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 descriptions combining these two words. Type in war ADJ ship to obtain all occurrences of these two words together, in the order that 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. Be careful with dates. You will only retrieve dates that correspond strictly to what you have specified. Use truncation to improve your results. As the database contains descriptions of old documents, do not use only modern or current words and terms when entering your search.