Browse - Views

A view specifies the criteria (the type of taxa, view angle, preparation technique, etc.) under which a photograph was taken.
By selecting the Browse - View option, the user is presented with a list of all the registered views within the database.

What's in a View?

Browse - Views by Keywords

As explained in Browse - Images, use Keywords to display a list of views based on imaging technique, imaging preparation technique, part, angle, developmental stage, sex and/or form. To display a list of views based on a keyword(s) search, type the keyword(s) in the box and select Search. For example, to browse for all views pertaining to wings (specimen part), reflected light (imaging technique), female (sex) type keywords wings reflected light female and select Search .

Sort the Results

Outlined in detail in Browse - Sort Search Results, to sort the list of views, select the Sort By criteria from the drop down list(s). The more criteria selected, (up to 3 levels) the more refined the browse will be. The resulting page will display the view list with the initial Sort By option grouped together first, followed by groups of any of the other sort criteria that was selected.

Sort criteria options for Browse - Views include:

• View id: Unique MorphBank-issued identifier for a view
• Specimen part: pertains to a view that contains a portion of a specimen
• Angle: location of the camera with respect to the specimen for photographing
• Sex : present for specimens when known or applicable
• Stage: developmental growth phase of specimen
• Form: specimens may have a form of parthenogenetic, indeterminate, unknown, etc.
• Imaging: technique used to capture photo such as auto-montage, transmitted light; bright field, etc.
• Imaging Preparation Technique: technique used to prepare the specimen for photographing such as dissected, air dried and gold coated etc.
• Taxon: scientific name of the specimen
• Number of images:pertaining to one specimen

Use the Reset button to clear the Search and Sort By boxes of all criteria.

Display Images associated with a View

From Browse - Views, the images for any given View can be seen by clicking on the camera icon to go to Browse - Images.

Tag descriptions

1. Morphbank-issued unique identifier number for the view.
2. List of images associated with the view 63978
3. Select to advance to hierarchy tree

Browse Views - Single Show

Click the information Icon on the Browse - Views page to open the View Record - Single Show.


Morphbank Single Show is an efficient way to display large amounts of information. For complete documentation on single show refer to Morphbank Show in the Information Linking section of this manual.

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