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New National Archives catalogue

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Paul Barton, Special Agent

Paul Barton, Special Agent Report 2 May 2012 08:49

The National Archives are replacing their current Catalogue and DocumentsOnline service with Discovery.....

Discovery is The National Archives' new catalogue, providing a new way to explore our collections. Discovery is much more than a replacement for the current Catalogue, as it has been designed to host, search and display the many different databases and datasets held at The National Archives. By doing so it provides a more robust and integrated system to manage current and future data and storage needs, along with a consistent and seamless user experience.

Discovery will replace our DocumentsOnline service by the end of April 2012, ensuring that our users can search our collection and download digitised documents (where available), all in one place.

The Catalogue will be replaced by the end of June 2012. Discovery offers additional features to the current Catalogue, including displaying search results in order of relevance, allowing users to filter their search results by subject, date range and collection, and enabling users to tag records with keywords to expand on catalogue descriptions.

http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Home

Chris in Sussex

Chris in Sussex Report 2 May 2012 09:16

I think they are running a little behind as Documentsonline is still available.

I do like the idea of it all being brought under 'one roof' but in a way I hope that the search facility in the catalogue doesn't change too much.....Purely selfish of me as I have now got a grip on the current way of searching and I just know it will take me time to get up to speed with something new :-D I blame it on getting old!

All in all I think it is an exciting development.

Chris

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Avatar...My darling Dad. 1931-2019 'Take nothing on its looks, take everything on evidence. There is no better rule' Charles Dickens, Great Expectations. 'A brickwall is a problem that you haven't solved yet' Dave Annal http://media.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php/brick-walls-and-lost-ancestors/