It enables researchers to search and filter by various criteria including keyword, title, creator, person, organisation, subject and date in order to bring together archives held all over the country that relate to a topic.

[citation needed] The Archives Hub has supporting information for researchers, including an introductory guide.

It publishes monthly features, created by contributors, on all manner of subjects, people and organisations, to showcase the variety of archival content described.

[citation needed] The Archives Hub has an ethos based on open access and "making the data work harder".

The site provides information for archivists and other cataloguers on online discovery, data creation, the use of standards, metadata and protocols for interoperability and to facilitate cross-searching.