Browsing
Browsing
Click 'Browse All Materials' in the navigation bar, which appears in the masthead, at the top of every page to access all available records.
Click the title or thumbnail from this list to navigate to your chosen record.
The 'Summary' tab to the right of the image provides a brief overview of the digitized item, including key fields, such as title, description, creator, and date. The full metadata that appears beneath the viewer provides more details, such as descriptions, subjects, locations, copyright information and more. Any metadata that appears within a gray bubble links to a list of all records cataloged with that term.
Click 'Browse All Materials' in the navigation bar, which appears in the masthead, at the top of every page to access all available records.
Click the title or thumbnail from this list to navigate to your chosen record.
The 'Summary' tab to the right of the image provides a brief overview of the digitized item, including key fields, such as title, description, creator, and date. The full metadata that appears beneath the viewer provides more details, such as descriptions, subjects, locations, copyright information and more. Any metadata that appears within a gray bubble links to a list of all records cataloged with that term.
Image Viewer
Hovering the cursor in the image viewer displays a menu with the following options in the top right of the viewing window:
- To zoom in or out, click on the magnifying glass icon in the viewer
- To toggle full page view, click on the icon with the four arrows facing outwards in each corner
- To rotate left or right, click on the half circle with arrow icons
- Go home – resets the image to the default view
You can navigate through any multi-page record several ways:
- Select ‘Browse Images’ at the top left of the viewer or
- Use the arrows to move between images or
- Select the 'Content' tab to the right of the 'Summary' tab and pick the desired page or
- Insert the page number input box on the top right to open a specific image within the record.
The dimensions of the image viewer can be toggled between full and half width using the arrows to the bottom right of the viewing window.
Click the “Download” button to open a pop-up window that allows you to save metadata and transcripts where available.
Select the "Embed" button to obtain a code to display the record elsewhere on another site using software such as an iFrame. Choose to include display of the Summary Metadata and/or Transcripts (where available), along with configuring the desired display image(s).
Bookmark the record for future reference in My Account. Learn more about these features in Using My Account.
Please visit our Guide to Searching for the right place to initiate your keyword search.
Hovering the cursor in the image viewer displays a menu with the following options in the top right of the viewing window:
- To zoom in or out, click on the magnifying glass icon in the viewer
- To toggle full page view, click on the icon with the four arrows facing outwards in each corner
- To rotate left or right, click on the half circle with arrow icons
- Go home – resets the image to the default view
You can navigate through any multi-page record several ways:
- Select ‘Browse Images’ at the top left of the viewer or
- Use the arrows to move between images or
- Select the 'Content' tab to the right of the 'Summary' tab and pick the desired page or
- Insert the page number input box on the top right to open a specific image within the record.
The dimensions of the image viewer can be toggled between full and half width using the arrows to the bottom right of the viewing window.
Click the “Download” button to open a pop-up window that allows you to save metadata and transcripts where available.
Select the "Embed" button to obtain a code to display the record elsewhere on another site using software such as an iFrame. Choose to include display of the Summary Metadata and/or Transcripts (where available), along with configuring the desired display image(s).
Bookmark the record for future reference in My Account. Learn more about these features in Using My Account.
Please visit our Guide to Searching for the right place to initiate your keyword search.
Using the Audio/Visual Player
Audio and video files will display a player instead of the image viewer. To start:
- Click the 'Play’ button in the middle of the player to start playing the content
- When it starts, hover over the player to activate the control bar at the bottom of the viewer to pause, skip, mute, view total duration and move to any point of the content
- Hover over the 1x to adjust playback rate
Want to read the interview? Click on the 'Transcript' tab, next to the 'Summary' tab to read the transcript while it playing or, click on the 'Download' button immediately below the player to download associated transcripts.
Like in the image viewer, the arrows at the bottom right of the player expand or reduce the size of the AV player through options to toggle to full width or half width.
Audio and video files will display a player instead of the image viewer. To start:
- Click the 'Play’ button in the middle of the player to start playing the content
- When it starts, hover over the player to activate the control bar at the bottom of the viewer to pause, skip, mute, view total duration and move to any point of the content
- Hover over the 1x to adjust playback rate
Want to read the interview? Click on the 'Transcript' tab, next to the 'Summary' tab to read the transcript while it playing or, click on the 'Download' button immediately below the player to download associated transcripts.
Like in the image viewer, the arrows at the bottom right of the player expand or reduce the size of the AV player through options to toggle to full width or half width.