Navigating a Collection Inventory

Hierarchy of a collection

When viewing a collection, click Show hierarchy at the top of the page to view the collection inventory.

button to show or hide the tree-view hierarchy

You can scroll within and/or expand the hierarchy window.

Some parts of the hierarchy (like series) can be expanded or collapsed, depending on the collection.

list of files  tree-view. Navigate with up and down arrow keys and expand or collapse series with left and right keys

Clicking on any entry in the hierarchy will bring you to the description for that entry.

Hierarchy quick search

Use the Quick Search box to searches titles and identifiers within the hierarchy of the current description.

search hierarchy text input in the sidebar

Quick Search supports Boolean search operators like AND, OR, and AND NOT.

Collection Inventory (finding aids in XML format)

The view page for any part of a collection includes a link to view a styled XML version of the complete finding aid. Select Export the collection inventory in the context menu on the right side of the page.

the link to export collection inventory in the context menu
the page that renders after clicking the export collection inventory link
Complete finding aid XML

Browse as list

The view page for multi-level collections includes an option to “Browse as list”.

This allows you to browse all child descriptions of that collection level description.

The option can be found in the context menu on the right side of the page.

the browse as list link is in the context menu

Refine and/or filter the list like you would with other search results.

To save a results to a temporary clipboard, click the Add to clipboard icon.

Note that the title of the collection level description appears as a filter tag at the top of the results page.

the link to remove a collection filter says which collection it is. Also noted are the button atop the sidebar and the add to clipboard button next to each record in the list