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Flower garden quilt by Mealii Kalama of Hawaii. Cotton applique, 89" x 81", ca. 1988. Kalama has received
a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. Photograph by Dudley Smith, courtesy of the Denver
Museum of Natural History. From the Masters of Traditional Arts DVD-ROM, produced by Alan Govenar and published by ABC-CLIO. |
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Search Methods and Display FormatsThe Ethnographic Thesaurus allows two search methods: Alphabetical search - words start with: This search method will produce an alphabetical list of terms beginning with the term in question. For example, an alphabetical search for POLITICAL ACTIVISM will produce the following list:
political activism Note that both preferred and italicized non-preferred terms appear in this list. Keyword search - including words in phrases: This search will produce a list of all terms that include the search term, no matter where in the search term appears in the phrase. For example, a keyword search for MUSIC will produce a long list of terms that have the word "music" in their phrase:
... The Ethnographic Thesaurus has four display formats: Alphabetical list: As described above for alphabetical searching, the Ethnographic Thesaurus will display searches as an alphabetical list, beginning with the term in question. Terms with hierarchical relationships: This search display will show each term within its hierarchical context of broader and narrower terms. The term in question will appear preceded by ever-broader terms as far as the top term of the category; it will be followed by ever-narrower terms to the most specific term in the hierarchy. While the term in question will appear flush left, the broader terms in the hierarchy will be preceded by colons (::), and the narrower terms in the hierarchy will be preceded by periods (..). This display for the term APPLIED FOLKLORE appears as follows: : : general Terms with thesaurus relationships: This search display will show each term together with its scope note and relationships. For example, a search on the term APPLIED FOLKLORE using this display option will produce the following:
applied folklore Number of terms to display: No matter what search or display strategy is used, there is the option to display-on the first page of the search results-1, 10, 20, 50, or 100 terms in alphabetical order. A simple alphabetical search of the term FOLK in an alphabetical display, asking for only 1 term to be displayed, will produce the non-preferred term FOLK ARCHITECTURE. The same strategy asking for a display of 20 terms will show an alphabetical list from FOLK ARCHITECTURE to FOOD CATEGORIES. These search and display formats can be combined in several ways. For example, a search of the term CULTURE as a keyword in any phrase, showing its hierarchy, and limited to the first 20 examples would yield the following:
Agents of material culture (human) to
culture contact Note that the Ethnographic Thesaurus allows searches for parts of words. This feature is important if one wishes to see variations on certain terms. For example, searching the character string NARR, using the alphabetical search strategy, will result in a list that includes NARRATION, NARRATIVE JOKES, NARRATOLOGY, and NARRATORS, among other terms. The same search, using the keyword search strategy, will yield these terms, as well as DREAM NARRATIVES, FOLK NARRATIVES, PERSONAL EXPERIENCE NARRATIVES, and UNRELIABLE NARRATOR, among other terms. Top of page
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