There are several ways to search ArtistsRegister.com for information about artists and images in the database.

Use this option for simple searches when you know exactly what you are looking for and can describe it with a few words. Enter the word or words and click "GO". For example: enter an artist's name or a specific discipline:

	Quick Search from the Home page returns a text listing.
	Quick Search from the Search page, returns your choice of text or images.

Use this option for text listings that include names, contact information and artistic disciplines:

	To find a specific artist, enter the first and last name
	To search through the listings, click on a letter of the alphabet and scroll through listings sorted by last name

	Choose "text" to see Artist Listings that match your criteria
	Choose "images" to see thumbnail images that match your criteria
	Search by attributes associated with images

	Choose "text" to see Artist Listings that match your criteria
	Choose "images" to see thumbnail images that match your criteria
	Search by attributes associated with images

Search, by keyword, through all resumes and biographies of artists on ArtistsRegister.com. You can, for example, search for MFA, PhD, or Rhode Island School of Design. The system will then look through all the resumes for artists who have included those words on their resume




Use this option for custom searching:

	Choose "text" to see Artist Listings that match your criteria
	Choose "images" to see thumbnail images that match your criteria
	Search by attributes associated with artists
	Search by attributes associated with images
	Search by combinations of artist and image attributes

	Words related to artists: First name, last name, business name, address, city, state, zip, county, artistic discipline, gender, racial/ethnic origin, disabilities, services offered.
	Words related to images: Medium, image keywords
	Image keywords: each image is coded with keywords or phrases defined by the artist that describe attributes of the work. For example, words describing style, materials used, technique, subject matter, mood, color, etc.

Words are combined together using the word "and". For example:

"watercolor landscape painting" is searched as watercolor "and" landscape "and" painting and returns only records that contain all three words.

	If you enter only a first name, records containing the first name are returned. For example, "Mary" returns records for Mary Smith and Mary Jones.
	If you enter only a last name, records containing the last name are returned. For example, "Brown" returns records for Alex Brown and Mark Brown and Sarah Brown.
	Names are combined together using the word "and." If you enter both first and last name, records containing both the first name "and" last name are returned. For example, "John Smith" returns the record for John Smith, it will not return records for John Jones or Mary Smith

Items within each category are combined using the word "or". Items are combined together using the word "and." For example, To find a list of painters and sculptors who live in Phoenix, the system searches for records where the artistic discipline is either painting "or" sculpture, "and" the city is Phoenix.

	Artist's Page - displays Artist's Listing plus one image and an optional link to the artist's own Web page.
	Artist's Portfolio - displays the Artist's Listing plus six or twelve images, an artist's statement, resume and an optional link to the artist's own Web page.

	Click on names that appear in blue to see the artist's Page or Portfolio.
	Names that appear in black are Artist Listings only - no additional information or images are available.
	Click on an artist's email address to send a message directly to the artist.
	Click on an artist's Internet address to go directly to her/his own Web site.

	Click on the image to enlarge it and see additional information.
	Click on the artist's name to go to her/his Page or Portfolio.

	Keywords entered must match words in the database. For example: If you use keywords to find artists in a particular discipline or images in a particular medium you must use words like painting instead of painters, sculpture instead of sculptors. Word choices for artistic discipline and artistic media are listed on the Select Search page along with the exact word choices for other searchable categories.
	To improve your results, shorten words to eliminate plural or other endings. For example: shorten the word "drawings" to "drawing" or "draw" The database will return all records containing the entered combination of letters.
	When using Advanced Search, be sure to reset the form to clear your previous selections when starting a new search. The "reset" button is at the bottom of the form.
	Simplify your searches. A complex search combining many attributes may take longer and be less accurate than two or three simpler searches.
	Some searches return records that don't appear to match your criteria. The system searches many data fields to find results - the words or combination of letters you entered may be found in a name, an address, the title of a work or in keywords associated with images.