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History Vault

History Vault Home Page

The homepage has been designed to improve navigation and accessibility for students and researchers, providing easy access to basic and advanced search options, as well as user-friendly homepage tiles for curated subject areas. 

 

When using the search box the type-ahead will help with possible subjects, spelling, etc. 

 

 

 

Below the search box, you can use the user-friendly tiles for curated Subject areas.  Selecting each subject area will display the modules your institution owns. 

 

 

 

Timeline  features nine separate timelines corresponding to subject categories. They can be explored to highlight events in the modules your institution has access to.

 

Featured Collections allows you to look at, and search in the  collections.

 

 

 

 

At the bottom of the page is the list of the subject areas which include the modules your institution subscribes to. 

Browse Modules and Collections

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To access the Modules you need to open the tile of one of the 9 Subject areas.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next, select the module you want to view.

 

 

 

Display page of a Module

 

 

 

 

 

Each module shows the featured collections.  

All of the collections your institutions has access to will display.  Click on the collection to show its  archival arrangement (next image). 

The Highlighted content features notable items included in this module

This is a sample collection description.  

 

 

 

The Archival arrangement refers to the organizational structure of an archival collection. The arrangement will typically be in the form of an intellectual organization, with documents organized into series and possibly subseries, down to the folder level.

Timeline: Browse Events

Use the Timeline to see the (selected)  events come up in chronological order. 

 

 

Click on the years on the left side to access the materials related to events for that year.

 

Exporting to Citation Management Software

ProQuest History Vault is compatible with most citation management applications. Direct export is available via RefWorks and EndNote.

To export to RefWorks or to the local or web versions of EndNote:

  1. Select one or more documents
  2. Select the "All save & export options" icon, choose either RefWorks, EndNote or the other options supported