Document Search

To search for sources within the edition, use the "Document Search" module. Fill out the search terms in the left-hand column to narrow down your search. To search for sources within specific time periods, fill in the “Date from” and “Date to” fields. The middle column displays the search results. You can use the filter options in the right-hand column to further refine your search results.

When using the full text search, words must be spelled exactly as they appear in the source. You can combine two search terms. The edition additionally provides you with 1,736 keywords, grouped into 24 different themes. You can add more themes and keywords using the plus sign. More details on keywords and themes are provided in the guidelines.

If you would like to search for the food rationing system in occupied Ukraine, choose keywords “rationing” and apply the filter “Ukraine". A specific region in Ukraine can be found by “place” or “geography of occupation”. Alternatively, fill in the two search terms “rationing” and “Ukraine” into the full-text search.

Comparative Mode

If you would like to compare two different sources, you can switch to the “Comparative Mode”. If you wish to select a source for comparison, click on the “I” next to the heading of Document 1 or 2 and select a source. If you have not yet selected a source for Document 2, click on “Choose a document for the right side” and search for a source in the “Document Search”. Once you have selected a source in the middle column, you will automatically return to the comparison mode. Once you would like to end the comparison mode, click on the green icon “close comparative mode”.

Map and Timeline

Use the map as a search and visualization tool. The markers and numbers on the map indicate the number of sources available from the edition at specific locations. If a source is linked to a particular location, it may indicate that the source was written there or that the location is mentioned in the source text. When you click on a marker, the map will zoom in to that location.

When you select one of the three icons in the top right, you can use the cursor to mark an area on the map to display all the sources located within this zone. Once you have activated the button “show related places”, you can add all related places on the map in a different colour. You can refine or expand the geographical search option with the timeline located beneath the map. If you put in a particular point in time or time period, connected sources will be displayed on the map.

If you would like to see search results from the “Document search” on the map, click on the option “Documents/Show search hits” in the bar below the map. Here you can also select whether you would like to show sources from “My Repository”.

If you would like to find sources from Northern France from the year 1941, you can mark the corresponding geographical area on the map with the cursor and set the time span on the timeline. Alternatively, you can do a Document Search by setting filters for the region and the time span. You can then switch to “Map and Timeline” and select the option “Show search hits”.

Virtual Workspace

In the “Virtual Workspace” you can organise your notes, annotations, and tags from the search module (Reading View and Comparative Mode). You can also create your own tags to better sort and find your data. You can download so-called configuration files that contain these personal commentaries. These files can be selected via the option “Current Configuration File”, deleted and loaded from your hard disk via “Load Configuration File”.

You can add an author, title, date, and description to each configuration file. Once you have completed your configuration, you can save it via the “Save” button and download it to your hard disk. You can also save the configuration under “Current Configuration File”. The “Delete” button only removes the configuration from the selection, but not from your hard drive.

My Repository

In “Document Search”, “Reading Mode” and “Comparative Mode”, you can use the green icon with the downward-pointing arrow to add sources to "My Repository", creating a personal collection of sources. If you wish to edit this collection you can use the same filter functions as in “Document Search”. If you would like to display the selected source within the “Map and Timeline” use the “Show on Map” button. The repository is also stored in the configuration files of the Virtual Workspace. You can download it at any time and continue editing it when you visit the online edition again.