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Hello,

Does your institution implement stop /flagged/forbidden/banned words on their online collections that prevent users from querying on them? How do those words/terms relate to what may still be in the database? I am inquiring on words/terms outside of traditional "the" ,"a", "an", etc.

Example: An object record has a Geography of 'Squaw Peak Trail, Utah' or a Material of "Squaw Grass" or an official title of "Portrait of Squaw". Do you include Squaw on a banned list for querying and leave the Geography /Material/Title as is on the record in the DB;  remove Squaw from the DB and replace the term with something else; allow users to search on the term and leave the DB as is; or something else?

You can respond to me directly, or to the listserv.

-Danni


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Danielle Peters

Collections Information & Database Specialist

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology

Harvard University

11 Divinity Avenue

Cambridge, MA  02138

(t) 617-496-9743

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