If the search brings up too many references, you can reduce the number of hits by using the appropriate logical connectors . If you type war AND ship , you will get all descriptions combining these two words. Type in war ADJ ship , and you will obtain all occurrences of these two words together, in the order you typed them. If possible, search in English and in French. Descriptions are currently produced in the language of the creator-donor, but this has not always been the case.
Most descriptions are in English only.
Titles remain in their original language, and are only rarely translated. Certain general terms such as the type of document or its medium could be in English or in French. Be careful with dates. You will only retrieve dates that correspond strictly to what you have specified. Use truncation to improve your results.