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Searching Archives and Special Collections: Reading the search results page

Reading the search results page

Search Results Page

 

Title Title of the collection, series, folder, or item.
Type Under the title, it will indicate if it's describing a Collection, Series, File, or Item. In the example above, it is describing a File, meaning folder.
Identifier For archival object records, the identifier field may indicate the Box #, Folder #, or Item # where the record is found. In the example above, the folder titles "Phi Kappa Psi., 1912-05-17" is located in Record Group 11, Sub-Group 10, Series 01.
Scope and Contents This will give a brief description of the collection, series, folder, or item.
Dates The date, or range of dates, of when the material originated.
Found in These are also known as the "breadcrumbs". It explains where the record falls in relationship to other collections.