Abstract: History materials are the fundamental of the research in history discipline. It has become an important task to search and sort history materials and construct relative history material databases. The history materials which are stored in imagery form are important resources for studying and researching history. Searching and sorting imagery history materials and constructing relative databases are not only becoming necessary in the development in modern studying of history materials, but also the new trends of constructing history materials databases. This paper analyzed the problems of searching history materials and proposed corresponding solutions to these problems, combining the practical achievements of historiophoty laboratory, based on the research status at home and abroad,