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Finding aid

A finding aid, in the context of archival science and archival research, is an organization tool, a document containing detailed and processed metadata and other information about a specific collection of records within an archive. Finding aids often consist of a documentary inventory and description of the materials, their source, and their structure.…

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Related
library catalog · collection catalog
Types
Encoded Archival Description
Uses
For archival research

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Finding aid

Nodes24
Edges23
Triples58
Avg. degree1.92
Density0.083333
Components1

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Finding aid

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related to overview · 20
Finding aid → AAT, Archives, Archivists, Clayton McGehee, Content Standard, Describing Archives, Description, Finding, Freund, General International Standard Archival, International Council, ISAD, LCSH, Paper, The, They, Toms, US, Usually, Various
related to Components · 12
Finding aid → Additional Information, Biographical/Historical Note, Collection Overview, Content, It, Search Terms, Summary Information, The Access, The Basic Description, The Scope, Usage, Use
related to Encoded Archival Description · 9
Finding aid → Candida Fenton, EAD, EAD DTD, Encoded Archival Description, Encoded Archival Description Document, Its, The, Type Definition, US
related to User interaction and finding aids · 7
Finding aid → Clayton McGehee, Farley, Freund, He, Laura Farley, She, Toms
related to Creation · 4
Finding aid → Encoded Archival Description, For, In, The
Related · 2
Finding aid → collection catalog, library catalog
related to External links · 2
Finding aid → Purdue University, Sections
Types · 1
Finding aid → Encoded Archival Description
Uses · 1
Finding aid → For archival research

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finding aids collection archival aid description information materials encoded also standard archivists may user arrangement collection's collections containing science records

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Finding aidRelatedlibrary catalog1.00infobox
Finding aidRelatedcollection catalog1.00infobox
Finding aidTypesEncoded Archival Description1.00infobox
Finding aidUsesFor archival research1.00infobox
Finding aidrelated to ComponentsThe Basic Description0.60section
Finding aidrelated to ComponentsCollection Overview0.60section
Finding aidrelated to ComponentsSummary Information0.60section
Finding aidrelated to ComponentsBiographical/Historical Note0.60section
Finding aidrelated to ComponentsIt0.60section
Finding aidrelated to ComponentsThe Scope0.60section
Finding aidrelated to ComponentsContent0.60section
Finding aidrelated to ComponentsThe Access0.60section

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