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Browse content

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Browse

File:Um4-2BrowseBox.png

Browse box: select filter

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 records and displays them on a List screen.

As of the current version (v0.6), ICA-AtoM ships with the following filters:

Subject
Place
Name
Archival institution
Media type

Browse by subject

File:Um4-2Subject.png

Browse by subject: results list

File:Um4-2Subject.png

Browse by subject: subject hits list

1. Select "subject" in the Browse box and click the Browse button.

2. ICA-AtoM returns all terms included in the Subject taxonomy and displays them on a List screen showing the term and the number of times it has been used as a subject access point to an archival description ("hits").

3. To sort the list, click a column header to sort by those values.

4. To view the list of all descriptions to which a term has been applied as a subject access point, click the [[Glossary#Term|term] (blue link).

This list shows the description title, the title of the collection to which it belongs (fonds or highest level of description), and repository (archival institution). Each entry in each column functions as a link to the full view of the related record.

Browse by place

Authority file

Browse authorities

Browse by authority file:

Finds all authority records and displays them in a list showing the name and type of entity (corporate body, person or family).

To sort the list, click a column header to sort by those values.

To view the full authority record, click the Name link for any entry.

Archival institution

Browse by archival institution

Browse by archival institution:

Finds all archival institution records and displays them in a list showing the name, type and country of the institution.

Sort the list by clicking a column header to sort by those values.

Click the name of an institution to view the full archival institution record.

Language

Browse by language

Browse by language:

Finds all languages terms that have been used in the Language(s) field in archival description records to indicate the existence of archival material in that language.

Displays terms in a list showing the language term and the number of descriptions to which it has been applied ("hits").

To sort the list, click a column header to sort by those values.

To view the list of all descriptions ("hits") of archival units containing material in a language, click the LanguageTerm link.

This list shows the description title, the title of the collection to which it belongs (fonds or highest level of description), and repository. Each entry in each column functions as a link to the full view of the related record.

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-== Browse ==
+<span class="pageTitle">Browse content</span>
-{|
+[[Main Page]] > [[User manual|(UM) User manual]] > [[UM-4|UM-4 Access content]] > UM-4.1 Browse content
-|-
-|
-[[Image:Search_BrowseBox.png|500px|right]]
+== Browse ==
-Use the <span class="button">BrowseBox</span> to view records in ICA-AtoM by various filters.
-. Select a filter in the <span class="button">BrowseBox</span> from the drop-down menu.
+[[Image:um4-2BrowseBox.png|500px|right|thumb|Browse box: select filter]]
-. Click the <span class="button">Browse</span> button.
+Use the [[Glossary#Browse box|Browse box]] to view records in ICA-AtoM by various filters.
-. ICA-AtoM retrieves all the relevant records and displays them on a <span class="screen">List screen</span>.
+. Select a filter in the [[Glossary#Browse box|Browse box]] from the drop-down menu.
-ICA-AtoM contains the following filters:
+. Click the [[Glossary#Browse button|Browse button]].
-*[[#Subject | Subject]]
-*[[#Authority file | Authority file]]
-*[[#Archival institution | Archival institution]]
-*[[#Language | Language]]
-|}
+. ICA-AtoM retrieves all the relevant records and displays them on a [[Glossary#List screen|List screen]].
-=== Subject ===
-<div class="headerBar">Browse by subject</div>
+As of the current version (v0.6), ICA-AtoM ships with the following filters:
+*[[#Browse by subject|Subject]]
+*[[#Browse by place|Place]]
+*[[#Browse by name|Name]]
+*[[#Browse by archival institution|Archival institution]]
+*[[#Browse by media type|Media type]]
-{|
+<br clear="right">
-|-
+== Browse by subject ==
-|
-[[Image:Search_BrowseSubject1.png|500px|right]]
+[[Image:um4-2Subject.png|500px|right|thumb|Browse by subject: results list]]
-[[Image:Search_BrowseSubject2.png|500px|right]]
+[[Image:um4-2Subject.png|500px|right|thumb|Browse by subject: subject hits list]]
-Browse by subject:
+. Select "subject" in the [[Glossary#Browse box|Browse box]] and click the [[Glossary#Browse button|Browse button]].
-*Finds all subject terms and displays them in a list showing the term and the number of times it has been used as a subject access point to an archival description ("hits").
+. ICA-AtoM returns all [[Glossary#Term|terms]] included in the [[Glossary#Taxonomy|Subject taxonomy]] and displays them on a [[Glossary#List screen|List screen]] showing the [[Glossary#Term|term]] and the number of times it has been used as a [[Glossary#Access point|subject access point]] to an [[Glossary#Archival description|archival description]] ("hits").
-*To sort the list, click a column header to sort by those values.
+. To sort the list, click a [[Glossary#Column header|column header]] to sort by those values.
-*To view the list of all descriptions ("hits") to which a term has been applied as a subject access point, click a <span class="button">SubjectTerm</span> link.
+. To view the list of all [[Glossary#Archival description|descriptions]] to which a term has been applied as a [[Glossary#Access point|subject access point]], click the [[Glossary#Term|term] (blue link).
-*This list shows the description title, the title of the collection to which it belongs (fonds or highest level of description), and repository. Each entry in each column functions as a link to the full view of the related record.
+*This list shows the description title, the title of the collection to which it belongs (fonds or highest [[Glossary#Level of description|level of description]]), and repository ([[Glossary#Archival institution|archival institution]]). Each entry in each column functions as a link to the full view of the related record.
+<br clear="right">
+== Browse by place ==
-|}
 === Authority file ===