Quick and easy search
Write what you want to find in the Search box and click Search. Quick Search looks for it throughout the archive.
Note 1: If you write more than one word (e.g. Bark Lane), put it in quotes ("Bark Lane") or it will find all instances of 'Bark' and all instances of 'Lane'.
Note 2: If you wish to find a .pdf file add the word 'Document'. You will then have the option to search the text within the document.
Advanced searching:
Fuzzy searching
By default, Quick Search conducts a ‘fuzzy search’ - if a match isn't found suggestions will be offered of similar terms that exist on the site.
Fuzzy searching and suggestions are inhibited by placing quotes around the term, for example "house" will return items with exactly that word, but not houses.
Wildcard
The wildcard (*) can be used in place of unknown characters or to widen the search. For example, *Road will retrieve Skipton Road, Silsden Road etc...
Boolean Operators
When you are searching for more than one word or wish to exclude specific words from the search you can use 'Boolean operators': Use AND, OR and NOT to specify whether a result set must contain all terms, any terms, or not the specified term. For example, London AND street finds only items where both London and street are present, London NOT street finds only items where London is present but street is not, London OR bridge finds items where either London or bridge are present.
Search Results:
Gallery
Results of searches are returned as a gallery of thumbnail images. The number of thumbnails displayed per page on can be changed by entering a number in the 'Display xx items' box on the top navigation bar. A detailed or thumb view can be selected from the pick list to its right. To view an item, click on a thumbnail.
Item Record Page
The ‘Item Record’ page displays the image and information, including Description, Keywords, Collections in which it occurs and original file details etc. Click on the + to view a larger image, email the page as a link and download the image.
The ‘Item Record’ page includes a ‘crumb trail’, this displays the type of search used to generate the current set of results and allows you to link back to the gallery containing the current item.
Navigation between Item Record pages is done by either using the Previous and Next arrow buttons or by entering the required page number in the page number field and pressing return.
Any related items are also displayed.
