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Summary

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• Associated Press Photo Archive: Historical and current
• Primary source material
• Multimedia

Format: Text; PDF

Coverage: Audio: 1920s-Present; Photo: 1840s-Present

Remote Access: Yes. 

Subscription Period: July - June

Funding: Invoiced via the Nassau Library System

Logo Link: http://www.nassaulibrary.org/productimages/apimages/apimages_logo.gif

Original DB Manual Entry (2003)

The Accunet / AP Multimedia Archive is an electronic library containing the Associated Press'

current year's photo report and a selection of images from their vast negative and print library dating from the

1840s.

Search Aids

Truncation: None

Wildcard: The wildcard is represented by an asterisk (*).

Thesaurus: No

Special Features: The AP Audio Database contains over half a million searchable audio clips dating back to the 1920s, with

clips as recent as 48 hours.  the AP Text Database contains more than 700,000 pieces of text from the Associated Press, the

world's oldest and largest newsgathering organization.  There is a 48 hour delay in receiving the current text files.

Additional Search Tips: There are 71 defined concepts.  The concept corresponds to the idea the photograph is portraying.  To

search by concept, type the particular concept followed by ":concept" in the WHAT field.  For example: hot:concept or cold:concept.

A list of searchable concepts is available in the User's Guide.