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Please note that ICA-AtoM is no longer actively supported by Artefactual Systems.
Visit https://www.accesstomemory.org for information about AtoM, the currently supported version.

Browse

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


1. Select a filter in the BrowseBox 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.


ICA-AtoM contains the following filters:


Subject

Browse by subject
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Browse by subject:


  • 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").


  • To sort the list, click a 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 SubjectTerm 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.


Authority file

Browse authorities
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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
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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
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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.