The results will be displayed as grid, or gallery, of thumbnail images. Clicking on the image itself, at anytime in any format, will pull up the full screen image visual image or link to the sound recording.
Sound recordings lack any visual representation and are best viewed as brief or full records.
They are displayed with a choice of access method and cataloging number in the gallery display. This method of searching provides an easy introduction to the site, allowing the user to browse through a gallery of related images. By viewing the full records for each image, the user can explore the multiple subject headings used to catalogue each item as suggestions for further searches. The subject headings provided are but a small sample of the many included in the list of authorized terms. While moving the cursor over the map of Africa, it will change to indicate a link to the items associated with that country.