Access to the database begins with a search screen. All data can be searched by site code, by site name, by province, territory or state, by laboratory number, by material dated, by cultural affiliation, by a range of dates, or any combination of these fields. Canadian data can be searched by Borden block (the uppercase letters in the Borden designation) and by NTS (National Topographic System) map sheet number. The location field contains searchable county names, major drainages, and the islands of the Arctic Archipelago. The associated taxa field contains the scientific names of vertebrates associated with the dates.

Site codes in Canada are known as Borden numbers, because they are based on Carl Borden's uniform site designation system (Anthropology in British Columbia 3: 44-48, 1952). Alaskan site codes consist of three elements: "AK" or "49" for Alaska; a 3-letter designation for the 1:250,000 U.S. Geological Survey quadrangle; and a sequence number. The quadrangle designations were published by West (American Antiquity 32: 107-108, 1967) who used only two letters for some quadrangles; the latter have been padded to 3-letter codes by inserting an "X" as the first letter. For Russian sites, the site code field contains "Russia."

Clicking on the search button causes the selected data to be retrieved and presented as a table of information: province, territory or state, site code, site name, laboratory number, and normalized age. By clicking on any entry in the table, the full data for a given record is displayed. The "Back" button will return you to the table, and a button at the bottom of the screen will return you to the search page.

Any of these pages can be printed. My name appears at the bottom of each screen to encourage you to send corrections, comments, or additions by e-mail. This database will always be a work in progress. I will remain committed to its upkeep and expansion for the foreseeable future. I hope you will find it useful.