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VISUAL HISTORY ARCHIVE

USER GUIDES

Connect to USC

IN-DEPTH GUIDE from USC

CONNECTING TO USC SITE (only works on campus computers)

Register or Log on

LOGON & BROWSER REQUIREMENTS

CHOOSE TYPE OF SEARCH QUICK - PEOPLE - BIOGRAPHICAL – GLOBAL KEYWORD

1. QUICK SEARCH

QUICK SEARCH

QUICK SEARCH SCREEN

Quick Search text entered: rabbis rabbis

Example: 17,538 Results! Narrow to English Scroll down... English

Search results: 1,499

Click on Name or Picture to View

View information and Request Video Image masked for privacy

After you request a video

Keywords: Segment #22 refers to rabbis Image masked for privacy

Click on left Video link to view

2. PEOPLE SEARCH

People Search for Claire Codron

People Search [Claire Codron is mentioned in article]

Select a Name

Click on Next 1 result; no need to narrow search, so click on “next”

Save or view

Choices: --view now To view now, click on name or photo

Save or view Choices: --view now --save to project for future consultation To save to project, click here

Viewing Screen

3. BIOGRAPHICAL SEARCH

Search Screen close up

Biographical Search

Scroll down... 

Search Results and Limit menus

REQUEST THE VIDEO click on the button Image masked for privacy

Acknowledgement of request only appears on the screen. You will not get an until the video is available. Image masked for privacy

acknowledgement arrives when the testimony video has been uploaded to the U of M cache

Information about the testimony Image masked for privacy Image masked For privacy

Save to Project (at menu level, saves all records) Image masked For privacy

Save to project (saves the records, not the videos)

Create/Save to Project

Projects List

Viewable – information (note language of testimony) Image masked For privacy

Viewable now Image masked For privacy

Information about the video Image masked For privacy

4. GLOBAL KEYWORDS SEARCH

GLOBAL KEYWORDS SEARCH

Global Search - keyword menu ( for terms with 0 see subdivisions) Root academic life cultural and social life discrimination and persecution economic life family life famous and infamous people food and eating forced labor experience general history government and political life health and health services hiding incarceration Jewish life liberation and post-liberation life living conditions migration experience military psychological, emotional and cognitive experience refugee experience religious and philosophical life resistance and underground responses to persecution and totalitarian rule restrictive housing experience Sinti and Roma life stills struggle for survival transport experience warfare world

GLOBAL KEYWORDS SEARCH

GLOBAL KEYWORDS SEARCH see subdivisions

GLOBAL KEYWORDS SEARCH subcategories

GLOBAL KEYWORDS SEARCH may take a few seconds to “load hierarchy”

GLOBAL KEYWORDS SEARCH don’t forget to scroll down….

GLOBAL KEYWORDS SEARCH subject example – family life

GLOBAL KEYWORDS SEARCH don’t forget to scroll down….

GLOBAL KEYWORDS SEARCH Image masked For privacy

GLOBAL KEYWORDS SEARCH Image masked For privacy

USER GUIDE

Reference Desk headphones, login, help

Enter the Reference Collection

Reference Collection (walk through the Z call no. range)

Reference Consultation Area

Reference Consultation Workstations Guide and Handouts available Self Login Ref Staff Login for you (Check Ref Hours) Guide

Reference Consultation Area Private space for viewing the testimonies One U of M log-in workstation (log in on your own) One Reference Consultation workstation (Ref staff need to log in for you) You need to set up a VHA account and logon to VHA Headphones: Bring your own or ask Reference (if desk open) Headphones: U of M check out from Circulation Desk Headphones: Unaffiliated users need to bring their own VHA In-depth User Guide is in Consultation area and online Video takes up to 48 hours to come to VHA cache on the U of M server (may take less time), but patron will likely need to make two visits in order to view a specific video. IE required to view videos