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The Advantages of Using Exhibits, Social Media and Articles

The Advantages of Using Exhibits, Social Media and Articles. To locate National Archives documents TOPICALLY. Document Collections online.

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The Advantages of Using Exhibits, Social Media and Articles

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  1. The Advantages of Using Exhibits, Social Media and Articles To locate National Archives documents TOPICALLY

  2. Document Collections online Since NARA documents are filed and stored by agency, sometimes they are difficult to tease out of the search engines when looking for a particular TOPIC. This is where online exhibits and articles can be very helpful. Just think about doing a topical search in DocsTeach and how much quicker that is than using Online Public Access or ARC. Of course the disadvantage is that you will certainly not be handed everything that is available, but what there is will all be in one place. Also, you can also use the various results from a topical exhibit to identify AGENCIES holding documents on that topic and then search that agency in OPA.

  3. Exhibit examples • NARA “Exhibits” page • Charters of Freedom • Our Documents • NARA’s 75th Anniversary (you already know about this one!)

  4. Do a thorough search of this resource! http://www.archives.gov/exhibits

  5. http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/

  6. http://www.ourdocuments.gov

  7. http://www.archives.gov/75th

  8. Social Media Collections Of NARA Documents

  9. Social Media

  10. http://www.youtube.com/USNationalArchives

  11. http://www.flickr.com/photos/usnationalarchives/sets/

  12. Prologue and Other Online Articles Prologue magazine brings readers stories based on the rich holdings and programs of the National Archives across the nation—from Washington, DC, to the regional archives and the Presidential libraries.

  13. Prologue has been published quarterly by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) for 40 years. Prologue is filled with articles that tie documents together by topic and can be searched using the www.archives.gov main search box on the first page.

  14. Just type your topic into the main search engine. Prologue articles and other references will be listed.

  15. You will notice that the fourth item on the list is a Prologue article. The other articles are from lesson plans, reference papers, and other sources. Notice how many hits contained those search terms!

  16. These articles are secondary sources on topics that might be of interest to anyone. And they usually link you to one or more primary sources! This article is about women who tried to enlist in the Army during the Civil War.

  17. Review • Exhibits, social media collections, and articles can be very useful for putting together sometimes hard-to-find collections of related documents from NARA (and other archives). • The main web address for NARA exhibits is http://www.archives.gov/exhibits • The main place to search for NARA journal articles is the search box on the main page at www.archives.gov • NARA Social Media collections can also be found at the bottom of www.archives.gov

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