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Browse/Journal Layout | Search Functions | Listings Functions

The following help features outline the layout of the journal and some anomalies regardings its appearance on the website, and using the Browse, Search, and Listings functions. Various changes occured over the course of the journal's publication resulting in changes to page naming and ordering, as well as volume numbering. This is outlined below under the Browse Help Section. The first monthly issue of the Canadian Architect and Builder was published in 1888 and the last issue appeared in April 1908.

CAB Help: Using the Browse feature

Appearance of Volume 1:

On the website, the first volume appears differently than the volumes which follow. The first volume, due to its larger format, was scanned in colour with a large-format scanner. Converting it to a black and white file format caused the images to be of a low quality and it was decided that the first volume be converted to greyscale.

Editions:

In January, 1890, the journal began to appear in two editions: a Regular Edition and an Architects’ Edition. The Architects’ Edition had more illustrations or plates. As well, some written content differed from the Regular Edition and the Architect’s Edition. However, this only included about 2 to 3 pages per issue; in the Regular Edition these pages usually included the sections titled "Intercommunication" and "Questions and Answers" which replaced various elements that appeared in the Architects’ Edition. For this project most volumes with the exception of volumes 17 and 20 are comprised of pages from the Regular Edition.

Architect's Edition for Feb. 1907 (click for larger image)

Regular Edition for Feb. 1907 (click for larger image)

Page Numbering:

The page numbering which appears in the drop-down list at the top of the browse toolbar, is consistent with the page ordering of each issue. The way issues were ordered and numbered evolved as the journal evolved and this is reflected in the page numbering in the drop down list. Issues within each volume (except for volumes 1, 21, and 22) were paged consecutively. For example, each issue in Volume 1 restarted page numbers at 1, while in later volumes, page numbers for each issue continued from the last page of the issue previous. These anomalies might, at first glance, make it seem that the page numbering is out of order or that pages seem to be missing. For example, Volume 4, Issue 12 begins at page 101 since Volume 4, Issue 11 ended with page 100. In early editions, plates were not given page numbers. In later issues plates were given page numbers and, in order to keep the numbering scheme consistent, we have provided both page number and plate number. In addition, the order and display of pages was determined by what remained in various collections around the country. Many issues do not have covers or title pages or had pages missing. When these could be located, they were scanned and provided on the website. In all remaining instances, these pages remain missing from the CAB website.

When browsing CAB, page numbers are listed in the drop-down menu at the top of the page. At times, inconsistencies may appear between this text and the page number on the image. In such instances, we found that the page number on the original printed page was wrong or not consistent (i.e. page 65 appears twice, on both pages 65 and 66). When this occurs, we have corrected the display text in the drop-down menu list but left the incorrect page number in the scanned image.

Page numbering in the drop-down menu of the Browse section of CAB follow these general guidelines:

I, II… Uppercase Roman numerals were used on the front and back covers
i, ii, … Lowercase Roman numerals were used for the advertising at the front and back of an issue.
1, 2 … indicates page numbers for the actual written contents of each issue of CAB
plate 1, plate 2... Plates or illustrations are indicated in order of appearance. In earlier volumes of CAB the plates do not have page numbers; in those volumes where the plates are given page numbers, both the page number and the plate number are given in the text, i.e. "page 67 (plate 2)"
plate 2a, plate 2b Some plates were printed on a double-sized and folded page. In these cases, we have scanned the image in two sections in order to preserve the original size of the page. Images were then named, for example, "plate 2a" and "plate 2b".
index Indexes appeared in the original at the beginning of Issue 1
title page Indicates a title page which appeared in the original. These pages appear only intermittently.

Volume Numbering:

The volumes of the journal are numbered annually up to Volume 20, Issue 10 (October, 1907). Therefore, Volume 1 corresponds to the year 1881, Volume 2 to 1889 and so on. The issue number corresponds to the month of publication; Issue 1 was published for January and so on. However, after a change in ownership in 1907, Volume and issue numbering became inconsistent. November, 1907 was designated Volume 21, Issue 1 when it should have been designated Volume 20, Issue 11. Alas, November and December, 1907 appear as Volume 21 and January to April, 1908 appear as Volume 22. Consequently, Canadian Architect and Builder ceased publication with Volume 22, Issue 4 (April, 1908).

Help: Using the Search feature

Basic search:

This feature allows simple keyword searches of the full-text of the entire journal, including advertisements, plates, indices, tables of contents in all 22 volumes.

Enter terms for a search, click on the grey search button for a list of results.
From the results page click on the page names in the left hand column to view the page containing the search term.
After viewing the page, to return to your results page, click on the "RESULTS PAGE" button on the top toolbar.
To begin a new search, click on the "SEARCH" button on the top toolbar

Advanced Search:

This feature allows more controlled and specific searches. Boolean operators AND, OR, NOT are supported by this feature.

Select the type of document(s) you wish to search by clicking on the boxes marked "advertisements", "plates", and "full text."
Select the range of volumes for your search by selecting volumes from the drop-down lists. The default setting will search all volumes.
Search for a term within an article title. To browse article titles, see Help: Using the Listings
Search for an author. Enter first or last names. This feature is not case-sensitive. To browse authors, see Help: Using the Listings
Search for terms in full-text. Use Boolean operators to control searching

eg. School and building: finds all pages where there is an occurrence of both terms in a page
School or building: finds all pages where there is an occurrence of either term in a page
School not building: finds all pages where there is an occurrence of "school" and no occurrence of "building" in a page

After completing advanced search form, click on the search button for a list of results.
From the results page click on the page names in the left hand column to view the page containing your search criteria
After viewing the page, return to your results page by clicking on the "RESULTS PAGE" button on the top toolbar
To begin a new search, click on the "SEARCH" button on the top toolbar

Help: Using the Listings

This feature offers browseable lists of authors, article titles and document types for all or selected volumes.

Select volumes for listings. The default setting will retrieve listings from all volumes

Article Listings

Click on the button "Author listings" for an alphabetical listing of authors in all or selected volumes.
Click on the button "Article listings" for an alphabetical listing of article titles in all or selected volumes. Letters to the editor and anonymous columns are included within the article listings

Page Listings

Select document types, "Advertisements," "Index," "Full Text," "Contents," "Plates" to retrieve listings of pages which contain those specific attributes. For example, retrieving a listing of "plates" will return pages of illustration within the journal.