Tips for Searching Digital Collections On the IHS home page (www.indianahistory.org) go to the Explore tab and select Our Collections. Click on See our Digital Collections overlaid on the image. The digital collection can also be accessed directly through the URL images.indianahistory.org Search Across all Collections Use the search box in the top right corner of the homepage. The default search is All the Words. When the results are displayed you have the option to narrow your results by using the menu on the left to find results by Collection, Subject, Date, or Format of original. Another way to narrow your results when searching across all collections is to use and to connect your search term with another keyword. For example typing the search “aprons and food” in the main search box would return all of the items that contain the word aprons as well as food. Search Box→ ←# of Results Narrow ↗ Results ↘ aprons
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Tips for Searching Digital Collections
On the IHS home page (www.indianahistory.org) go to the Explore tab and select
Our Collections. Click on See our Digital Collections overlaid on the image. The digital
collection can also be accessed directly through the URL images.indianahistory.org
Search Across all Collections
Use the search box in the top right corner of the homepage. The default search is All the Words.
When the results are displayed you have the option to narrow your results by using the menu on
the left to find results by Collection, Subject, Date, or Format of original.
Another way to narrow your results when searching across all collections is to use and to
connect your search term with another keyword. For example typing the search “aprons and
food” in the main search box would return all of the items that contain the word aprons as well