Indexes or other lists, whether manual or automated, that are designed to make it easier to locate relevant files or retrieve information.
Classification schemes, catalogues, indexes of various kinds and of different varieties of library materials, etc., which have been devised to enable stored materials, or information, to be obtained (retrieved) when required.
The descriptive tools produced by the Archives to establish physical and intellectual control over archival materials.
Descriptive tools, e.g., registers, guides, inventories, indexes, containing information about records in archival custody, that establish administrative, physical, or intellectual control over the holdings of an archives, and make it possible to retrieve particular records or information from these archives.
A finding aid provides a context for the records, explains their arrangement and facilitates their retrieval. It may be published or unpublished, printed or online. Note the PANL finding aid number to facilitate retrieval.
Reference material such as catalogues, lists and indexes providing information on the records and made available in the repository.
Guides, inventories, indexes, registers, lists, or other systems for retrieving archival materials. Finding aids usually provide detailed listings of individual items described collectively in a “collection-level″ or “series-level″ record." Typically used in archival collections, particularly text-based collections, for primary source materials, where full cataloging at the item level is cost-prohibitive.
tools such as compiled records, inventories, registers, indexes, or guides to collections held by archives, libraries, and other repositories. Their purpose is to facilitate the identification, evaluation and location of primary sources.