Advanced search

Most online platforms offer two means of searching their holdings: a basic search, with a few limited options for discovering and narrowing the results, and an advanced search, with a far wider number of ways to slice and dice what you get back from a search.

Currently, Miranda offers only the first: When you hit the main page, you'll see a keyword box. A dropdown option next to the keyword box lets you restrict your search by type of material: whether you want to find sound, video, manuscript texts, or printed works, among other options. Selecting "more search options" below this box offers the opportunity to restrict your keyword search by date, language, or genre, and whether records hold a digital object that is "available online."

In the next phase of the project, we will be working to provide more sophisticated means of searching Miranda in an advanced capacity.