caNanoLab User's Guide| Getting Started in caNanoLab
The caNanoLab User's Guide provides information and instructions for using caNanoLab. This chapter introduces you to using caNanoLab online help and how the caNanoLab User's Guide is organized.
Topics in this chapter include:
Using the Online Help
caNanoLab online help is provided in a user's guide format.
Access to user help
You can open the user's guide without being logged into caNanoLab.
- To open the complete online user's guide on the public home page, click the Help menu option.
- To open the glossary, click the Glossary menu option on the public home page.
- At the top of any caNanoLab page, click Help to open a context-sensitive topic for that specific page.
- caNanoLab uses many terms unique to the nanotechnology domain. In the online help, the words appear as links which open up the Glossary for a definition.
User's Guide Chapters
The following topics introduce you to the caNanoLab portal and describe each chapter in the online User's Guide.
Visibility of options
Based on your caNanoLab permissions, you may not see all of the options described in the help topics when you log in. For more information, see What Options You See and Why.
| Chapter | Description |
|---|---|
| Getting Started | Overview and instructions to start using the caNanoLab portal |
| Performing a caNanoLab Keyword Search | Perform a keyword search across the caNanoLab database |
| Managing Protocols | Submit and search for existing protocols |
| Managing Samples | Submit and update samples, and searching for existing samples |
| Managing Sample Composition Annotations | Displaying and entering composition information for nanomaterial entities, functionalizing entities, and chemical associations, as well as editing composition annotations |
| Managing Sample Characterizations | Display and enter physico-chemical, in vitro and in vivo characterization information for samples, as well as edit characterization annotations |
| Managing Publications | Submit and search for sample publications, such as journal articles, book chapters, reports, as well as publications supporting sample data |
| Managing Collaboration Groups | Curator only: Create and managing collaboration groups |
| Managing Data Curation | Curator only: Review items pending public release and generate sample data metrics in a batch |
| Using My Workspace | Access all saved samples, protocols, and publications |
| Using My Favorites | Access bookmarked samples, protocols, and publications for easy access |
| caNanoLab Glossary | caNanoLab-relevant terms used in this guide |
caNanoLab User's Guide| Getting Started in caNanoLab
