ArchiveGrid -- Open the door to history

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Multiple words: When you enter more than one word, for example, yosemite muir roosevelt, descriptions will match if they contain all of your words.

Find a phrase: To find a phrase, enter your terms within double quotes. For example, "harlem renaissance".

Find words near each other: To find matches when your search terms are near one another, put your words in quotes and follow with a tilde "~" and a number indicating how far apart the matching words can be. This technique is known as a proximity search. For example, to find the words "john" and "booth" within a span of four words, "john booth"~4.

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ArchiveGrid is now available without a subscription!

Try the new ArchiveGrid system from OCLC Research

http://beta.worldcat.org/archivegrid/

OCLC is phasing out its offering of ArchiveGrid as a subscription-based service in WorldCat Local, FirstSearch, and at http://archivegrid.org, and will replace it with the new OCLC Research ArchiveGrid system according to the following time-table:

- Beginning in November 2012, we will no longer require authentication (by IP address or logon account) to use the stand-alone ArchiveGrid subscription service at http://archivegrid.org. This will provide easier access to and better syndication of ArchiveGrid and its collections to search engines like Google.
- By December 2012, the OCLC Research version of ArchiveGrid will transition from its current beta status to a production service.
- In January 2013, the OCLC Research version of ArchiveGrid will replace the http://archivegrid.org interface.

ArchiveGrid connects you with primary source material held in archives, special collections, and manuscript collections around the world. You will find historical documents, personal papers, family histories, and more. ArchiveGrid also helps researchers contact archives to request information, arrange a visit, and order copies.

ArchiveGrid includes collection descriptions from WorldCat bibliographic records and from finding aids harvested from ArchiveGrid contributors' websites.