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Archon is the searchable database for collections (which include personal papers, photographs and negatives, and oral histories) and university records that are housed in the Purdue Libraries Karnes Archives & Special Collections Research Center.
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Finding Aid n. ~ A finding aid is a guide or inventory to an archival collection. Finding aids are provided to library users to help them use archival collections. The finding aid lists the contents of the collection, preventing users from having to search through numerous boxes and folders of materials to find the information needed.
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- The search engine looks for records containing every term you submit.
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- Use double quotes around your search query. (e.g "Festival of Contemporary Arts")
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- Use a minus sign before a term you want to omit from your results. (e.g. 'bass -fish' finds bass guitars but not bass fishing.)
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