1. Key Features
History Browser
The History Browser feature provides guided navigation access to a directory of military history resources that have been classified using various topics - by Subject, Type, Organization, etc. This approach means you do not have to know what terms to search for or even whether specific information exists. The Browser allows you to quickly navigate from high-level groupings (e.g., Wars, Battles and Conflicts) to narrower subjects (e.g., Battle at Duck Lake). (More on how to use the History Browser...)
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Timeline
The Timeline feature supports access to military history resources organized by historical date - from 1000 AD to 2000 AD. Two versions of the Timeline are provided: a text-based timeline on the non-Flash version of the Gateway, and; an interactive, graphical timeline on the Flash Web site. (More on how to use the Timeline...)
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Search
The Search feature provides the ability to search for military history resources based on specific words you enter in a text box. If more than one word is entered, there is the option to search for all of the words, any of the words, or an exact phrase. (More on how to use to Search...)
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Glossary
The Glossary feature, accessible from the Left Navigation Bar, displays an alphabetical list of military terms and their definitions.
An alphabetical menu is provided to help you manoeuvre through the glossary. Select the letter at the beginning the word you want to look up. All words starting with that letter will be listed and you can scroll through the results.
If the results require more than one page, the page numbers are listed beneath the alphabet and you can click on a number to go directly to that page. To move forward through the pages in order, click on NEXT. To move backwards through the pages in order, click on BACK.
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Online Reference Books
The Canadian Military Heritage reference set is a heavily illustrated, three-volume work covering ten centuries of Canada's rich military history. The books have been digitized and made available online on their own Web site. (More on the Online Reference Books...)
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My Gateway
The My Gateway feature allows users of the site to save links to military history resource of interest for reuse. Selected search results are stored in personal folders that are only accessible to individual users by logging into My Gateway with their own username and password. (More on My Gateway...)
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Doing Research?
Accessible from the Gateway homepage, this feature provides a direct link to the Military Records and Service Files resources within the Genealogy and Family History section of the Library and Archives Canada (LAC) Web site.
Please note that when you click on the ‘Doing Research?’ link, a new browser window is opened displaying the LAC site.
The types of resources available through the LAC Web site include:
- Military records before the First World War
- South African War Service Records 1899-1902
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Military personnel records after 1918, including the Second World War and the Korean Conflict.
- What are Personnel Records?
- Still serving or recently released
To return to the Gateway, minimize or close the LAC browser window.
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Featured Site
Accessible from the Gateway homepage, this feature is a direct link to a military history resource designated as a ‘Featured Site’ by the Canadian Military History Gateway. A featured site may be a new resource a Gateway partner has made available online, or it could be a resource that has significance in the context of a particular event or anniversary.
Please note that when you click on the ‘Featured Site’ link, a new browser window is opened displaying the featured Web site.
To return to the Gateway, minimize or close the featured site browser window.
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Learning Resources
Accessible from the Gateway homepage, this feature is an internal Gateway link to military history resources classified as educational in nature.
Clicking on the ‘Learning Resources’ link opens the Gateway’s History Browser feature (more on the History Browser) and displays a search result list of available resources. Clicking on a link in the result list will open a new browser window displaying the selected learning resource on a Gateway partner Web site.
The History Browser’s guided navigation capabilities can be used to further filter the result list by ‘type’ of learning resource, for example: Activity, Guide, Lesson Plan, etc.
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What’s New
Accessible from the Gateway homepage and Global Navigation Bar, this feature is an internal link to a Web page identifying military history resources recently added to the Canadian Military History Gateway.
Each resource listed on the ‘What’s New’ page will have a title and brief description, as well as a link to the actual resource. Clicking on the link will open a new browser window displaying the selected resource on a Gateway partner Web site.
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