Document Type:
This database currently archives three types of sources: primary documents, press documents, and working papers. If you are searching specifically for primary documents, press releases, or working papers, then ensure that only the appropriate checkbox is checked, otherwise, leave all boxes checked to include all of the results.

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Working Papers

Keywords:
In this field, you can enter a string of keywords to search for results. For example, if you are searching for an apology concerning slavery, then enter the keyword "slavery" into the keyword field. If you are searching for a specific entity who has either given or received an apology, then you may wish to use the Donor or Recipient fields instead.

Donor (From):
The Donor field lists all of the entities currently in the database that have offered apologies to another group. As you type the donor's name, the website will attempt to complete the name according to the information currently in the database. If the donor name that you are looking for does not appear in the field, then we have not yet archived any apologies by that entity. Sometimes, you may wish to exclude a donor from a search result. For example, if you are searching for apologies made to African Americans except for those made by the United States you would enter "United States" as your donor and check the "Exclude Donor from Results" checkbox.

Recipient (To):
The Recipient field lists all of the entities currently in the database that have received apologies from another entity. As you type the recipient's name, the website will attempt to complete the name according to the information currently in the database. If the recipient name that you are looking for does not appear in the field, then we have not yet archived any apologies to that entity. Sometimes, you may wish to exclude a recipient from a search result. For example, if you are searching for apologies made by the United States except for those apologies made to African Americans you would enter "African Americans" as your recipient and check the "Exclude Recipient from Results" checkbox.

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Country:
Occasionally, you may have to further limit your results by country name. You would enter the country to which you want to limit your results in this field. Usually, you will use the donor, recipient, or keyword fields to run your search queries.

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Title:
Similar to the Keyword field, the Title field allows you to search for keywords within the title of an original document or press document. The most appropriate time to use this field is when you are looking for a specific document by title.

Author:
Similar to the Keyword field, the Author field allows you to search for a specific author of an original document or press document. The most appropriate time to use this field is when you are looking for a specific document by author.

Source:
Similar to the Keyword field, the Source field allows you to look for keywords concerning the source of an original document or press document. The most appropriate time to use this field is when you are looking for a document that was printed by a specific source. This field is not applicable to Working Paper searches.