Related Records
The bibliographic information contained in Americana's item records has been created and updated by generations of library professionals. Americana uses this information to reveal some interesting ways by which rare materials are connected to each other at the item and collection level.
At the community level, this feature also allows Americana to automatically connect highlighted projects and exhibitions to the items that are featured in them. In turn, these projects and exhibitions can further contextualize the materials and reveal new connections. The connections you make help create further understanding in our materials.
Relationships in Search Results
When we are able to identify connections for a particular item, this will be visible already in the results of any search, right below the item's title.
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Relationships Button
When you open an item, you can also click on the 'relationships' button, located in the menu to the left of the image.
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Relationships Page
This will open the Relationships Page, which shows all the relationships that the system is currently able to identify for the item that you are browsing. From this page, you can click on any visible connection.
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Related Items
And you will be able to see the items connected with the object that you are currently browsing.
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Relationships Explained
Want to know more about the relationships that we are currently able to identify? Just click on the information button located in the lower left side of the Relationships Page.
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Relationships Explained
This will open a text that shortly explains all the types of Relationships that we are currently able to identify at three different levels: item, collection, and community.
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