Search the Image Database

Enter your keywords:
 Truncation, or wildcards, are available using the asterisk: "*". Your truncated word must begin with at least three letters. Do not use truncation in a phrase search. For more on truncation, see below under search tips.
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phrase 		Your keywords can be combined in three ways: "and" will return images whose records contain all of your keywords; "or" will return images that contain at least one of your key words; and "phrase" will return images that contain your keywords together in the order that you enter them.
subject headings
title
content description 		These are the three fields in an image record that can describe its content. The default is to search all three fields.
Limit by library:
Find an image(s):
You can find an image by entering its id#, or a range of images by entering the beginning of the id#s for that range. For example, "frb002" will result in images frb0020 through frb0029. You must enter at least the first two characters of the id#.

Search tips

Truncation: Also known as a "wildcard," truncation allows you to search for a word, or a string of characters, with varient endings. It is most useful when searching for a word and its plural -- for example: "automobile*" will retrieve images with "automobile" and "automobiles" in their records. It can be used to retrieve a keyword with many possible endings. For example: "log*" will retrieve "log," "logs," "logging," "logger," and so on. Your truncated keyword may retrieve unexpected images; as is the case when using "pig*" to retrieve images with hogs, and included in the results is an image of a child holding a pigeon.