IMAGE ARCHIVE

Route one - Keyword search

When you type a keyword into the box, it will search the whole archive and bring up any records that contain that keyword.

You may also type more than one keyword into the box. In this case you need to select either AND or OR in the box next to the keyword.

Selecting AND will only find records that contain both of the keywords. Selecting OR will find all records containing the first keyword and all records containing the second keyword.

Example:

Typing Scunthorpe AND Churches will find all the images of churches in Scunthorpe.

Typing Scunthorpe OR Churches will find all images of Scunthorpe and all images of churches, wherever they may be.

Route two - Subject search

This method allows you to work your way up through three levels of keywords, which may help you find something specific more quickly.

In the first box, click on the arrow, and select a keyword. You can now search for all the images relating to that keyword or go to the next level.

At the next level, the arrow will give you a new selection of keywords that will make your search more selective. Again, you can click search, or go to level 3.

There may not be any keywords at level three for some categories.

Example:

Click on the arrow and scroll down to select ‘Transport’. Now click on ‘search’ and it will produce a number of images (429 at the time this was written).

However, you may click on next level instead and then click on the arrow to produce a different set of keywords (four of them).

For example, click on ‘Rail’ and then search. This will now produce a smaller set of images (148), relating only to rail transport.

Or again, you can click on next level and a new set of keywords will appear. Choose a relevant keyword to get a smaller and more specific set of images.