Render :template render:partial

Hi
In the main file i have to include a code portion (just one table with
an image_tag…) as

<%=image_tag("/images/menu/big.png", {:class=>"noborder"})%> User Profile
 This has to be included in several other files .. So I put this in

another file which is not a partial file.And tried to call it like

<%= render :template=>‘user_profile/user_profile_header_picture.rhtml’
%>

But this is not working…And if it were a partial file I could do it
successfully like

<%= render :partial=>‘user_profile/user_profile_header_picture.rhtml’ %>

 So my question is, to include such a file should it be

partial.Can’t i include a non partial file? And also what is the use of
render :template ?

Thanks in advance
Sijo