Introduction to Discovery – The National Archives catalogue

Matt Norman talks to Chrissy Peters about Discovery – the online catalogue for The National Archives and 2500 other archives. What is in Discovery? How can you find what you want in it? Are the records in Discovery digitised? Find out the answers from Chrissy in this short podcast. You can use the Help with your research pages on our website to find out more about The National Archives’ collection before you use Discovery. There are also helpful blogs; Where do I start my research? , Why can’t I find what I’m looking for? and Your catalogue’s rubbish! Discovery also has its own help pages . Please note that at the moment The National Archives is closed to visitors until further notice. Advice in the podcast about visiting us and using the facilities in our reading rooms will apply once we re-open.

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Introduction to Discovery – The National Archives catalogue is an episode from The National Archives Podcast Series by The National Archives.

This episode is 00:11:17 long.

This episode was published on Apr 1, 2020.

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