Archives 101
Our Archives 101 series is an "FAQ-style" rapid fire series to demystify some of our jargon archival concepts that may not be common knowledge. This is not intended to make you an expert in archival research in less than 30 minutes, but it will help you with some archival concepts that apply directly to SNAC. It may be helpful to keep this page on hand during your SNACSchool adventure in case you have any questions, but we always encourage questions during live SNACSchool sessions as well!
Use the questions below to navigate towards the appropriate video:
- What is an archive?
- What is a primary source?
- How do things end up in archives?
- How do archives work behind the scenes?
- What is a finding aid?
- What is metadata?
- What is EAD and EAC-CPF?
- How do I find relevant archival materials?
- How do I use SNAC to find relevant archival materials?
- Tips for searching in SNAC
