Searching
What information can you find?
Wolverhampton Voices contains audio records provided by people born in and/or living in Wolverhampton.
A search will display a results page listing the records in order of relevance. The results page will display the basic catalogue record information and a thumbnail image where available. The basic information may include the name of the item, relevant dates, brief description and the archive or museum service it is held by.
You can read the full catalogue record by clicking on the red record title. This will display further details on the individual item including the unique Ref No for archive material and Object Number for museum objects, a detailed description, dimensions, production details and related terms where appropriate and available. This page will also display further images where they exist. Larger versions of image(s) can be viewed by clicking the Larger Image and magnifying glass link by the image.
Search
The search box can be found on the home page and the search results page. This will search for audio records indexed with the search terms you use. To start a search, type in the relevant word or phrase you want to search for and click Search. This will return records and display them in order of relevance with the most relevant being first. Enter multiple search terms by using the Boolean operators OR and AND (note capital letters are required).
If you see the words No Records found, this means that there are no records matching your search term. This does not necessarily mean that records on your chosen search subject are unavailable, but you might have to think about using a different search word or phrase. This is where the Advanced Search facility can be very useful.
Advanced Search
The Advanced Search fields allow you to refine your search by focusing your search terms on particular fields. This will enable you to use a more specific search criteria which can be especially helpful when you are researching a particular subject. You can enter search terms into more than one field to refine the search even further.
‘Subjects, Keyword’ identifies subjects and terms associated with the museum object or archival document.
‘Identifier, Ref No’ refers to the unique identification number assigned to archive documents and museum objects.
Displaying your results
Your search results will be displayed in a list with thumbnail images where available. You can decide how many records you wish to view on a page by choosing from 15, 25 or 50 records under the Items per page option. If your search returns more than one page of results use the Next, End, Previous and Start and page numbers to display the different pages.
Narrow your search
You may wish to narrow your search results further with a number of options available under the ‘Narrow your search’ section. This facility identifies records which are associated with particular terms, places and subjects and allows you to view these related records.
Filter
Once your search results have been returned you can filter them down and refine your search further. This may be especially helpful when large numbers of records are found following a search.