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Archival Institution Browse

User Guide

Browse and search archival institutions (repositories) with faceted filtering, multiple view modes, and advanced search options.


Overview

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|                  ARCHIVAL INSTITUTION BROWSE                          |
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|   /repository/browse                                                |
|       |                                                              |
|       V                                                              |
|   +-----------------------------------------------------------+     |
|   | Search + Facets + Advanced Filters + View Modes            |     |
|   +-----------------------------------------------------------+     |
|       |                                                              |
|       +---> Card View (logos/names in grid)                          |
|       +---> Table View (name, region, locality, thematic area)      |
|       +---> Tree View / History (via DisplayModeService)            |
|                                                                      |
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How to Access

  Main Menu
      |
      V
   Browse
      |
      +---> Archival Institution
            (/repository/browse)

Page Layout

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|                    REPOSITORY BROWSE                                  |
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|                                                                      |
|  +--SIDEBAR--+  +--MAIN CONTENT-----------------------------------+ |
|  |           |  |                                                   | |
|  | Facets    |  |  [University Icon] Showing 11 results            | |
|  |           |  |                    Archival institution           | |
|  | Language  |  |                                                   | |
|  | Archive   |  |  [Search institutions...]                        | |
|  |  type     |  |                                                   | |
|  | Region    |  |  [Advanced search options    V]                  | |
|  | Subregion |  |  | Thematic area | Type | Region |              | |
|  | Locality  |  |  | [Set filters]                |              | |
|  | Thematic  |  |                                                   | |
|  |  area     |  |  [Grid] [List] [Tree] [History]                  | |
|  |           |  |           [Date modified V] [Name] [Identifier]  | |
|  +-----------+  |                                                   | |
|                 |  +--RESULTS--------------------------------------+ |
|                 |  | Card grid / Table depending on view mode      | |
|                 |  +----------------------------------------------+ | |
|                 |                                                   | |
|                 |  [< 1 2 3 >]                                     | |
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Facet Filters

The sidebar provides six facet categories for narrowing results:

Facet Description
Language Filter by language of the repository record
Archive type Type of institution (e.g., National, University, Corporate)
Geographic Region Province or state
Geographic Subregion Subregion within the region
Locality City or town
Thematic Area Subject specialty of the institution

View Modes

  View Modes:
      |
      +---> Grid/Card     Logos and names in card layout
      +---> List/Table     Sortable table (Name, Region, Locality, Thematic Area)
      +---> Tree/Sitemap   Hierarchical view
      +---> History        Recent updates view

Card View

  • Repository logos displayed as card images
  • Repository name below each logo
  • Clipboard button for each repository
  • Responsive 3-column grid (2 on tablet, 1 on mobile)

Table View

  • Sortable columns: Name, Region, Locality
  • Click column headers to sort ascending/descending
  • Thematic area displayed as list items
  • Clipboard button column

Type directly in the search bar to filter repositories by name or content.

Advanced Filters

Expand the "Advanced search options" panel to filter by:

  Advanced Filters:
      |
      +---> Thematic Area    (dropdown of all thematic areas)
      +---> Archive Type      (dropdown of all repository types)
      +---> Region            (dropdown of unique regions)
      |
      [Set filters]

Sorting

Sort Option Description
Date modified Most recently updated first (default)
Name Alphabetical by institution name
Identifier By repository identifier

In table view, additional column-level sorting: - Click "Name" header to sort by name (asc/desc toggle) - Click "Region" header to sort by region - Click "Locality" header to sort by locality


Tips

  • Use card view for a visual overview with logos
  • Use table view when you need to see region and locality at a glance
  • Combine facets to narrow results (e.g., Language + Region)
  • Advanced filters are useful for finding repositories by thematic specialty