How to Search for Books and Documents in the Danish Immigrant Archive at Dana College

 

1.    Click the Search Archive link on the Danish Immigrant Archive at Dana College home page.

2.    The NICLC Unicorn Online Catalog log-in page will display.  From the Select a Link drop down box select Dana College and then click on Go to WebCat.

3.    A page entitled C. A. DANA-LIFE LIBRARY at DANA COLLEGE Your Library on the Web will display.  The middle of the screen contains a Quick Search box.  Click on the Keyword radio button if it is not already selected.  In the leftmost box enter the name of the person or place you want to search for.  If you are looking for a person, type the last name, then a comma, and then the first name.  For example, to look for materials related to A.M. Andersen enter Andersen, A.M.  If no first name or initials is entered, the search engine will look for all holdings in the Dana College Library and in the Archive with the subject of Andersen.  In the drop down box labeled words or phrase, select subject.  Then click on Search.

4.    The next screen will list Search Results.  If you would like more information for any item on the screen, click on Details.  On the following screen click on Catalog Record.

5.    This search process looks both at the holdings in the Dana College Library and in the Danish Immigrant Archive at Dana College.  If an item is in the Archive, the Search Results page will display the words in ARCHIVES next to the item.