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As you create more Entries you may wish to organize them into groups based on the type of item, workflow, locations, exhibits, etc. In CatalogIt, these organizational devices are called Folders and are displayed in the “Thumbnail Screen” described below. An Entry can be placed in multiple Folders and edits made to an Entry from within any Folder will apply to the Entry in every Folder location.
== CatalogIt Concepts ==
'''Thumbnail Screen:''' the primary CatalogIt screen which allows you to view and access the Entries in your current Folder. It is also where you access the Main Menu, the Actions Menu, the Search button and the Create Entry button.
'''Entry:''' each physical item for which you are creating a record in CatalogIt constitutes an Entry; for example, "Paiute Burden Basket", "Walrus Ivory Spoon", or "1959 Original Barbie".
'''Folder:''' any assembly of Entries you wish to group together. Items in a Folder do not need to be of the same classification. The Folder can be specific, for instance, "Paiute Twined Baskets" or general, such as "Things in Grandma's Hutch". Items can be moved from one Folder to another.
'''Primary Photo:''' the photo that appears in your thumbnail screen and the first photo that appears when you view your Entry.
'''Classification:''' the groups of characteristics used to catalog your items. Each classification in CatalogIt includes the properties and values which are pertinent to that specific classification. The Classification Chooser allows you to choose the appropriate classification as part of the process of creating and editing Entries.
'''Profiles:''' the fields in CatalogIt that allow you to capture and maintain standardized and reusable information about a wide variety of things such as a person, place, material, or technique. Once you’ve created a Profile, for example, of a person or a company that made an item in your collection, that profile is available to you to use again anywhere in your account. Profiles additionally add depth and detail to your entries- they relate entries to one another by these things that they have in common. A Profile can even relate to another profile, such as a person that is related to another person, or people to a particular place. As you are creating or editing an Entry, the Profile fields are easy to identify, as they always have an ellipsis after the name, such as, "Artist...", "Material..." or "Color..."
== Logging in to CatalogIt ==
