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Search for assets of any type – audio and video, images, sources, texts, subjects, places, and visualizations -- by clicking the Image Added icon on any page at mandala.shanti.virginia.edu. This includes mandala.shanti.virginia.edu/places and mandala.shanti.virginia.edu/subjects. 

You can use the Filters, Places, and Subjects tabs in the flyout to restrict your search. Learn more about search options below.

Filters

The Filters tab narrows down your search results. 

If you choose multiple filters, only assets that have both filters show up in the search results.

Example: You select Feature Types: Cultural Region, then Related Places: Tibet. The search finds assets with cultural region as a feature type AND Tibet as a related place.

Places

The Place tab lets you restrict your search results to assets labeled with certain place KMaps. If you don’t choose a place, the place isn’t taken into account when searching. If you choose more than one place, then assets with either place will show up in the search results.

Example: You selected Afghanistan and Jordan. The search results find assets labeled with Afghanistan place KMaps OR Jordan place KMaps.

Subjects

The Subject tab lets you restrict your search results to assets labeled with certain subject KMaps. If you don’t choose a subject, the subject isn’t taken into account when searching. If you choose more than one place, then assets with either subject will show up in the search results.

Example: You selected Biology and Ecology. The search results find assets labeled with Biology subject KMaps OR Ecology subject KMaps.

Detailed Steps

1. Open any page on the mandala.shanti.virginia.edu
2. Click Image Added on the sidebar

   • The search flyout will open

3. Enter your search term
4. Choose filters, places, and subjects to apply to the search
   • Use the tabs below the search field to open each section
   • Check out a detailed discussion of filtering above
5. Click > next to your search term

   • Search results will open in the flyout

6. Click the tab for each asset type to narrow down your results
7. To open the asset, click on the asset title in the search results

   • The search results will open

   • You can also show asset details without fully opening the asset: click + next to the search result

8. Locate the Magnifying glass icon

   • Find it underneath the menu icon, at the top right of the page

9. Click on the Magnifying glass icon

   • A drop-down menu will unfold from the right side of the page

10. Enter your search terms in the text box

11. Filter results in your basic search:

    • Click on the "Descriptions" box to search for keywords only in the content's description

    • Click on the "Transcripts" box to search for keywords only in the content's transcript

Filter results with the advanced search:

12.  All Text: search all text in the Mediabase

13. Name: search only the names of content

Starts with:search content that starts with your keyword

14. Exactly: Search for your exact keywords only

15. Click on the arrow to the right of the search text box

    • A page will load with your search results

16. Locate the menu at the right of your search results

    • It will show the number of results found and give you options to sort your results 

17. Sort your results:

    • Relevancy:sort results by their similarity to your keywordsTitle:sort results by their titlesType:sort results by their type of media (audio file, video, etc.)Author:sort results by authorDate:sort results by most recent to least recentDuration: sort results by shortest to longest in duration