a descriptive guide for an archival collection

a descriptive inventory of the contents of those collections, in Adobe Acrobat format

a descriptive tool used by archivists to establish physical and intellectual control over a set of archival materials

a detailed inventory and directory of the contents of a collection

a detailed listing of the contents of a collection

a document prepared by the archival staff to help researchers understand the contents of a manuscript collection

a document that assists researchers in navigating a large archival collection

a document that describes an archival collection

a guide to a manuscript collection

an inventory of an archival collection

a research tool used to describe a collection of documents held by an archives, library or museum

a search mechanism for determining what types of materials are located in a specific collection

a tool created by records History of aids

a tool that provides intellectual access to a collection of original materials

a tool used to find things

a written description of what is included in a particular manuscript collection

A published or unpublished guide, inventory, index, register, list or other system for retrieving archival primary source materials that provides a more detailed description than is customary in a library catalog record.

a catalogue, index or list describing archives, intended to help researchers find what they need.

A guide or inventory to a collection held in an archive, museum, library, or historical society. It provides a detailed description of a collection, its intellectual organization and, at varying levels of analysis, of individual items in the collection.

General term used to describe the various research tools the Archives and Manuscripts Department creates to provide information about its holdings; types of finding aids prepared by the department include PRELIMINARY INVENTORIES, RESOURCE GUIDES, and MARC RECORDS which are entered into the University of Maryland's online catalog (VICTOR).

In archives, documents which provide direction to information contained in other documents. Basic finding aids include guides (general or subject), inventories, local registers, card catalogs and files, shelf and box lists, indexes of various kinds, calendars, and (for machine-readable records) software documentation.

A guide (either in print or electronic format) which assists with the location of material within a specific collection. The term finding aid usually refers to the guides produced and made available by archival institutions.

a tool used to communicate the contents of an archival collection, the finding aid typically includes administrative information, contextual information, scope and content information, intellectual organization and physical location information for archival and manuscript materials.

is a tool provided to the user that allows for a searching process to allow a user to identify and investigate potential holdings of interest.

The descriptive tool, published or unpublished, manual or electronic, produced by a creator, records center, archives or manuscript repository to establish physical control and/or intellectual control over records and/or archival materials.

an index, list, timeline, table of contents, map, or other means that organizes the contents of a collection to assist the researcher in finding particular items of interest.

The descriptive tool, published or unpublished, manual or electronic, produced by the Archives to establish physical and/or intellectual control over records and/or archival materials. Basic finding aids include local, regional, or national descriptive databases; guides, inventories; shelf and container lists; and indices. (SAA)

a tool (such as a series description, catalog, or index) designed to help users find information within archival records

An archival descriptive tool such as an inventory or register. Finding aids typically take the form of hierarchical, narrative descriptions of aggregates of archival records or collections of manuscript materials.

a document such as a guide, inventory or catalogue, describing a set of archival records.

A textual document that describes holdings of an archive, library, or museum.

Finding Aids help you identify the documents you need. They may be in the form of a printed catalogue or index or a computer database such as CATALIST. They will contain a range of information from basic details to full calendars.

A tool which describes the provenance of and the relationship between archival records, and which also supports retrieval of archival records. There exists a great variety of finding aids, such as overviews of fronds, inventories, indexes, etc.

Finding aids are indexes used to catalog detailed information about collections within an archive. They are used by researchers to determine whether information within a collection is relevant to their research. Finding aids often describe the scope of the collection, biographical and historical information related to the collection, and access details.