Search on rights types

Learn how to search for object records by rights type.

How to search by rights type

All object records in eHive are assigned a rights type which determines how the information and images on the record can be used.

You can search eHive for records with a particular rights using the search alias licence: followed by the code of the rights type you would like to search for.

Examples

licence:pd

Searches for records with a Public Domain rights type.

licence:cc0

Searches for records with a No Rights Reserved (Public Domain) rights type.

Searching for objects with images

Remember to tick the 'Objects with images' checkbox if you would like to limit your results to records with images.

Licence types and codes

Licence type	Licence code
Public domain	pd
No Rights Reserved	cc0
Rights Status Unknown	unknown
Orphaned work	orphaned
Creative Commons – Attribution	cc-by
Creative Commons – Attribution – Share Alike	cc-by-sa
Creative Commons – Attribution – No Derivatives	cc-by-nd
Creative Commons – Attribution – Non-commercial	cc-by-nc
Creative Commons – Attribution – Non-commercial – Share Alike	cc-by-nc-sa
Creative Commons – Attribution – Non-commercial – No Derivatives	cc-by-nc-nd
All Rights Reserved	all-rights-reserved

See also

• Search for phrases and multiple terms

• Search on partial words with wildcards

• Search on specific fields

• Search for ranges

• Search on catalogue types

• Complex search examples

• Special characters in search