NAVIGATION
What am I looking at?
When you log into Wayfinder, you are looking at a collection of artifacts from the Web Campaigning Web archive. This is a collection of archived Web sites that are referenced in the Web Campaigning Digital Supplement. Use the Web Campaigning Digital Supplement to read scholarship about the campaigning on the Web and view the artifacts as they are referenced in the research. The Web Campaigning Digital Supplement is a guided tour through the collection led by scholars who have conducted research in the field. Use Wayfinder to view the artifacts one by one. Wayfinder lets you record your own observations about the artifacts in the collection. You may begin with the scholarly interpretation, begin recording your own interpretations, or work between the two.
How do I find specific artifacts in the collection?
You can search tags on almost any page in Wayfinder. Enter the tag you are looking for in the search box on the top right and click the orange arrow. Choose Advanced Search from the top menu to search on catalog data (producer name, producer type, etc.).
I was reading the Web Campaigning Digital Supplement and I want to use Wayfinder to find the artifact I was reading about…How do I do that?
Finding a particular artifact in Wayfinder as you read through the Digital Supplement is easy. As you read through the text in the Web Campaigning Digital Supplement, you will come across clickable endnotes. These endnotes are the artifacts displayed in Wayfinder. When you view the endnote in the Digital Supplement, take note of the name of the producer of the original Web site. This information is listed beneath the image of the archived Web site next to the link of a full-page image of the artifact. Typically the producer name is the name of a candidate, like Norm Coleman, or government organization, like the Federal Election Commission. In Wayfinder, enter this information into an Advanced Search. You can also gather information from the Supplement text about practices or the artifact's title to search Wayfinder. Wayfinder might produce a list of possible matches instead of the one artifact you are searching for. If this is the case, use the thumbnail images to find the artifact you are searching for.
I was browsing through artifacts in Wayfinder and I want to know what the scholars think about the artifact I am looking at.. How do I do that?
In Wayfinder, look at the Catalog Information listed for the artifact. Take note of the artifacts producer name. In The Web Campaigning Digital Supplement, enter this producer name into the search box. The Supplement will provide you with a list of places that name appears. Choose the note you would like to view. The note will show information about the artifact including which chapter in the text references it so you can read the text.
Where do I go?
When you log in to Wayfinder, your collection page will show you the objects in the collection that you have viewed recently, and a list of your contacts. Choose an object from the list to start tagging, or choose a contact from your list to see what they’ve viewed recently. To see a list of all the objects in a collection, click HOME.
TAGS
What's a tag?
Tags are one-word or short phrases that you assign to a site in the collection to describe it. To enter a short phrase as a single tag, enclose the phrase with quotation marks. Use as many tags as you like to describe a site in the collection. The more the better! Use these descriptions to help you find the sites you liked each time you log in. Tags help you organize the sites you like, and also help you find new sites. Search the tags that have been used by other users to discover other sites that match your interests. Experiment with your tags. Make up lots of them. The more tags your use, the easier tagging gets.
NOTES
What's a note?
A note is a way for you to write a longer description of the site you are marking. Use tags as quick descriptors, but use notes as a place to collect your thoughts, opinions, or interpretations.
FAQ
What's an archived page?
In the collection, you’ll be able to view sites from the Webarchivist.org archives and the Library of Congress archives. Sites from the archive will look similar to the sites from the live Web, but you might notice that archived sites have a longer URL in the location bar of your browser. What you are viewing when you see these longer archived URLs is a snapshot of what was a page on the live Web some time in the past. The date the snapshot was taken is written into the URL.
What's catalog information?
Each of the pages in the collection has been cataloged by a Webarchivist.org cataloger. You can browse the collection by the catalog information or by tags. Each site in the collection has been evaluated to determine producer, practices and techniques.
What's My Collection?
My Collection is where all your marked sites can be found. Click on My Collection to find your page with a list of all the objects you’ve viewed recently and a list of your contacts.