The Knowledge Bank is OSU’s institutional repository. If you want to learn more about what an institutional repository is, you can read the KB’s FAQ page, but for the purposes of this tutorial, you only need to know that it’s a place the University Archives stores digital content because it keeps our files safe and accessible for users.

As with most databases, there are two main ways to find content in the Knowledge Bank: searching and browsing. Below you will find a brief discussion of how to do both.

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Browsing

The Knowledge Bank is made up of communities, or different departments or organizations on campus that have contributed content. The University Archives community contains all of our Knowledge Bank content.

 

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Searching

There is a search bar at the top of every KB page. If you want to run a basic search, use this.

 

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There is also an Advanced Search function if you are looking for something more specific.

 

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