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Browse: select filter

Browse: display filter terms

Browse: display matches

Use the browse box to view records in ICA-AtoM by various filters.

1. Select a filter in the browse box from the drop-down menu.

2. Click the browse button.

3. ICA-AtoM retrieves all the relevant filter terms and displays them on a list screen. By default, ICA-AtoM lists results 10 at a time, providing pagination at the bottom of the page to allow users to navigate through long lists of results. Administrators can increase or decrease this default number (See UM-7.4.1 Customize global settings, point 6. Results per page).

4. Each filter is described below:

Subject

• Returns all terms included in the subject taxonomy.

• Results column returns the number of times the term has been used as a subject access point in an archival description.

• Click the term to get the results (archival descriptions using it as an access point) on a new list screen.

Place

• Returns all terms included in the place taxonomy.

• Results column returns the number of times the term has been used as a place access point to an archival description.

• Click the place term to get the results (archival descriptions using it as an place access point) on a new list screen.

Name

• Returns all authority records.

• Type column indicates the type of entity (Corporate body, Person, or Family).

• Click the name to go to the authority record view screen.

Archival institution

• Returns all archival institutions.

• "Type" column indicates the type of institution (e.g. "municipal", "university").

• Click the institution name to go to the archival institution view screen.

Media type

• Returns all terms included in the media types taxonomy.

• Results column returns the number of digital objects of that type that are stored in the application.

• Click the media term to get the results (digital objects) on a new list screen.

Material Type

Returns all terms entered into the General Material Designation field in the Rules for Archival Description template.

Click the Material type term to get the results (archival descriptions containing GMD information.