Homepage• The FRASER logo will take you

back to the homepage, no matter where you are on the site.

• The site search feature can be used to search all FRASER content, including a full text search.

• Economic Data, Federal Reserve History, and Archival Collectionsare three of the most prominent content areas on FRASER and are therefore featured in the navigation bar.

• The Education page offers access to classroom materials developed by Federal Reserve economic education specialists.

• Browsing by Title, Author, andDate are three ways of accessing all of FRASER’s content.

• Themes are collections assembled by FRASER staff, highlighting the most important documents relating to a variety of topics.

• The Explore, Access, Learn, and FEATURED sections highlight noteworthy content or tools.

• Tweets are from our @fedFRASER Twitter account, where we feature documents of the day and items related to current economic news.

• WHAT’S NEW displays six items recently added to FRASER.

• POPULAR THEMES and POPULAR ITEMS highlight some of the most-viewed FRASER content from the previous week.

• The NEED HELP? tab lists helpful FRASER resources, including this guide.

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How to Use FRASERRev. September 14, 2015

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Browse by Title• The TITLE of the current page is

displayed in this location throughout the site.

• On the Browse by Title page, click one of the letters under the left JUMP TO column to quickly navigate through available titles.

• Choose a title from the list of AVAILABLE TITLES in the center column.

• Details for this title display in the right RESOURCE DETAILS column.

• The ABOUT section gives additional bibliographic information about this title.

• GET offers the option to download the metadata for this title or, if the title is a single item, download a PDF.

• CITE lists a suggested citation for this title.

• SHARE gives options for sharing a link to this title.

• Click Go to>> to view the title. Depending on the number of items that are part of this title, this link may take you directly to a PDF or to a list of items.

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Periodical Page – All Issues• The ABOUT section displays

bibliographic information and can be collapsed or expanded.

• The CITE section gives a generic citation; Zotero users may also use a Zotero plug-in to save the citation.

• SEARCH offers a search box that uses the site’s search feature, filtering results to just this title.

• Under the ALL ISSUES tab, you may skip to a specific decade using the buttons in the left column or by scrolling through the middle column. Click on an issue in the middle column to see more about that issue in the right column.

• The Go to>> button takes you to the selected item.

• Clicking on a title under the TABLE OF CONTENTS, which can be collapsed or expanded, takes you to the starting page of a table, chart, or article within this item, if available.

• The SHARE section lets you share a link to this particular item.

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Periodical Page – Data and Articles• The STATISTICAL DATA tab displays

tables and charts extracted from the issues in this title. These are the same tables and charts you would find listed under the Table of Contents on the ALL ISSUES tab.

• The ARTICLES tab offers a function similar to the Statistical Data tab, listing articles rather than tables and charts. Again, these are the same articles that you would find listed under the Table of Contents on the All Issues tab.

• Results can be sorted by title (alphabetically) or frequency (the number of issues in which the table, chart, or article title occurs).

• The lists in the Statistical Data and Articles tabs can be filtered.

• Where possible, recurring tables are grouped and can be viewed in 5-year increments.

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PDF Viewer• The right pane may be collapsed

by clicking the >> button.

• If available, the TABLE OF CONTENTS can be used to navigate to the starting pages of tables, charts, articles, or chapters in this item.

• If the document contains large pages or small text, download the PDF for a higher-resolution image.

• The SHARE section lets you share a link to this document or to the particular page you are currently viewing.

Ctrl+F or ⌘+F can be used to search the text of the PDF. However, the text is loaded for only a few pages of the document at a time, so results are incomplete. For complete results, download the PDF. Additionally, the accuracy of results is limited to the accuracy of the OCR (optical character recognition), which is uncorrected.

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Browse Archival CollectionsArchival collections are available on the Browse by Title page and are also available separately on the Archival Collections page.

• A list of archival collections available on FRASER is located in the left column.

• Clicking on a collection title in the left column retrieves bibliographic information in the right column.

• Click Go to>> to view the contents of the collection.

Some archival collections on FRASER are fairly complete; others are fairly incomplete. Checking the number of items listed in the Go to>> button can help you determine a collection’s completeness.

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Archival CollectionsArchival collections have a hierarchical organization that is not used in most other FRASER titles.

• The top portion of the page is similar to that of other FRASER titles, with bibliographic information, share buttons, a citation, and a filtered search.

• Under BROWSE BY SECTION, you can drill down through the collection. When possible, we have attempted to replicate the archival organization of series, subseries, boxes, and folders.

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Browse by Date• Use the Start Date and End Date

fields, Zoom buttons, or slider bar to zoom in on a specific portion of the timeline.

• Click an event or era for more information, including a link to a related FRASER item, if available.

• Click a year in the TITLES BY YEAR histogram to view available titles for that year.

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Search Results• The search bar appears at the top

of all FRASER pages. Additionally, search bars appear within archival collection and periodical pages and can be used to search just the items within that collection or periodical.

• Click the SORT BY dropdown menu to change the sorting order of search results.

• Ten results are listed at a time. Click PREVIOUS/NEXT to navigate through additional results.

• RELATED SEARCHES are suggested.

• Filters can be used to narrow search results. The first five filter options in each category are listed. Click show more to list additional filter options for a particular category, if available.

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Citing FRASER Items• Throughout the FRASER site,

citations are listed in the CITEsection of a page.

• Zotero users can click the Save to Zotero icon to save the item’s bibliographic information to their Zotero account.

• The saved item information can be viewed and exported in a variety of formats by opening the Zotero browser add-in.

For additional information about Zotero and to set up an account, visit https://www.zotero.org/.

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