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Search Tutorial Step 1: Search Input

First, decide what you're searching for. In our example we'll search for an embroidery of Mount Vernon that was made in 1807.

Step 1. Type the word or words into the "Text Search" field on the search page, we've typed "embroidery." Then click "Go!"

**Remember that our search engine will look in all the fields of the database for your search word. This might result in some unexpected items found. For more information about this see Exploring the Online Collection.**

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