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finding aid

Summary

finding aid is a literary genre[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • finding aid's instance of is recorded as literary genre[3].
  • finding aid is a type of reference work[4].
  • finding aid is a type of database[5].
  • finding aid is used for archival description[6].
  • finding aid's Commons category is recorded as Archival finding aid[7].
  • finding aid's facet of is recorded as archives[8].
  • finding aid's facet of is recorded as archival description[9].

Body

Definition and Type

finding aid's instance of is recorded as literary genre[3]. Recorded subclass of include reference work[4] and database[5].

Use and Application

finding aid is used for archival description[6].

Why It Matters

finding aid has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . dictionary.archivists.org. Retrieved . dictionary.archivists.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). finding aid. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/finding-aid
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_finding-aid_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{finding aid}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/finding-aid}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 19d ago · Madamebiblio · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Has use → archival description
    Facet of → archives, archival description
    Subclass of → reference work, database
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbmergeitems-from:0||Q131395848 */"
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