The imagebase supports simple word or phrase searches. This means that any word or phrase you enter in the input box must occur exactly as entered in order for a record to match your search. So if you search for Newman library and don't get any hits, try searching for Newman or Library instead. Boolean operators are not supported.
Case is ignored in all searches.
You may search for words that start with the same characters by simply entering those characters and searching. No special operator is required. For example, if you want to find images of advertisements, you could search for adver to find records containing the word advertising or advertisements. Imagebase data is stored in a database. There is a record corresponding to each image.