Census Database User Handbook
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  • 🏠Census Database User Handbook (EN)
  • ⏩Quick Start
    • Step 1: Locate the Search Mask
    • Step 2: Choose a Data Set to Search
    • Step 3: Choose How to View Results
    • Step 4: If Desired, Limit Search Results
    • Step 5: Customise the Results View
    • Step 6: Customize the Sort Menu
    • Step 7: Carry out a Search
    • Step 8: Explore Records in the Detail View
    • Step 9: Save Records in a User Account
  • 📖The Census Database: Overview
    • What is the Census Database?
    • Contents of the Census Database
    • History of the Census Database
    • Partner Projects of the Census Database
    • The Census Data Model
    • The Hierarchical Structure of the Census Data
    • CensusIDs
    • Authority Data
  • Navigating and Searching
    • 👉Examples of Typical Searches
      • Find a Specific Antique Monument or Postclassical Work
      • Find Records Related to a Specific Antique Monument
      • Find Records Related to a Specific Postclassical Work
      • Find a Record if You Know the CensusID
      • Find the Top Hit (the Main Entry or Parent Entry)
      • Search for a Bibliographic Reference and all Associated Census Records
      • Search for a Person and all Associated Census Records
      • Find all Census Records Added by a Partner Project
      • Search Without a Specific Object in Mind
      • Find All Images Available for Download
      • 🔎Search Functions
        • The Search Bar
          • Combining Keywords in the Search Bar
          • Using Operators in the Search Bar
        • Advanced Search
          • Select Object Types in Advanced Search
          • Search Linked Object Types in Advanced Search
          • Use Advanced Search to Exclude Records from a Search
          • Use Multiple Parameters in Advanced Search
          • Examples of Advanced Search
            • Find a Specific Antique Monument or Postclassical Work
            • Find a Specific Text Associated with a Census Record
    • 🗄️Data Sets and Sources
      • The Sources Menu: Primary Object Types
      • The Side Bar: Secondary Object Types
    • 🚰Filter Function
      • Filter by Alias
      • Filter by Medium
      • Filter by Location
    • 🖼️Options for Displaying Search Results
    • 📂Sort Function
    • 🔝Set Hierarchy preferences
    • 👓Detail View
      • Detail View Menu Bar
      • Image Preview and Full-Screen Image View
      • Downloading Images
      • Change History
      • Printing PDFs
      • Viewing Metadata in Detail View
  • Using Census Data
    • 💾Data in the Census Records
      • Antique Monument Records
        • Overview
        • Description
        • History
        • Provenance
        • Relationships
        • References
        • Comments
          • Image Records
        • Images
      • Postclassical Work Records
        • Overview
        • Description
        • Texts / Transcriptions
        • Relationships
        • References
        • Comments
        • Images
      • Period Records
      • Location Records
      • Style Records
      • Person Records
      • Bibliography Records
    • ©️Image Copyrights
    • ©️Data and Metadata Copyright
    • 🪧How to Reference Records in the Census Database
    • 🧑User Accounts and Personal Collections
      • Registering for a User Account
      • The Quick Access Column
      • Setting up Collections
      • Saving Records in a Collection
      • Deleting, Moving, and Comparing Records in Collections
      • Creating a Presentation
    • 🔗LOD: Other Methods of Accessing Census Data
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  • Create a Collection: Method 1
  • Create a Collection: Method 2
  • Renaming, Copying, or Deleting a Collection

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  1. Using Census Data
  2. User Accounts and Personal Collections

Setting up Collections

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As a User Account holder, you can create and manage individual collections of records. There are several methods you can use to create a collection.

Create a Collection: Method 1

One method is to create an empty collection with a specific title and gradually fill it with records. To do this

  1. Click on the + icon in the lower-left corner of the Quick Access column:

  2. You can then enter a title for your collection before clicking SAVE:

  1. After naming the collection, it will appear in My Collections. You may have to reload the display first by clicking on the icon in the lower right corner:

Create a Collection: Method 2

You can also create a collection with selected records from search result.

  1. Click on the button with three-dots in the upper right-hand corner of the results display.

  2. Go to Selection in Collection and select My Collection. After entering a title, click SAVE.

Renaming, Copying, or Deleting a Collection

You can also rename, copy, or delete an entire collection. To do this, right-click the desired collection under My Collections and select the relevant action.

To add records to a Collection, follow the instructions .

Select all search results you want to save as a collection. You can select groups of records by holding down the SHIFT key and selecting sequential records from the search results; by holding the OPTION key and clicking on individual records to select them; or by clicking on the button with three dots on the upper-right corner of the results display to select an entire page of records (the number of records displayed per page can be set by following ). Drag the group of records directly into the collection in the .

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