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Search results are presented in alphabetical order, by title. Results may be viewed up to four different ways.

• Grid—displays up to five fields. Hyperlinked column headers indicate that search results can be sorted.
• Thumbnails—displays a thumbnail image and the item title.
• Bibliographic—displays text from up to five fields without images.
• Titles—displays only item titles. Hyperlinked column headers indicate that search results can be sorted.

To view an item within the search results, click on a thumbnail image.

Click on a letter to link to the definition of that element:

A. Global Navigation Bar
Global navigation for searching, browsing, and working with items in collections.

B. Search Results
Displays the number of items in the collection(s) that match your search criteria.

C. Search Again Button
Returns to the Advanced Search page and retains collection and preference settings from the previous search.

D. View Options
Use the buttons labeled Grid, Thumbnails, Bibliographic and Titles to view your search results. Each option presents a different view of the results.

• Grid view shows up to five fields.
• Thumbnail view displays larger thumbnail images than the grid view along with the item title.
• Bibliographic view is simply a text based view of item titles and metadata. Search keywords appear bold.
• Titles view displays only the titles of items.

E. Column Titles
When column titles are hyperlinked, they can be used to sort your results.

F. Check Boxes
Use the check boxes to add a selection of items to My Favorites within CONTENTdm then click one of the buttons at the bottom of your search results to add or clear the selected items.

G. Select All, Clear All, Add Selected Items to Favorites
Use these buttons to add items to your favorites. Select All activates all the check boxes on the current page. Clear All removes all checks from the check boxes. To add items to CONTENTdm Favorites check the boxes next to the items you want (or click Select All to check all items on the page) then click Add to Favorites. See My Favorites for more information.

H. Prev and Next Page
If your search produces more results than can be displayed on a single page, click Next or Previous to view other results pages.

I. Page Navigation
If your search produces more results than can be displayed on one page, click the hyperlinked page numbers to view other results pages.

Zoom and Pan

Zoom and pan options may be available when viewing some collections.

Click zoom in or out to magnify or reduce the view. The zoom percentage is displayed in the text box.

Click the arrows to move left, right, up, or down within an image.

Click the page icons to view an image at 100%, view the entire image, or view the image within the page width.

When the zoom and pan toolbar are visible you can click within the image to zoom in and center the view.

Viewing Compound Objects

Documents or multi-sided objects are displayed in viewers that provide additional navigation appropriate to the item being viewed.

Click on a letter to link to a definition of that element:

A. Global Navigation
Global navigation for searching, browsing, and working with items in collections.

B. Doc Description/Item Description
View descriptive information about the complete document or item.

C. Page Description
View descriptive information about a single page or view of an item.

D. Page & Text/Both Sides
If a transcription of the page is available, you can view the page image and a transcript of the page, side-by-side. Or both sides of a two-sided object can be viewed at once.

E. Back to Search Results
Click Back to Search Results to return to the results page.

F. Search this Document
If full-text searching has been enabled by the creators of the collection, you can search for words within a document. Type search words in the text box and click Search. An asterisk appears next to each page within the document that contains the word you searched for.

G. Add Doc to Favorites/Add Item to Favorites
Add the complete document or item to My Favorites.

H. Add Page to Favorites/Add Side to Favorites
Add the current page or side to My Favorites.

I. Prev Page and Next Page
Go to the previous or next page within the document.

J. Document Navigation
Use the links in this section to navigate to specific pages or sides within the document or item.

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