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1. There are three ways to access the basic sample search: From the home page Browse caNanoLab panel, or if you are logged in, click the Workflow menu option and Search Samples icon, or just click the Samples menu option.
   The Manage Samples page displays.

2. Click Search Existing Samples.

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   The following table lists and describes each field. Enter text or select options as appropriate.Sample Search page displays.

3. Fill in the following search criteria as needed. When defining search criteria, there are no required fields. You can add only those parameters that you consider essential to the search.

   Sample Search Options	Description
   Keywords	Enter one or more keywords by which samples could be identified in this search. caNanoLab can search for characterization or publication keywords, as well as text describing characterizations.
   Sample Name	Enter text for the name of a sample. Select Contains (for search using partial text) or Equals (for exact text search).
   Sample Point of Contact	Enter text for the name or organization point of contact. Select Contains (for search using partial text) or Equals (for exact text search).
   Composition	Nanomaterial Entity Select from the scroll list the nanoparticle category to which the nanomaterial entity targeted by the search belongs. Example: Dendrimer Functionalizing Entity Select from the scroll list the functionalizing category to which the sample targeted by the search belongs.* Monomer Polymer Quantum Dot Antibody Biopolymer Small Molecule Function Select from the drop-down list the function type category which best fits the sample targeted by the search: Imaging Function [Other]  Include Page Other options Other options Targeting Function Therapeutic Function Transfection *You may see terms in caNanoLab that are not defined in the help glossary. These have been added by curators as [other]; they may be reviewed and defined at a later time.
   Characterization Type/Characterization	Click the drop-down list on the left and select the characterization type that applies to the sample to be searched: Physico-Chemical, In Vitro or In Vivo. Your selection determines the sub-categories that display in the Characterization field to the right. Select one or more of the items in the Characterization list.* (CTRL + click to select more than one.) Physico-Chemical Characterizations: Molecular Weight Physical State Purity Relaxivity Shape Size Solubility Surface In Vitro Characterizations: Blood Contact Cytotoxicity Enzyme Induction Immune Cell Function Oxidative Stress Sterility  Targeting Transfection In Vivo Characterizations: Pharmacokinetics Toxicology *You may see terms in caNanoLab that are not defined in the help glossary. These have been added by curators as [other]; they may be reviewed and defined at a later time.

    

   To clear all fields and start again, click Reset.

4. Click Search.

   For information about the search

   To execute the search, click Search.

   For information about the search results, see Sample Search Results.

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To launch an advanced search of the samples in the caNanoLab database

1. There are two ways to access the advanced sample search: Click the Workflow menu option and Search Samples icon, or just click the Samples menu option
   The Manage Samples page displays.

2. Click Advanced Sample Search in the Sample Links panel.

   The following table lists and describes each field. Enter text or select options as appropriateSample Search page displays.

3. Fill in the search criteria as needed.

   Advanced Search Category	Description
   Sample Criteria	Select an option in the first drop-down list. Select from the second drop-down, Contains (for search using partial text) or Equals (for exact text search). Enter complete or partial text in the text box.
   Composition Criteria	Select an option in the first drop-down list. Your selection drives the options that display in the second drop-down, as well as the options or text box that displays for the rest of the category. Select from the second drop-down, Contains (for partial text search) or Equals (for exact text search). Select your options or enter appropriate text in the text box. The Chemical name is optional. Available terms are defined in the caNanoLab Glossary.
   Characterization Criteria	Select a Characterization Type in the first drop-down list. Your selection drives the options that display in the second drop-down as well as the options or text boxes that displays for the rest of the category. The last text box is either a boolean value or number value, depending on the third drop-down list. An optional drop-down box for units displays only if the data has a unit. Select your options or enter appropriate text in the text box(es). Available terms are defined in the caNanoLab Glossary.

4. Click Add to each set of criteria you define. As you add criteria, they display in a table above the criteria fields on the page.
5. Select the And or Or operand at the bottom of each set of criteria when you enter more than one criteria in a set. And or Or determines whether, for the set, the search finds samples that meet all of the criteria or that meet any one of the criteria.
6. Select the And or Or operand at the bottom of the page that determines whether the search finds samples that meet only all of the criteria or that meet any one of the criteria.
7. To execute the search, click Click Search.
   

   For information about the search results, see Sample Search Results.

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A sample search looks for a sample based on annotations that were added or characterization or data files uploaded. Column headings are appropriate for vary based on the sample for which you searched. They are described in the following table. Columns are sortable by clicking the column headings.

The following table lists and describes the Search Results columns.

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The following table lists and describes the Search Results columns.

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Copying an existing sample enables you to use an existing sample and its features and annotations to facilitate creating a new sample.

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copies all of the annotation and/or publications, making it easier to create and submit similar samples.

To copy an existing sample

1. Click the Samples menu option.
2. On the Manage Samples page, click the Copy an Existing Sample link.
   In On the Copy Sample page, enter the name (complete for an exact search or partial to search for sample names that contain the entered text) of the sample to be copied. Both fields on this page are required.
   
   • Click the Search icon (Image Removed ) to search the caNanoLab database for the sample. If you entered partial text, you must complete this search before you can execute the copy request. Select from the search results the sample you want to copy.
   • If you skip the Search icon (having entered exact text), the system searches the database anyway for the sample whose name you entered.
3. Enter a name for the copied sample and click Submit. Click Reset to clear all fields and begin again.

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1. , both fields are required.
2. In Existing Sample, fill in a complete or partial sample to search for and click the Search icon (Image Added ).
3. Select a sample from the returned list to be copied.
4. Fill in the New Sample Name.
5. Click Submit.
   A filled in Update Sample page appears with the new sample name.
6. Edit the copied sample as needed.

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Adding Publications to a Sample

Publications can be associated with a sample using two caNanoLab features:.

1. If you work from the Publications menu, you can associate multiple samples with a publication. See Creating a Publication for more information. 
2. If you add documents from within an open sample, you can use the copy feature to associate the publication with other samples. See Managing Publications from an Open Sample for more information.

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Deleting a Sample

To delete a sample, perform a sample search, find the sample to be deleted, and click Edit in the first column of the the Sample Search Results page. The Update Sample page opens. This page also opens when you, as a curator, choose to edit a sample while you are reviewing data prior to public release. a sample

1. Perform a sample search.
2. On the search results page, click Edit in the Actions column.
3. From the Update Sample page, click Delete in the lower-left corner of the window.
4. Confirm the deletion.

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Bookmarking a Sample to My Favorites

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To add a sample to My Favorites

1. Perform a sample search.
2. Find the sample that you want to bookmark and click On the search results page, click + Add to Favorites in the first column of the Sample Search Results rowActions column.
   The Added to Favorites message appears in the results row.
3. Click the +Add to Favorites option in the menu bar, and the bookmarked sample will be listed under My Samples.

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