Beta Tools & Experiments



Terms Explorer

Explore all of NYPL’s archival collections as a vast interconnected network. Linking collections together through access terms, this tool reveals relationships between people, places, subjects and more.

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Detailed Description Mini Map

Quickly navigate large finding aids with a sidebar containing a miniature representation of the container list. Inspired by computer programming editors.

Look for the blue : on the detailed collection page to activate.




Collection as Network

Link related topics, documents and names by converting the finding aid container list into a network.

Look for the blue : on the detailed collection page to activate.




Visible Spectrum

Read all of our archives at a distance by searching for terms repeating across history and our collections. See the large picture and then drill down to component level access.

More details coming soon!