Is there a "in use" tab like in DVD Studio Pro?

In DVD Studio Pro, the asset browser has a column that let's you know if that file, picture, audio is being used in the DVD you are creating. Does FCP have anything like that? It would be useful for me because I import hundred of photos into FCP and put them into long sequences and it would be nice if I could quickly reference whether or not they are already in my timeline, "In Use."
Thanks,
Brian

A couple spring to mind:
Double click your photo to place it in the viewer. Press F. If your photo is in the Timeline, the playhead will jump to it. If it is not there you will hear whatever error sound you have set and the playhead will stay where it is.
When you have placed a picture on the Timeline, right click it in the Browser and assign a color label to it.

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