Guide to Searching

When searching for images, it is important to understand how the images were originally described when adding them to the image bank. To standardise common keywords, a brief list was drawn up and along with any image specific keywords used to describe an image.

So when searching for an image of a female student, rather than searching on "girl", or "woman" or plurals of these, simply search for "female", or "females" for more than one student. It is important to remember that while the keywords listed below are commonly used, keyword pertaining to the subject of the image were used as well such as "clarinet" or "bicycle"; using these keywords will often yield more accurate results than more generic searches.

 

Subject keywords

People	Places	Activity	Main subject	Concept
Female Females Male Males Group Individual Pair Young adult Mature adult Elderly adult University staff University students	Outside On campus Inside Library Jubilee campus Sutton Bonington University Park Trent Building Laboratory Innovation Park Malaysia China Garden Lake	Smiling Laughing Studying Lecturing Tutorial At a computer Reading Graduating Conference Relaxing Working Playing sport Talking Walking Eating Drinking	Conference Graduation Awards Accommodation Car Countryside City Club Bar Café Computer Telephone Mortarboard Gown Flowers Clock Tower	Science and industry Health and welfare Arts History Technology Lifestyles Destinations Careers Business Research Community Entertainment Celebration Replica Green Tree Spring Summer Autumn Winter

Style keywords

Image orientation	Colour	Style
Landscape Portrait Square Panoramic Test	Black and white Sepia Colour	close-up long shot aerial blur soft focus high contrast head shot montage cut out digitally generated long exposure

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