Search on photo/audio-visual fields

You can search on photo/audio-visual fields with Advanced Search.

Overview

You can search for:

  • Records with a particular image, sound, or video file.

  • Records with media of a particular type (for example, all records that have an image, regardless of which image type they have).

  • Records that have no photo/audio-visual media.

Search for records associated with specific media

  1. Click Advanced on the toolbar to open Advanced Search.

  2. In the list of Search Fields, select Photo/Audio-Visual and click Next.

  3. In the Search For field, enter the name of the media file. For example, Vernon.jpg or Chair.bmp.

  4. Click Next to see the number of search results and optionally refine your search.

  5. Click Finish to open your results in a browse list.

Search for records associated with media of a particular type

  1. Click Advanced on the toolbar to open Advanced Search.

  2. In the list of Search Fields, select Photo/Audio-Visual Multimedia Format and click Next.

  3. In the Search For field, click Options to select the multimedia format.

  4. Click Next to see the number of search results and optionally refine your search.

  5. Click Finish to open your results in a browse list.

Search for records that have no media

  1. Click Advanced on the toolbar to open Advanced Search.

  2. In the list of Search Fields, select Photo/Audio-Visual and click Next.

  3. In the Search For field, don't enter anything (leave this field blank).

  4. Click Next to see the number of search results and optionally refine your search.

  5. Click Finish to open your results in a browse list.