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Basic information
This article contains detailed information about using the search filters on the main Search screen to find an image that was already uploaded to Pangea CMS.
Run a search
You can run a search for any image by selecting Image in the search filters.
The following filters might be available when Image is selected:
Keywords
Enter a word or phrase in the Type to search by keywords... box. You see results that include the word / phrase in either of the following fields:
- English Title/Caption
- Description
If you enter a phrase, consider using quotes for more precise results. For example, if you search for "cats are fantastic creatures" (including quotes), you see only results that include this exact phrase in full. If you enter a phrase without quotes, you might see results that include just one or two words from the entered phrase.
Entity
Under Entity & site, use the first drop-down menu to specify which entity you want to search. The following options are available:
- RFE: Images uploaded by sites under Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
- VOA: Images uploaded by sites under Voice of America
- OCB: Images uploaded by sites under Office of Cuba Broadcasting
- MNB: Images uploaded by sites under Middle East Broadcasting Networks
- LIB: Images uploaded by LibertyNet
Site
Under Entity & site, use the second drop-down menu to specify which site you want to search.
The following options are available:
- Select This site to see only results from the current site.
- Select a specific site to see only results from the site you select.
- Select All sites to see results from all sites (including the current site).
- Select Other sites to see results from all sites except the current site.
The available search filters change according to the option selected for site. The following filters are only available when This site is selected:
Date
Under Publication date, select a time period. The results will only include images taken / uploaded during the selected time period.
Select your preferred option:
- Date taken: The results will include images taken during the selected time period (based on the Image taken setting that might be manually set at upload).
- Date of Upload: The results will include images uploaded during the selected time period (based on the Uploaded setting that is set automatically by Pangea CMS at the time of upload).
Uploaded by
Under Uploaded by, select one or more CMS users. The results will only include images uploaded by one of the selected users.
Click inside the box and start typing to find a specific CMS user. Select each CMS user you want to include in the search.
Photographers
Under Photographers, specify which Photographers you want to include in the search. The results will only include images associated with the selected Photographers.
Click inside the box and start typing to find a specific Photographer. Select each Photographer you want to include in the search.
For detailed information about assigning Photographers to images, see the following article:
Sources
Under Sources, specify which Sources you want to include in the search. The results will only include images assigned to one of the selected Sources.
Click inside the box and start typing to find a specific Source. Select each Source you want to include in the search.
For detailed information about assigning Sources to images, see the following article:
Manage search results
For detailed information about managing the results for an image search, see the following article:
