Explanation of IndexCat Icons and Tabs


You can navigate through IndexCat using these icons or tabs.

Icon/Tab Activity
Quick Search Performs a keyword anywhere search
Advanced Search Performs a keyword search on specific defined categories
Collection Results Displays a summary result by collection
Results List Displays results matching search criteria
Search History Displays your previous searches and allows you to re-run them
Help Displays information about various topics in IndexCat
Exit Closes the IndexCat session
Search Starts a new search
Closed Folder Closed folder
Open Folder Displays open related folders
Connecting to Resources Makes a connection to database resources to perform a search
Searching/Merging Searches the database and merges results
Stop Searching Stops the search before examining all selected collections
Stopping Results Status of a stopped search
Show All Displays search results from several collections in a single list
Next Displays the next page
Previous Displays the previous page
View Relationships Displays relationship of displayed record to other records
Greater Than Displays a down relationship
Less Than Displays an up relationship
Restart Reconnects to IndexCat in a new search session

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