Simple keyword search

To use the simple keyword search, enter your key words or phrases separated by commas. For example, if you are searching generally for military or war objects, you might enter 'military,war' into the simple keyword field at the top of the search page. This would give you a list of all objects in the AMOL database that match those two words, followed by a list of records that might match either one of these words. The relevance of the match is indicated by the stars next to each object record.

Select a region (optional): If you know which region you want to search, you can limit your search to this region only by selecting the region name from this dropdown box. You can also select more than one region by holding down the CTRL key and clicking on several region names.

Select a category (optional): If you would like to narrow your search to one of the five categories (People, Collections, Objects, Localities, Historic Sites) simply select a category this dropdown box

Boolean logic

Golden Threads can be searched precisely by using boolean logic. Boolean logic allows you to enter multiple search terms and define how they are to be used in the search by connecting them with 'operators'. Common boolean search operators include:

<AND> selects records that contain all of the search terms you use. For example:
war <AND> uniform

<OR> selects documents that have at least one of the search terms you use. For example:
war <OR> military

<NOT> excludes some words from the search. For example:
war <AND> uniform <NOT> second world

You can use all of these operators together. For example:
war <OR> military <AND> uniform <NOT> photograph

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