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Fact: The Website -–local interfaces such as the home page, topics pages and research guide-- is stored on a local server at Occidental College. The digital archive --a database of digital images and records-- is stored in a digital storage and management system called Content DM hosted by OCLC in Ohio. Tip: You can tell the difference between the local interfaces and the database by the banner at the top:
Tip: To navigate back from the database to the Website, use the Browser Back Arrow or Click on home on the upper tool bar. Fact: The Website topics pages offer hot links to selected individual or a group of records in the database. Fact: The Search Archive link is located on the Website interfaces. Search Archive is a customized search page. Tip: Use Search Archive for keyword and customized searching of the digital archive and as a link to the digital archive's Advanced Search. Fact: The Advanced Search
interface and functions are part of the database. Tip: Advanced
Search enables searching selected fields. When a field,
such as title, is selected a corresponding show
terms link appears for that field. Open show
terms for suggested keywords. Fact: Search and Browse
results pages can be sorted alphabetically by Title. Fact: A description of the document, i.e. descriptive metadata, is located below single page documents. Tip: Click on doc
description located in the toolbar above the
image of multiple page documents for the document’s
descriptive metadata. Tip: Descriptive
metadata is organized in searchable data fields. Words
and terms in searchable fields are hotlinked on single
page documents.
Click on a hotlink to retrieve all documents
with the same term in that data field. Tip: Handwritten
letters have been transcribed. For single
page documents, scroll down to read the transcribed
text. For
multiple page documents, click on page & text
in the upper toolbar to read the transcript. Tip: Use Zoom &
Pan for closer inspection of documents or
photos. Tip: Copies of documents can be selected and saved
using My favorites. Tip: Help on the toolbar provides more guidance on database screen views, search tools and My favorites. Use the browser to close this window when finished. |
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