Connections Explained

Item

These are relationships that exist between records that have a parent-child relationship, such as illustrations and maps inside a book. The information that brings these items together is created and maintained by catalogers.

Part of
This indicates that the item that you are currently browsing is an integral piece of a larger work.

Related
This shows sibling objects that belong to the same parent work, such as different illustrations from the same book, or different maps from the same atlas.

Contains
This field shows child objects that belong to the item that you are currently browsing. They have independent records to facilitate their discoverability and were created as part of historical digitization projects. Please keep in mind that there are books with illustrations and maps that don't have individual records.

Collection

These relations emerge from the process in which these books were acquired, collected, assembled, cared for, and located in the library. The information that brings these items together is created and curated by library staff.

Digitized copies
This shows copies are physical instances of the same title and edition that have been individually digitized. Even though they are copies of the same work, they may have minor variations, like handmade annotations, different bindings, different levels of conservation, etc.

Digitized volumes
Indicates all the digitized volumes that were published as part of the same work.

Bound with
These are different works that were published individually, but that were bound in a single volume, together with the item that you are browsing.

Shelf
This is a virtual representation of our shelves, in which you can see all the items that are next to each other based on our unique call number system. Browsing the shelves is useful to find materials produced around the same period and cultural context. You may also come across some unexpected things!

Community

These are relations established by our community of knowledge, including researchers, guest curators, specialists, and our wide readership. It includes born-digital projects and exhibitions created on Americana, as well as legacy content – such as exhibitions and printed catalogs – that were created in the past.

Exhibitions
An exhibition is a selection of items that are interpreted and presented as a visual and narrative experience. This field indicates all the exhibitions in which the item that you are currently browsing was featured.

Projects
Projects are user-generated pages created in Americana that organize materials from the John Carter Brown Library. There are different types of Americana projects, including classroom and research-led projects, lists of items, annotated items, and digitized catalogs from past exhibits.