Search Tips

Tips to navigate the Chinatown Storytelling Centre Digital Archives:

• Use a computer instead of mobile devices for better user experience.
• Search words are NOT case-sensitive.
• Put search PHRASE within a double quotation mark in a SEARCH BOX:

          e.g. “jin wah sing” 

          e.g. “chinatown parade”

• Number of search results appears on upper left corner:

• Use the browser ‘back button’ (←) to return to the list of search results.
• Date is shown in yyyymmdd format.
• ‘SORT’ function will be enabled.

Tips for Searching Chinatown News (full text)

• DO NOT use quotation marks when searching within each issue of Chinatown News in the magnifier ICON ; the number of search results appears at the end of the search box, click Highlight All to identify the search result(s) in green.

• Search within specific (year) folder yields date-relevant results.

 

Tips for Searching Chinatown News (cover stories)

• Searches point to the data (i.e. title or date) or description text in cover stories; excessive long text is NOT included and they are available in indicated page(s) in Chinatown News (full text). 

 

• Click the Show more button to see the description text.