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Access points are used to facilitate searching and browsing archival descriptions. The Rules for Archival Description defines access point as "a name, term, etc., by which a descriptive record may be searched and identified." The
Types of access points could include:
- Subject headings
- Geographic place headings
- Genre/form headings
- Authority records
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Case study: access points in the Dalhousie University Archives Catalogue
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Section 4 of the University Archives Procedure Manual includes instructions on how to create four types of access points: