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All About the Illinois APCO Historical Collection: |
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- Originally conceived to only be a repository for the Illinois APCO Chapter's records. Established 1982 in
the Bradley University Library, where it remains today. The first (and still the only) permanently located assemblage
of material dedicated to preserving the heritage of APCO and public safety communications in general. Because
of its twenty-plus year existence, the depth of the collection, and lacking anything similar, it's widely considered
to be APCO-International's official site for the organization's history. Read all about it on the "Introduction"
page.
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Searching the APCO BULLETIN Articles Database: |
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- Use either the "Search" or "Search Tips"
page (also available via the top right-hand link on our front page) to query an index for all of APCO's 70-plus
years worth of publications (including APCO's first issue). The very most-recent editions may not yet be indexed
or available on-line. See the lists of available issues on these pages.
- For title searches, start with simple queries. Try a single word search and go from there. Title queries also
search the keywords. Be aware that your search will return all other words that include the word being queried
(a search for "radio" will also return radios, radiology, radioactive, etc.).
- For an author search, type the person's last name. Don't include ranks or titles (e.g. Chief, Dr., Sgt., etc.)
as the database won't respond to such inquiries. If that returns too many articles, try using both first and last
names. Although, not all articles were published (and indexed) under the author's full name. Initials, nicknames,
or "pen-names" were sometimes used. As with title searches, an author search returns all names that include
the query word ("John" returns Johns, Johnson, Littlejohn, etc.).
- For the year search, enter the full four-digit year. Don't be surprised when you get hundreds and hundreds
of matches for the year.
- Use the "Search Tips" page for information on using Boolean Search
capabilities to perform more precise searches, for combining any two or all three of the available search criteria
(keywords, author name, and/or a date range), and for other helpful advice.
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Full Details and Directions for Visiting the Historical Collection: |
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- See the "Directions" page for all you'll need to know to visit and
conduct research, or to just plain browse through anything in the collection that interests you. Conducted tours
can also be arranged.
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Information on Borrowing and Using Collection Materials: |
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- See the "Collection Use" page for tips on how you can gain access
to select items - usually without having to leave your home town.
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Ordering Copies and Reprints: |
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- Information on the "Copies and Reprints" page will be helpful
in case a desired item can't be loaned out because of its age or fragile condition.
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Past Presidents, Life and Senior Members, and Award Winners: |
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On-Line Images from the Historical Collection: |
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- At this writing, full-color images and downloadable PDF's for 72 complete APCO BULLETIN issues and 8 historic
APCO Chapter Charters are available at the "Years On-Line" page (also
available via the bottom left-hand link on this Web site's front page).
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Contacts and Hot Links: |
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- Computer links for accessing selected Internet Web sites are available on the "Contacts"
page or by selecting the bottom right-hand link on the front page of the www.apcohistory.org
Web site.
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