Advanced search

To carry out an advanced search, you have to:

• display the search form,

• enter your criteria.

Also see: Managing requests

Displaying the search form

You can use the formula-based advanced search at any time:

Click on on the left side of the screen:

The search page is displayed. It consists of a banner containing the page name and two buttons:

• launch the search to display the result list,

• reset the form to enter new criteria for a new search,

and also several sections, to enter increasingly precise criteria:

• by clicking on an additional section is displayed that lets you enter technical and editorial criteria associated with the document. Click on  and it is no longer displayed.

The search criteria can be free-format entry fields, options to be checked, selection lists or a selection of terms (help list):

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Entering the elements

1. On the search page, fill out the form:

In the 1st section you can:

• Enter one or more words to be used as search terms in the field "Your query".

• Select a presentation format for the image by checking one or more of the proposed options:

• "Illustration": to obtain a generic document not linked to current events (travel, concept, etc.).

• "Portrait": for portraits or close medium-sized shots of a personality.

• "Model Release": copyright-free illustration photos.

• Select a news category from News, Sport, Celebrities, Business by clicking on one of these options.

In the 2nd section you can fill out the following fields:

• the Date or From / to: enter a date in the format CCYY-MM-DD in each of the entry boxes or click on  to display the date entry form. This date corresponds to the date of the event.

• the Country, the Town or City: use the help list.

• Key words: enter one or more terms or use the help list to select one or more key words indexed by ImageForum.

• Proper name: enter a person's name. Use quotation marks for a compound name.

• Real time:  for the latest current events.

• Geographic area: click on to use the special help list for the geographic area.

• Document ref.: the unique identifier for the document.

In the 3rd section you can fill out the following fields:

• Provider: select all the providers or one of them from the selection list. To select several providers, hold down the Control key [Ctrl] on your keyboard during your selection.

• Category: use the help list to select a category.

• Suppl. category: use the help list to select one or more additional categories.

• Language of the graphic: for graphics searches, select the language in which the graphic was produced.

• Real time: for a specific current event.

2. Click on to enter additional criteria:

=> A 4th section is displayed.

You can fill out the following fields:

• Photographer/journalist: enter the name of a photographer or a journalist.

• Original transmission:  original reference of the transmission.

• Special instructions: "For newspaper only", "Country out"...

• Credit: use the help list to select the provider(s) linked to your quota.

• Source:  enter a value or select a provider in the help list.

• Photo reference: the unique identifier for the document.

3. Click on the button located at the bottom of the form.

=> The result list is displayed.

4. Select and download the documents.