Create a database to search across each line of text in a series of volumes

The code here was used to create the NSW Post Office Directories search interface which helps you search across 54 volumes from 1886 to 1950. The same code, with minor modifications, could be used to index any publication where it would be useful to search by line (rather than Trove's default 'article') – for example, lists, directories and gazetteers – turning them into searchable databases.

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Examples of use

• NSW Post Office Directories, 1886 to 1950

• Sydney Telephone Directories, 1926 to 1954

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Cite as

Sherratt, Tim. (2024). GLAM-Workbench/trove-journals (version v2.2.0). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13744407