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'''Search'''
 
'''Search'''
  
1. To search ICA-AtoM, enter a term or phrase in the [[Search box]] and click the [[Search button]]. The [[Search box]] is available from any screen.
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1. To search ICA-AtoM, enter a term or phrase in the Search box (e.g. "city") and click the [[Search button]]. The [[Search box]] is available from any screen.
  
  
2. ICA-AtoM retrieves any descriptions that contain the search text and displays them on a [[Results list screen]], showing the description ''Title'' and the first several lines of the ''Scope and content'' field.
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2. ICA-AtoM retrieves any descriptions that contain the search text and displays them on a [[Results list]] screen, showing the description ''Title'' and the first several lines of the ''Scope and content'' field.
  
  
3. Click a title to view the full record (see [[CD-1.0-3|section 3]]).
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3. Click a title to view the full record (see section 3, [[CD-1.0-3|View / navigate / edit]]).
  
  
 
'''Browse'''
 
'''Browse'''
  
4. To browse ICA-AtoM, select a filter from the [[Drop-down menu|drop-down list]] in the [[Browse box]] (archival description, subject, place, name, archival institution) and click the [[Browse button]].
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4. To browse ICA-AtoM, select a filter from the drop-down list in the [[Browse box]] (subject, media type, name, archival description, place, archival institution) and click the [[Browse button]].
  
  
5. ICA-AtoM will display all records of the selected type on a List screen. If you select "Archival description," ICA-AtoM will show all of the highest-level [[Archival description|archival descriptions]] (fonds or series if that is used as the highest [[Level of description|level]]).
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5. ICA-AtoM will display all records of the selected type on a [[List screen]]. Click an entry on the list to view its full record (see section 3, [[CD-1.0-3|View / navigate / edit]]).
  
  
6. Click an entry on the browse list to view its full record (see [[CD-1.0-3|section 3]]).
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6. If you select browse by, e.g. "Media type," ICA-AtoM shows a list of all media types and the number of objects of each type that are stored in the system; click e.g. "Video" to view all videos; click an individual video to play it.

Revision as of 18:31, 27 June 2008

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.

2. Search / browse

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Search / browse


Search

1. To search ICA-AtoM, enter a term or phrase in the Search box (e.g. "city") and click the Search button. The Search box is available from any screen.


2. ICA-AtoM retrieves any descriptions that contain the search text and displays them on a Results list screen, showing the description Title and the first several lines of the Scope and content field.


3. Click a title to view the full record (see section 3, View / navigate / edit).


Browse

4. To browse ICA-AtoM, select a filter from the drop-down list in the Browse box (subject, media type, name, archival description, place, archival institution) and click the Browse button.


5. ICA-AtoM will display all records of the selected type on a List screen. Click an entry on the list to view its full record (see section 3, View / navigate / edit).


6. If you select browse by, e.g. "Media type," ICA-AtoM shows a list of all media types and the number of objects of each type that are stored in the system; click e.g. "Video" to view all videos; click an individual video to play it.