Occasionally, the image cannot be shown, as it is restricted due to copyright issues. The artifacts come from several diverse collections. These collections are Archaeology, the Canadian Children's Museum, Ethnology, the Canadian Centre for Folk Culture Studies, History, Living History, the Canadian Postal Museum and the Canadian War Museum. The database will provide two types of search capabilities to the user. The Keyword Search is linked to all fields available in the database.
Users simply enter a word or a combination of words and the search is carried out.
The second type is an Advanced Search, in which the information is entered into specific fields and then searched according to those fields. The CAIS database will be contained within the Corporation's existing website. Links to other related Web pages within the CMCC are readily available at the bottom of each Web page. In the future, there will also be links to other websites. The Internet site will be available for anyone using the World Wide Web.