Provided by Library and Archives Canada, here are some tips to help volunteers on the website find appropriate photographs—historical or otherwise—to help either document or illustrate articles for the website. This a pilot project and other research tips can also be found at: thediscoverblog.com.
Did you know that Library and Archives Canada (LAC) boasts an impressive photographic collection? Here is just a sampling of what you can discover:
- Canadian life and culture illustrated in over 25 million photographs
- A total of 500,000 individually described and searchable photographs
- Digitized images of 80,000 photographs available online
- [http://www.flickr.com/photos/lac-bac/]
Follow these easy steps to get started:
- Go to Archives Search. [http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/lac-bac/search-recherche/arch.php?Language=eng]
- Enter your keywords in the search box.
- From the Type of material drop-down menu, select Photographic material and then Submit. Your search will generate a list of results.
- Select the underlined titles to access the full description of a photograph. Descriptive records display images of photographs that have been digitized.
Tips
- Keywords: Try various spellings, synonyms, and French equivalents.
- Online images: Find photographs with digitized images online by selecting Yes from the Online drop-down menu in the Archives Search screen.
- Search Help: Visit Framing Canada: A Photographic Memory—Search Help for more information about searching LAC photos. [http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/visionphoto/045003-1300-e.html]
Tidbit
Our Photography [http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/photography/index-e.html] section offers a vast selection of tools and resources to help you discover the LAC photographic collection.