Introduction

The CP Pictures Archive uses Personal Library Software to search for photos in as little as 30 seconds. The photos are all in JPEG format, with an average compressed file size of 500KB and can be downloaded in less than a minute on a direct Internet connection.

The photos are all in JPEG format. Contemporary photos are scanned at about 200 dpi, and the average file size is 500KB to 600KB compressed. Historical photos are scanned at 300 dpi, and can be as large as 1.5MB compressed. Downloads are as fast as 30 seconds for those accessing the Archive via a T1 connection, and no more than 3.5 minutes for those using a 28.8 modem.

To check the file size and download time of any image (when using the Netscape 4 or Internet Explorer 4 or higher interface, click on the Info button associated with each image.

Top Five Search Tips

1. Use single quote marks around names or any string of words to be searched together.
2. To search for photos with two or more individuals, use AND. Otherwise, the default is OR.
3. For topics, just type what you're looking for, without regard to quote marks.
4. For dates, use the following string as an example: 3/13/1998.
5. Do not abbreviate city, province or country in the WHERE field.

Top Five Search Tips Details

1. The WHAT Field: Use single quote marks around names or any string of words to be searched together.
   Examples: Ottawa Senators, 'Caroline Brunet, 'Elvis Stojko’
2. To search for photos with two or more individuals, use and
   Examples: 'Prince Henry' and 'Prince William' and 'Prince Charles', or 'Gerry Adams' and 'John Major', or 'President Clinton' and 'Nelson Mandela'
3. For topics, describe what you’re looking for
   Examples: world junior hockey championships, Mark Tewksbury Olympic swim Barcelona
4. The WHEN Field: Specific dates require numerical form
   Examples: 2/26/1998,12/7/1941, 6/18/1985
   
   - For days of the week, type Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, etc.
   - For today’s photos, type Today
   - For yesterday’s photos, type Yesterday
   - For periods of time, type From Friday to Monday (or) From 3/1/1998 to 3/25/1998
5. The WHERE Field: Searches City, Province and Country. Do not abbreviate.
   Use single quote marks around strings of words.
   Examples: Vancouver, ‘British Columbia', Halifax, 'Nova Scotia'

Examples Of Using The Search Fields Together
WHAT 'hale-bopp'
WHEN 1997
WHERE 'United Kingdom'

WHAT diana princess of wales
WHEN from 1990
WHERE 'United States'

WHAT dolphins not (sports:category)
WHEN 1997 to 1998
WHERE Australia

The Search Page

Search Criteria
It's simple to execute a search in the CP Picture Archive. Just enter your search criteria in the WHAT WHEN and/or WHERE fields (use one field, or a combination of the three fields). Click on SEARCH, or hit ENTER on your keyboard. To view the image full-screen, click once on the photo. Click on Top 5 Search Tips or Advanced Searching for additional help.

Image Hits

1. 4 photos Photos are displayed four-at-a-time, with the full caption.
2. 12 photos Photos are displayed 12-at-a-time. To see the full caption, click on the Caption link.
3. Directory A list of 36 photos with partial captions is displayed. Click on the icon next to the partial caption to see the photo.

The default mode is 4 Photos. Use the pull-down menu to change options.

1. Relevancy Photos that most closely match your search criteria are displayed first.
2. Newest - Oldest Photos are displayed from the most recent to the oldest, by date order in which they entered the Archive.

The default mode is Relevancy. Use the pull-down menu to change options.

Click Download. Your account is billed at this point.

At the next page, click Complete Download while holding down the Option key on your keyboard if using a Mac, or the Shift key if using a PC.

A box will appear, asking where you want to save the photo. Choose the location, type a file name and click OK. The image begins to download. If you do not see the Save Dialog box when you click on Complete Download and the image begins to download to your screen, you do not have your browser set to save to disk.

WARNING - Do not leave this page while the system fetches the file. If you do, the download is aborted and you will see a data error when you return to this page.

BILLING - If you download an image more than once in the same day using the same UserName/Password, we will assume you did not receive the first download (s) and bill you only once.

Placing photos in your lightbox

1. Click on the word lightbox from the pulldown menu. The picture is immediately moved to your default lightbox. The name of your default lightbox is your UserName.
2. You can create four additional lightboxes (for a total of five lightboxes). Each lightbox can hold up to 25 photos.

Viewing photos in your lightbox

1. Click on View Lightbox from the Search screen.
2. From the pull-down menu, select the lightbox you would like to view.

Removing photos from your lightbox

1. Click on the box below the thumbnail of each photo to be removed. Select Remove.
2. To remove all images in your lightbox, click on Select All, then click Remove.

Boolean Search Operators

Here's a list of more Boolean search operators and a description of how they can help you build a search:

OR The default operator is OR. This means that if you enter a multi-word query, the search engine will retrieve all records that contain at least one of the words. This may produce thousands of responses to your query, but with Relevancy Ranking on, the first photos will match your request.

Example: WHAT tribal politics in South Africa is interpreted as: What tribal OR politics OR South OR Africa

AND Returns search results containing both words.

Example: WHAT Hallett and Seiterle.

NOT Searches for records containing the word preceding it without containing the word following it.

Example: WHAT prince NOT charles

NEAR Functions as bi-directional proximity operator if word range is specified.

If no word range is specified, functions as bi-directional adjacency operator.

Example: WHAT deficit near/3 spending

W/n The proximity operator searches for word pairs in which the pair's second term occurs within a specified number of words after the first.

Example: WHAT amphibian W/5 DNA finds records in which DNA occurs within five words after amphibian.

* The wildcard operator for strings matches any string.

Examples: micro* matches microscope, microcomputer, *late matches relate, translate