The Addison's collections search engine is designed to let you find information in several different ways. Each feature of the collections pages can be accessed through the menu bar on the left side of the screen.
The Date Search lets you search for objects by their creation date. Type a date in the box provided. Values such as "early 19th century" or "1850-1869" will be interpreted as their respective date ranges. From the popup list, select how you want your date criteria to be interpreted:
is circa: the object creation date falls within 5 years to either side of the date you enter (dependent on system settings)
is equal to: the object creation date falls exactly within the date range you enter
is earlier than: the object creation date falls within a range before the date you enter
is later than: the object creation date falls within a range after the date you enter
Click Add Line to add a second line to the search. All objects that meet either one of your search criteria will be included in your search results.
The Community Portfolios button on the left menu bar provides access to User Portfolios created by visitors to the Web Kiosk. By default, all community portfolios will be displayed. The portfolio record will display the name given to the portfolio, the number of records it contains, and the name of its creator. If the creator has entered any remarks about the portfolio, those may display as well.
To see only the portfolios created by a particular creator, choose that creator's name from the drop-down list on the screen. To see all users, simply select the "*All Users" option from the drop-down.
The default display view is image & label. This view will display the first four records of the portfolio.
To view the most records at once, choose text list. The Text Only view will display up to 25 records at once. Each of the underlined column headers may be clicked to sort the selection of records by that criteria (e.g., by Artist name, Date, or Medium). If text in the list of records is underlined (or in a different color), it can be clicked to link directly to more information on that item or to a biographical record of its maker.
For any of the three display views above, you may:
Click the NEXT or PREVIOUS buttons to scroll through additional records in the selection.
Select from the drop-down list at the top of the screen to jump to a specific position in the record set.
If multiple records were accessed through a portfolio, the portfolio name and the number of records it includes are displayed at the top of the screen. Additionally, you may see a graphic. Clicking this button will display a page of descriptive text associated with the portfolio. Click the back button on your web browser to return to the multiple record display.