Simple Keyword Search

Other than browsing, another main search strategy for using the Index of Medieval Art database is to enter keywords with Simple and Advanced Searches. From the database homepage, type the keyword(s) you wish to investigate on the search line at the upper right-hand side of the screen and press enter or click the Search icon. Non-subscribers will see text results only, without thumbnail images, whereas subscribers will see results with images.

• A simple keyword search will return all the records in which your term appears, offering a general sense of the material in the database that may relate to your research.

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• Basic searches often yield an overabundance of results, so we also offer an Advanced Search to refine the results of simple keyword searches.

For easy record retrieval, you have the ability to search the unique identification numbers used on Index records (by System Number or Record ID) accessible from Search to Query by ID.