How to Use the Montana Memory Projfect for Teachers

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What is it?

• Digital repository• Sponsored by Montana State Library and

Montana Historical Society• Items from Montana special collections • Used for, education, research, life-long

learning, pleasure

Collections

Today’s Objectives

• Share how to use the MMP and navigate the collections

• Brainstorm ways the material could be incorporated into existing classroom lessons

• Look at lesson plan form to submit ideas• Preview the lesson plan template for

publishing

Artwork

Audio

Photographs

Photograph Themes

Print Materials

Print Sections and Themes

Contributors

Educational Resources

Maps

Maps – more detail

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Row 1-TabsRow 2 - SearchRow 3 - BreadcrumbsRow 4 - Interactive

Reference URL

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Descriptive information

Print Materials

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Advanced Search

Narrowing your search

Adding or Removing Collections

OCR

• Optical Character Recognition• Method by which the computer reads and

records typed content• This content can also be searched• Handwritten documents cannot have OCR

done unless they are accompanied by a typed transcript.

OCR Search

View Image & Text

Search Suggestions

• When searching first and last names use the “exact phrase” refinement.

• The default operator is “and” change it to “or” for more results

• Narrow your search by adding or removing collections

• Search content in a specific field when you can.

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Mountain West Digital Libraryhttp://www.mwdl.org/

Partners Page

Digital Public Library of Americahttp://dp.la/

www.montanamemory.orgJennifer Birnel, Director

[email protected]@mt.gov855-259-0894