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UBdigit collections support the research and instructional needs of the UB community. UBdigit provides centralized access to UB’s diverse inventory of legacy and teaching collections for purposes of instruction, scholarship, and archival preservation.

Browsing
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Items
Compound Objects
Preferences
My Favs

Browsing Collections Use the browse option for viewing items in a collection without specifying search criteria. Change the way you view collections while browsing by selecting Preferences. If column headings are hyperlinked, they can be used to sort results. An arrow indicates the direction of the sort for that field. To view a different collection, select a collection from the drop-down list and click Go. Each letter below corresponds to a definition of that element. Figure 1: Browse collection A. Global Navigation Global navigation for searching, browsing, and working with items in collections. B. Select All, Clear All, Add to Favorites Use these links to add items to My Favorites. Select All activates all the check boxes on the current page. Clear All removes all checks from the check boxes. To add items to UBdigit My Favorites, check the boxes next to the items you want (or click Select All to check all items on the page) and then click Add to Favorites. See My Favorites for more information. C. Collection List Select a collection to browse and click Go. D. Page Navigation If the collection contains more items than can be displayed on a single page, click the hyperlinked page numbers to view other pages. E. Previous and Next Page If the collection contains more items than can be displayed on a single page, click Next or Previous to view other pages. F. Column Headings Click a hyperlinked title heading to sort. An arrow indicates sort order.

Browsing Collections

Use the browse option for viewing items in a collection without specifying search criteria. Change the way you view collections while browsing by selecting Preferences.

If column headings are hyperlinked, they can be used to sort results. An arrow indicates the direction of the sort for that field.

To view a different collection, select a collection from the drop-down list and click Go.

Each letter below corresponds to a definition of that element.

Figure 1: Browse collection

A. Global Navigation
Global navigation for searching, browsing, and working with items in collections.

B. Select All, Clear All, Add to Favorites
Use these links to add items to My Favorites. Select All activates all the check boxes on the current page. Clear All removes all checks from the check boxes. To add items to UBdigit My Favorites, check the boxes next to the items you want (or click Select All to check all items on the page) and then click Add to Favorites. See My Favorites for more information.

C. Collection List
Select a collection to browse and click Go.

D. Page Navigation
If the collection contains more items than can be displayed on a single page, click the hyperlinked page numbers to view other pages.

E. Previous and Next Page
If the collection contains more items than can be displayed on a single page, click Next or Previous to view other pages.

F. Column Headings
Click a hyperlinked title heading to sort. An arrow indicates sort order.

Using Advanced Search Use Advanced Search: To limit your search results. To search multiple collections at once. If you have very specific search criteria. The search options presented differ based on your initial choice to search Across all fields, by Selected fields, or by Proximity. The default selection is to search across all fields. Search Across All Fields When you select Search Across All Fields, a screen similar to Figure 2 appears. Each letter below corresponds to a definition of that element. Figure 2: Search across all fields A. Global Navigation Global navigation for searching, browsing, and working with items in collections. B. Search Mode Click an option to specify your search preference. Search across all fields, selected fields, or by proximity within collections. The default mode searches across all fields. C. Search Operators Choose to search for all of the words, the exact phrase, any of the words, none of the words, or a combination. D. Search Text Boxes Type your search terms in the appropriate text boxes. E. Search Click Search when you have finished specifying your search criteria. F. Clear All Click Clear all to reset all the search fields. G. Available and Selected Collections Depending on the number of available collections, you'll see either a check box or list box option for selecting collections. Check boxes — Choose which collections to search by clicking check boxes next to collection names. To remove a collection from your search, uncheck the box. List boxes — Select a collection name and click Add. Collections will appear in the Selected collection list box. To select multiple collections from a list box, press Ctrl from your keyboard while selecting collection names. To select a block of collections, select the first collection and then press Shift while clicking the last item in the block. Click Add or Remove. H. Select All Select all collections to search across. I. Clear All Clear all collections. In order to perform a search, you must have one collection selected. Search Selected Fields When you select Search Selected Fields, a screen similar to Figure 3 appears. Each letter below corresponds to a definition of that element. Figure 3: Search selected fields A. Global Navigation Global navigation for searching, browsing, and working with items in collections. B. Search Mode Click an option to specify your search preference. Search across all fields, selected fields, or by proximity within collections. The default mode searches across all fields. C. Search Operators Use the drop-down list to choose from the types of queries available. You may choose to search for all of the words, the exact phrase, any of the words, none of the words, or a combination. D. Search Text Boxes Type your search terms in the appropriate text boxes. E. Field Names Use the drop-down list to specify which field you want to search. F. Show Terms Link The Show Terms text link is available only when searching a single collection. Click Show Terms to open a list of indexed words that appear in the field you selected from the Field Names drop-down list. Click a word in the index list to automatically place the word in the search text box. Click Search. G. + More Fields\| - Fewer Fields Add more search fields by clicking More Fields. Reduce the number of search fields by clicking Fewer Fields. You can have as many as four fields and as few as one field. H. Search Click Search when you have finished specifying your search criteria. I. Clear All Click Clear all to reset all the search fields. J. Available and Selected Collections Depending on the number of available collections, you'll see either a check box or list box option for selecting collections. Check boxes — Choose which collections to search by clicking check boxes next to collection names. To remove a collection from your search, uncheck the box. List boxes — Select a collection name and click Add. Collections will appear in the Selected collection list box. To select multiple collections from a list box, press Ctrl from your keyboard while selecting collection names. To select a block of collections, select the first collection and then press Shift while clicking the last item in the block. Click Add or Remove. K. Select All Select all collections to search across. L. Clear All Clear all collections. In order to perform a search, you must have one collection selected. Search By Proximity When you select Search By Proximity, a screen similar to Figure 4 appears. Each letter below corresponds to a definition of that element. Figure 4: Search by proximity A. Global Navigation Global navigation for searching, browsing, and working with items in collections. B. Search Mode Click an option to specify your search preference. Search across all fields, selected fields, or by proximity within collections. The default mode searches across all fields. C. First Search Text Box Type your search term in the text box. D. Proximity Choices Use the drop-down list to choose the number of words the search term in the first search text box can be from the search term in the second search text box. E. Second Search Text Box Type your search term in the text box. F. Field Names Use the drop-down list to specify which field you want to search. G. Search Click Search when you have finished specifying your search criteria. H. Clear All Click Clear all to reset all the search fields. I. Available and Selected Collections Depending on the number of available collections, you'll see either a check box or list box option for selecting collections. Check boxes — Choose which collections to search by clicking check boxes next to collection names. To remove a collection from your search, uncheck the box. List boxes — Select a collection name and click Add. Collections will appear in the Selected collection list box. To select multiple collections from a list box, press Ctrl from your keyboard while selecting collection names. To select a block of collections, select the first collection and then press Shift while clicking the last item in the block. Click Add or Remove.

Using Advanced Search

Use Advanced Search:

To limit your search results.
To search multiple collections at once.
If you have very specific search criteria.

The search options presented differ based on your initial choice to search Across all fields, by Selected fields, or by Proximity. The default selection is to search across all fields.

Search Across All Fields

When you select Search Across All Fields, a screen similar to Figure 2 appears. Each letter below corresponds to a definition of that element.

Figure 2: Search across all fields

A. Global Navigation
Global navigation for searching, browsing, and working with items in collections.

B. Search Mode
Click an option to specify your search preference. Search across all fields, selected fields, or by proximity within collections. The default mode searches across all fields.

C. Search Operators
Choose to search for all of the words, the exact phrase, any of the words, none of the words, or a combination.

D. Search Text Boxes
Type your search terms in the appropriate text boxes.

E. Search
Click Search when you have finished specifying your search criteria.

F. Clear All
Click Clear all to reset all the search fields.

G. Available and Selected Collections
Depending on the number of available collections, you'll see either a check box or list box option for selecting collections.

Check boxes — Choose which collections to search by clicking check boxes next to collection names. To remove a collection from your search, uncheck the box.
List boxes — Select a collection name and click Add. Collections will appear in the Selected collection list box. To select multiple collections from a list box, press Ctrl from your keyboard while selecting collection names. To select a block of collections, select the first collection and then press Shift while clicking the last item in the block. Click Add or Remove.

H. Select All
Select all collections to search across.

I. Clear All
Clear all collections. In order to perform a search, you must have one collection selected.

Search Selected Fields

When you select Search Selected Fields, a screen similar to Figure 3 appears. Each letter below corresponds to a definition of that element.

Figure 3: Search selected fields

A. Global Navigation
Global navigation for searching, browsing, and working with items in collections.

B. Search Mode
Click an option to specify your search preference. Search across all fields, selected fields, or by proximity within collections. The default mode searches across all fields.

C. Search Operators
Use the drop-down list to choose from the types of queries available. You may choose to search for all of the words, the exact phrase, any of the words, none of the words, or a combination.

D. Search Text Boxes
Type your search terms in the appropriate text boxes.

E. Field Names
Use the drop-down list to specify which field you want to search.

F. Show Terms Link
The Show Terms text link is available only when searching a single collection. Click Show Terms to open a list of indexed words that appear in the field you selected from the Field Names drop-down list. Click a word in the index list to automatically place the word in the search text box. Click Search.

G. + More Fields| - Fewer Fields
Add more search fields by clicking More Fields. Reduce the number of search fields by clicking Fewer Fields. You can have as many as four fields and as few as one field.

H. Search
Click Search when you have finished specifying your search criteria.

I. Clear All
Click Clear all to reset all the search fields.

J. Available and Selected Collections
Depending on the number of available collections, you'll see either a check box or list box option for selecting collections.

Check boxes — Choose which collections to search by clicking check boxes next to collection names. To remove a collection from your search, uncheck the box.
List boxes — Select a collection name and click Add. Collections will appear in the Selected collection list box. To select multiple collections from a list box, press Ctrl from your keyboard while selecting collection names. To select a block of collections, select the first collection and then press Shift while clicking the last item in the block. Click Add or Remove.

K. Select All
Select all collections to search across.

L. Clear All
Clear all collections. In order to perform a search, you must have one collection selected.

Search By Proximity

When you select Search By Proximity, a screen similar to Figure 4 appears. Each letter below corresponds to a definition of that element.

Figure 4: Search by proximity

A. Global Navigation
Global navigation for searching, browsing, and working with items in collections.

B. Search Mode
Click an option to specify your search preference. Search across all fields, selected fields, or by proximity within collections. The default mode searches across all fields.

C. First Search Text Box
Type your search term in the text box.

D. Proximity Choices
Use the drop-down list to choose the number of words the search term in the first search text box can be from the search term in the second search text box.

E. Second Search Text Box
Type your search term in the text box.

F. Field Names
Use the drop-down list to specify which field you want to search.

G. Search
Click Search when you have finished specifying your search criteria.

H. Clear All
Click Clear all to reset all the search fields.

I. Available and Selected Collections
Depending on the number of available collections, you'll see either a check box or list box option for selecting collections.

Check boxes — Choose which collections to search by clicking check boxes next to collection names. To remove a collection from your search, uncheck the box.
List boxes — Select a collection name and click Add. Collections will appear in the Selected collection list box. To select multiple collections from a list box, press Ctrl from your keyboard while selecting collection names. To select a block of collections, select the first collection and then press Shift while clicking the last item in the block. Click Add or Remove.

Viewing Results

Results may be viewed in a variety of ways, changeable from Preferences.

To view an item within the search results, click on a thumbnail image or the hyperlinked text describing the item.

Each letter below corresponds to a definition of that element.

Figure 5: Search results

A. Global Navigation
Global navigation for searching, browsing, and working with items in collections.

C. Search Results
Displays the number of items in the collection(s) that match your search criteria.

D. Search Again
Returns to the Advanced Search page and retains collection and preference settings from the previous search.

E. Column Titles
When column titles are hyperlinked, they can be used to sort your results. An arrow indicates the direction of the sort for that field.

F. Page Navigation
If your search produces more results than can be displayed on a single page, click the hyperlinked page numbers to view other pages.

G. Previous and Next Page
If your search produces more results than can be displayed on a single page, click Next or Previous to view other results pages.

H. Check Boxes
Use the check boxes to add a selection of items to My Favorites within UBdigit then click one of the links at the top and bottom of your search results to add or clear the selected items.

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Viewing Items JPEG, JPEG2000 and GIF files open in a window similar to Figure 6. Figure 6: Search results A. Global Navigation Global navigation for searching, browsing, and working with items in collections. B. Back to Results Click Back to Results to return to the results page. C. Add to Favorites Add the item to My Favorites. D. Image Toolbar Use these operations to navigate the image. See Image Toolbar for more information. E. Previous/Next Click Previous or Next to go to the next item in your results page. F. Reference URL Click Reference URL to access a window that contains the URL of the item being viewed. Copy the URL within the text box and paste it into citations and other references. G. Item Description View descriptive information about the item. Clicking on a hyperlinked word will launch a new search for that word within the collection where the item resides. If the item cannot be shown in the item viewer, click a hyperlink to view the item, as shown below. Figure 7: View link A. Global Navigation Global navigation for searching, browsing, and working with items in collections. B. Back to Results Click Back to Results to return to the results page. C. Add to Favorites Add the item to My Favorites. D. View Link Click this link to view a file that cannot be displayed in the item or compound object viewers. E. Previous/Next Click Previous or Next to go to the next item in your results page. F. Item Description View descriptive information about the item. Clicking on a hyperlinked word will launch a new search for that word within the collection where the item resides. G. Reference URL Click Reference URL to access a window that contains the URL of the item being viewed. Copy the URL within the text box and paste it into citations and other references. Image Toolbar Zoom, pan, rotate, hide/show thumbnail, and clip options may be available when viewing images in some collections. Figure 8: Image toolbar Click the magnifying glasses to magnify or reduce the view. The zoom percentage is displayed in the text box. Click the arrows to move left, right, up, or down within an image. Click the page icons to view an image at 100 percent, view the entire image, or view the image within the page width. Click the rotate icons to rotate an image 90 degrees clockwise or counterclockwise. Click the hide/show thumbnail icon to hide and show the small image used to navigate the larger image. Click the clip icon to open the clip viewer window that allows you to select a segment of the image to save, e-mail, or print. The selected segment may resize when displayed in the new window. When the toolbar is visible you can click within the image to zoom in and center the view.

Viewing Items

JPEG, JPEG2000 and GIF files open in a window similar to Figure 6.

Figure 6: Search results

A. Global Navigation
Global navigation for searching, browsing, and working with items in collections.

B. Back to Results
Click Back to Results to return to the results page.

C. Add to Favorites
Add the item to My Favorites.

D. Image Toolbar
Use these operations to navigate the image. See Image Toolbar for more information.

E. Previous/Next
Click Previous or Next to go to the next item in your results page.

F. Reference URL
Click Reference URL to access a window that contains the URL of the item being viewed. Copy the URL within the text box and paste it into citations and other references.

G. Item Description
View descriptive information about the item. Clicking on a hyperlinked word will launch a new search for that word within the collection where the item resides.

If the item cannot be shown in the item viewer, click a hyperlink to view the item, as shown below.

Figure 7: View link

A. Global Navigation
Global navigation for searching, browsing, and working with items in collections.

B. Back to Results
Click Back to Results to return to the results page.

C. Add to Favorites
Add the item to My Favorites.

D. View Link
Click this link to view a file that cannot be displayed in the item or compound object viewers.

E. Previous/Next
Click Previous or Next to go to the next item in your results page.

F. Item Description
View descriptive information about the item. Clicking on a hyperlinked word will launch a new search for that word within the collection where the item resides.

G. Reference URL
Click Reference URL to access a window that contains the URL of the item being viewed. Copy the URL within the text box and paste it into citations and other references.

Image Toolbar

Zoom, pan, rotate, hide/show thumbnail, and clip options may be available when viewing images in some collections.

Figure 8: Image toolbar

Click the magnifying glasses to magnify or reduce the view. The zoom percentage is displayed in the text box.

Click the arrows to move left, right, up, or down within an image.

Click the page icons to view an image at 100 percent, view the entire image, or view the image within the page width.

Click the rotate icons to rotate an image 90 degrees clockwise or counterclockwise.

Click the hide/show thumbnail icon to hide and show the small image used to navigate the larger image.

Click the clip icon to open the clip viewer window that allows you to select a segment of the image to save, e-mail, or print. The selected segment may resize when displayed in the new window.

When the toolbar is visible you can click within the image to zoom in and center the view.

Viewing Compound Objects Documents or multi-sided objects are displayed in viewers that provide additional navigation appropriate to the item being viewed. Each letter below corresponds to a definition of that element. Figure 9: Compound Object Viewer A. Global Navigation Global navigation for searching, browsing, and working with items in collections. B. Back to Results Click Back to Results to return to the results page. C. Add Document to Favorites/Add Item to Favorites Add the complete document or item to My Favorites. D. Add Page to Favorites/Add Side to Favorites Add the current page or side to My Favorites. E. Previous/Next Click Previous or Next to go to the next item in your results page. F. Search this Object If full text searching has been enabled by the creators of the collection, you can search for words within an object. Type search words in the text box and click Search. Red brackets and an asterisk appear next to each page or side within the object that contains the word you searched for. G. Hit(s)/Previous Hit/Next Hit View the number of results found after a full text search. Then, use Previous Hit and Next Hit to navigate between the full text search results. H. Image Toolbar Use these operations to navigate the image. See Image Toolbar for more information. I. View Drop-Down List Use the drop-down list to choose between different views of the compound object: Document Description/Item Description — View descriptive information about the complete document or item. Page Description/Side Description — View descriptive information about a single page or view of a compound object. Page & Text — If a transcription of the page is available, view the image and a transcript of the page, side by side. Side by Side — View both sides of a two-sided object at once. Print Version — View a PDF of the entire document or item for printing. This option may be available for some items only. J. Previous Page and Next Page Go to the previous or next page within the document or item. K. Object Navigation Use the links in this section to navigate to specific pages or sides within the document or item. L. Reference URL Click Reference URL to access a window that contains the URL of the compound object being viewed. Copy the URL within the text box and paste it into citations and other references.

Viewing Compound Objects

Documents or multi-sided objects are displayed in viewers that provide additional navigation appropriate to the item being viewed.

Each letter below corresponds to a definition of that element.

Figure 9: Compound Object Viewer

A. Global Navigation
Global navigation for searching, browsing, and working with items in collections.

B. Back to Results
Click Back to Results to return to the results page.

C. Add Document to Favorites/Add Item to Favorites
Add the complete document or item to My Favorites.

D. Add Page to Favorites/Add Side to Favorites
Add the current page or side to My Favorites.

E. Previous/Next
Click Previous or Next to go to the next item in your results page.

F. Search this Object
If full text searching has been enabled by the creators of the collection, you can search for words within an object. Type search words in the text box and click Search. Red brackets and an asterisk appear next to each page or side within the object that contains the word you searched for.

G. Hit(s)/Previous Hit/Next Hit
View the number of results found after a full text search. Then, use Previous Hit and Next Hit to navigate between the full text search results.

H. Image Toolbar
Use these operations to navigate the image. See Image Toolbar for more information.

I. View Drop-Down List

Use the drop-down list to choose between different views of the compound object:

Document Description/Item Description — View descriptive information about the complete document or item.
Page Description/Side Description — View descriptive information about a single page or view of a compound object.
Page & Text — If a transcription of the page is available, view the image and a transcript of the page, side by side.
Side by Side — View both sides of a two-sided object at once.
Print Version — View a PDF of the entire document or item for printing. This option may be available for some items only.

J. Previous Page and Next Page
Go to the previous or next page within the document or item.

K. Object Navigation
Use the links in this section to navigate to specific pages or sides within the document or item.

L. Reference URL
Click Reference URL to access a window that contains the URL of the compound object being viewed. Copy the URL within the text box and paste it into citations and other references.

Changing Preferences Use the drop-down lists to change the appearance of the search results and My Favorites pages. Changing settings in the My Favorites section also affect Slideshow and Compare. In the Results Preferences section you can change: How the results are viewed. How the results are sorted. How many results are displayed per page. In the My Favorites Preferences section you can change: The background color and the link colors. How many columns are displayed. Whether to delete My Favorites and cookies. Each letter below corresponds to a definition of that element. Figure 10: Preferences A. Global Navigation Global navigation for searching, browsing, and working with items in collections. B. View Options Use the drop-down list to choose how your results are displayed. Grid — Displays up to five fields or four fields and a thumbnail image. Thumbnails — Displays a thumbnail image and the item title. Bibliographic — Displays text from up to five fields without images. Titles — Displays only item titles. Hierarchical — Displays search results sorted in groupings. The fields that you select to sort by in preferences are the fields that are shown in this results view. C. Sort Order Use the drop-down lists to determine the sort order for your search results. Search results are displayed in sort order even if the fields you choose to sort by are not visible in the results view. D. Results per Page Choose the number of results to view per page. The results options vary, depending of the type of view that is selected. E. Restore Defaults Click Restore Defaults to restore defaults. The default view is grid, sorted by title, with 20 results displayed per page. F. Apply Changes Click Apply Changes after changing the view options, sort order, results per page, and/or restoring defaults. G. Color Swatch Click any of the colors to change the background color and its corresponding text color and link color for My Favorites, Slideshow, and Compare. H. Columns per Page Choose the number of columns to display in My Favorites. If you choose a larger number, you may need to scroll horizontally to see all items. I. Remove Favorites Click the check box to delete your cookie and remove all items in My Favorites. See Removing Favorites and Cookies below for more information. J. Restore Defaults Click Restore Defaults to restore defaults for My Favorites, Slideshow, and Compare. The default background color is white with black text and blue links and 3 columns per page. K. Apply Changes Click Apply Changes after changing the color or columns per page, removing favorites, or restoring defaults. Removing Favorites and Cookies: If My Favorites does not load as expected, it may be a problem with your Web browser cookie. You can delete your cookies through your Web browser or you can easily delete the My Favorites cookie by selecting the check box in My Favorites preferences. Selecting the check box deletes all items saved in My Favorites.

Changing Preferences

Use the drop-down lists to change the appearance of the search results and My Favorites pages. Changing settings in the My Favorites section also affect Slideshow and Compare.

In the Results Preferences section you can change:

How the results are viewed.
How the results are sorted.
How many results are displayed per page.

In the My Favorites Preferences section you can change:

The background color and the link colors.
How many columns are displayed.
Whether to delete My Favorites and cookies.

Each letter below corresponds to a definition of that element.

Figure 10: Preferences

A. Global Navigation
Global navigation for searching, browsing, and working with items in collections.

B. View Options
Use the drop-down list to choose how your results are displayed.

Grid — Displays up to five fields or four fields and a thumbnail image.
Thumbnails — Displays a thumbnail image and the item title.
Bibliographic — Displays text from up to five fields without images.
Titles — Displays only item titles.
Hierarchical — Displays search results sorted in groupings. The fields that you select to sort by in preferences are the fields that are shown in this results view.

C. Sort Order
Use the drop-down lists to determine the sort order for your search results. Search results are displayed in sort order even if the fields you choose to sort by are not visible in the results view.

D. Results per Page
Choose the number of results to view per page. The results options vary, depending of the type of view that is selected.

E. Restore Defaults
Click Restore Defaults to restore defaults. The default view is grid, sorted by title, with 20 results displayed per page.

F. Apply Changes
Click Apply Changes after changing the view options, sort order, results per page, and/or restoring defaults.

G. Color Swatch
Click any of the colors to change the background color and its corresponding text color and link color for My Favorites, Slideshow, and Compare.

H. Columns per Page
Choose the number of columns to display in My Favorites. If you choose a larger number, you may need to scroll horizontally to see all items.

I. Remove Favorites
Click the check box to delete your cookie and remove all items in My Favorites. See Removing Favorites and Cookies below for more information.

J. Restore Defaults
Click Restore Defaults to restore defaults for My Favorites, Slideshow, and Compare. The default background color is white with black text and blue links and 3 columns per page.

K. Apply Changes
Click Apply Changes after changing the color or columns per page, removing favorites, or restoring defaults.

Removing Favorites and Cookies:

If My Favorites does not load as expected, it may be a problem with your Web browser cookie. You can delete your cookies through your Web browser or you can easily delete the My Favorites cookie by selecting the check box in My Favorites preferences. Selecting the check box deletes all items saved in My Favorites.

My Favs Using My Favorites requires cookies. If your Web browser settings do not allow cookies to be saved on your computer, you will not be able to use My Favorites without changing your Web browser's settings. Any media file within UBdigit can be added to your UBdigit Favorites for viewing, e-mailing, saving to your local machine, or posting to Web sites. When you view collections in UBdigit, click My Favorites to review or edit your personal favorites. Items can be added to My Favorites when you search or browse a UBdigit collection. The option to add an item to your Favorites is available any time you view an item or its description. To Add Items to My Favorites: When you open an item to view it, the link to add items to My Favorites appears in the upper and lower corners of the page. When you open a compound object to view it, links to add either the entire compound object or the page that you are viewing are in the upper middle of the page. Click Add to Favorites. The item and the item description are added to My Favorites. When viewing compound objects, add single pages or add the entire compound object to My Favorites. Click Back to Results to return to browsing or searching. To Add Multiple Items to My Favorites: From the browse or search results view, place a check in the check boxes to the left of the desired items, or click Select All. Click Add to Favorites. Only the items on the current Web page may be added to My Favorites. For example, you cannot select items on one results page and move to another page to select more items before adding to My Favorites. Using and Managing My Favorites Once you have added items to My Favorites, you can view images as slideshows, compare images, delete selected items, or change the order of items within your Favorites page. These functions are located on the left side of the My Favorites page. Using these options does not affect the collection itself. Up to 100 items may be saved to your Favorites. For each item that has been added to My Favorites, a thumbnail image is displayed. Click the thumbnail image to access the corresponding item. To View as Slideshow: The slideshow section is located at the top of the left side of the My Favorites page. From the left toolbar of the My Favorites page, click Slideshow. The slideshow viewer opens. Click Next or Previous to move through the images in your slideshow. To view the item metadata, click Metadata. To compare two images side by side, click Compare. To jump to a specific item, use the drop-down list. Close the slideshow viewer to return to My Favorites. Note: Only images (such as GIF, JPEG) can be viewed in the slideshow. Compound objects, audio, video, and some types of full resolution files cannot be viewed in the slideshow. To Compare Images: The compare view can be accessed from My Favorites or the slideshow view. Use the drop-down lists in the Compare section to specify items you want to compare. Click Compare. The comparison window opens. To compare other items once the comparison window is open, use the drop-down lists at the top of the comparison window to select the corresponding item number. You can also use the previous and next links within the comparison window to select new items to compare. Note: Only images (such as GIF, JPEG) can be viewed in the compare mode. Compound objects, audio, video, and some types of full resolution files cannot be viewed in the comparison view. If an item cannot be viewed in the compare mode, item numbers are grayed-out. To Remove Images from My Favorites: From the Remove drop-down list, select the number of the image you wish to remove. To remove multiple items, use your mouse to select items from the drop-down list while pressing the Ctrl key until all desired items have been selected. To remove all items from My Favorites select All from the bottom of the drop-down list. Click Remove. A confirmation message appears. Click OK. This action removes the image from My Favorites but does not remove any images from collections. To Move Images: From the first drop-down list, select the number that corresponds to the image you wish to move. In the second drop-down list, select the number of the new position where you want to move the image. Click Move. Publishing and Saving My Favorites My Favorites can be saved or published for course lectures, posting to Web sites, or e-mailing. As long as the UBdigit server is accessible to the recipient, the items contained on a published page may be viewed by simply clicking on the thumbnails. To Save as Web Page: The Save As Web Page option is located on the left side of the My Favorites page. In the Save As Web Page section of the My Favorites page, type a name for your Favorites in the text box. If you do not enter a name the file will be saved with the default name "My Favorites". Click Create. A new Web page opens. Figure 11: My Favorites From the File menu in the Web browser toolbar, click Save As.... In the Save Web Page dialog box, confirm the name of the Web page you are creating and then choose Web Page, HTML only as the file type. Select a location to save the file. Repeat these steps with different sets of saved Favorites to create and save multiple Favorites pages. Figure 12: Save as dialog box An example of a UBdigit My Favorites saved as a Web page is below. Figure 13: My Favorites saved as a Web page To Replace Existing Favorites: To edit a Favorites Web page you have published or to resave a published page as your Favorites you must replace your existing My Favorites with the published page. To do this: Open the published Web page. Click the Make Favorites button located at the top of the published page. Any existing items saved in My Favorites will be overwritten and replaced with the current page. Clicking Make Favorites stores all of the items shown on the page in UBdigit Favorites for the creator or the recipient (provided the UBdigit Server is accessible to the recipient). Items can be compared, moved, or removed using the tools on the UBdigit My Favorites page.

My Favs

Using My Favorites requires cookies. If your Web browser settings do not allow cookies to be saved on your computer, you will not be able to use My Favorites without changing your Web browser's settings.

Any media file within UBdigit can be added to your UBdigit Favorites for viewing, e-mailing, saving to your local machine, or posting to Web sites. When you view collections in UBdigit, click My Favorites to review or edit your personal favorites.

Items can be added to My Favorites when you search or browse a UBdigit collection. The option to add an item to your Favorites is available any time you view an item or its description.

To Add Items to My Favorites:

When you open an item to view it, the link to add items to My Favorites appears in the upper and lower corners of the page. When you open a compound object to view it, links to add either the entire compound object or the page that you are viewing are in the upper middle of the page.

Click Add to Favorites. The item and the item description are added to My Favorites. When viewing compound objects, add single pages or add the entire compound object to My Favorites.
Click Back to Results to return to browsing or searching.

To Add Multiple Items to My Favorites:

From the browse or search results view, place a check in the check boxes to the left of the desired items, or click Select All.
Click Add to Favorites.

Only the items on the current Web page may be added to My Favorites. For example, you cannot select items on one results page and move to another page to select more items before adding to My Favorites.

Using and Managing My Favorites

Once you have added items to My Favorites, you can view images as slideshows, compare images, delete selected items, or change the order of items within your Favorites page. These functions are located on the left side of the My Favorites page. Using these options does not affect the collection itself.

Up to 100 items may be saved to your Favorites. For each item that has been added to My Favorites, a thumbnail image is displayed. Click the thumbnail image to access the corresponding item.

To View as Slideshow:

The slideshow section is located at the top of the left side of the My Favorites page.

From the left toolbar of the My Favorites page, click Slideshow. The slideshow viewer opens.
Click Next or Previous to move through the images in your slideshow.
To view the item metadata, click Metadata.
To compare two images side by side, click Compare.
To jump to a specific item, use the drop-down list.
Close the slideshow viewer to return to My Favorites.

Note: Only images (such as GIF, JPEG) can be viewed in the slideshow. Compound objects, audio, video, and some types of full resolution files cannot be viewed in the slideshow.

To Compare Images:

The compare view can be accessed from My Favorites or the slideshow view.

Use the drop-down lists in the Compare section to specify items you want to compare.
Click Compare. The comparison window opens.

To compare other items once the comparison window is open, use the drop-down lists at the top of the comparison window to select the corresponding item number. You can also use the previous and next links within the comparison window to select new items to compare.

Note: Only images (such as GIF, JPEG) can be viewed in the compare mode. Compound objects, audio, video, and some types of full resolution files cannot be viewed in the comparison view. If an item cannot be viewed in the compare mode, item numbers are grayed-out.

To Remove Images from My Favorites:

From the Remove drop-down list, select the number of the image you wish to remove. To remove multiple items, use your mouse to select items from the drop-down list while pressing the Ctrl key until all desired items have been selected. To remove all items from My Favorites select All from the bottom of the drop-down list.
Click Remove. A confirmation message appears.
Click OK. This action removes the image from My Favorites but does not remove any images from collections.

To Move Images:

From the first drop-down list, select the number that corresponds to the image you wish to move.
In the second drop-down list, select the number of the new position where you want to move the image.
Click Move.

Publishing and Saving My Favorites

My Favorites can be saved or published for course lectures, posting to Web sites, or e-mailing. As long as the UBdigit server is accessible to the recipient, the items contained on a published page may be viewed by simply clicking on the thumbnails.

To Save as Web Page:

The Save As Web Page option is located on the left side of the My Favorites page.

In the Save As Web Page section of the My Favorites page, type a name for your Favorites in the text box. If you do not enter a name the file will be saved with the default name "My Favorites".
Click Create. A new Web page opens.

Figure 11: My Favorites

From the File menu in the Web browser toolbar, click Save As....
In the Save Web Page dialog box, confirm the name of the Web page you are creating and then choose Web Page, HTML only as the file type. Select a location to save the file.

Repeat these steps with different sets of saved Favorites to create and save multiple Favorites pages.

Figure 12: Save as dialog box

An example of a UBdigit My Favorites saved as a Web page is below.

Figure 13: My Favorites saved as a Web page

To Replace Existing Favorites:

To edit a Favorites Web page you have published or to resave a published page as your Favorites you must replace your existing My Favorites with the published page. To do this:

Open the published Web page.
Click the Make Favorites button located at the top of the published page. Any existing items saved in My Favorites will be overwritten and replaced with the current page.

Clicking Make Favorites stores all of the items shown on the page in UBdigit Favorites for the creator or the recipient (provided the UBdigit Server is accessible to the recipient). Items can be compared, moved, or removed using the tools on the UBdigit My Favorites page.