their research. This information may include: ...

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 ...

Processing Guidelines: Chapter 4, Creating Finding Aids at the ...

The DACS multilevel record adds more detailed descriptions of the various groupings of materials as reflected in the archival arrangement of the collection – ...

Finding Aids for Research | NMWA

The Betty Boyd Dettre Library and Research Center (LRC) will begin accepting new archival reference inquiries or research requests on January 9th, 2024.

Finding Aids | Archives and Records Management Section | New York

Finding Aids. United Nations archives are arranged into groups, or 'fonds,' according to the office or entity that created them. The creating entity could be a ...

Appendix: Sample Annotated Finding Aid

[Title Page: The beginning of the finding aid includes the name of the archival repository, the title of the archival collection, finding aid ...

Updating Finding Aids: Improving the Discovery of Archives at the ...

Chief among these is the conversion of Burke's 400+ finding aids, which were originally created as PDFs, into Encoded Archival Description (EAD) ...

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 ...

NLM History of Medicine Finding Aids

History of Medicine Finding Aids is the central access point to finding aids describing archival and manuscript collections held across the National Library of ...