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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:

Subjects

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

Places

• 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.

Names

• 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 descriptions

• Returns all archival descriptions

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

Archival institutions

• 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 types

• 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 Types

• 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) on a new list screen.