Image Database



What would you like to do?


Viewing images | Top

  1. From the Image Database screen, click the hyperlink for the image database that you want to view. The Image screen appears.
  2. Click Show All.


Searching images | Top

Depending on how the instructor has set up the image database, you may be able to search by

  • keywords
  • creator
  • filename
  • title
  • description
  • thumbnail

If your instructor has created additional columns in the database, you may be able to search these as well.

To search an Image Database

  1. From the Image Database screen, click the hyperlink for the image database that you want to search. The Manage Images screen appears.
  2. From the Select action drop-down list, select Search, and then click Go. The Search screen appears.
  3. Choose your search parameters
    a) From the images drop-down list, select the images to search.
    • to search all images in the Image Database, select All Images.
    • if you have already performed a search and want to search only the subset of images retrieved, select Listed Images.
    b) From the column name drop-down list, select the column to search.
    c) From the search criteria drop-down list, select the search criteria. The information that you enter in the text box will be compared with the search criteria.
    • Equals = content of the specified column must match exactly with the text or numbers entered in the text box.
    • Before = searches columns containing alphabetical information. Words in the specified column must start with words/letters that occur alphabetically before the word/letter entered in the text box.
    • Less than = searches columns with numerical information. Numbers in the specified column must be smaller than the number entered in the text box.
    • Greater than = searches columns with numerical information. Numbers in the specified column are greater than the number entered in the text box.
    • Ends with = text in the specifed column must end with the letter entered in the text box.
    • Blank = the specified column is empty.
    • Not blank = the specified column has information in it.
    • Starts with = text in the specified column must start with the letter entered in the text box.
    • After = searches columns with alphabetical information. Text in the specified column must start with words/letters that occur alphabetically after the words/letters entered in the text box.
    • Contains = text or numbers in the specified column must match any part of the text or numbers entered in the text box.
  4. In the text box, type the words or numbers to be searched. Click Search. A table appears containing the images that satisfy your search requirements.

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