Connecting 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.
Connections 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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Connections Button
When you open an item, you can also click on the 'connections' button, located in the menu to the left of the image.
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Connections Page
This will open the Connections 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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Connected Items
And you will be able to see the items connected with the object that you are currently browsing.
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Connections Explained
Want to know more about the connections that we are currently able to identify? Just click on the information button located in the lower left side of the Connections Page.
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Connections Explained
This will open a text that shortly explains all the types of connections that we are currently able to identify at three different levels: item, collection, and community.
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