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 by clicking Help or Glossary without being logged into caNanoLab.
- At the top of any caNanoLab page, click Help to open a context-sensitive topic for that page.
- caNanoLab uses many terms unique to the nanotechnology domain. In the online help, words that appear as links open up the Glossary at the 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 user role and permissions, you may not see all of the options described in the help topics when you log in. For more information, see User Roles.
| 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 | Search for existing protocols, create a new protocol, and submit a protocol for review for public access. |
| Managing Samples | Search for existing samples, create a new sample, and submit a sample for review for public access. |
| Managing Sample Composition Annotations | Display and enter 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 | Search for sample publications, create a new publication, or submit a publication for review for public access. |
| Managing Collaboration Groups | Curator only: Create and manage collaboration groups. |
| Managing Data Curation | Curator only: Review items pending public release and generate sample data metrics in a batch. |
| Using My Workspace | Review the samples, protocols, and publications that you saved or are associated with your log in. |
| Using My Favorites | Review the samples, protocols, and publications that you bookmarked for easy access. |
| caNanoLab Glossary | caNanoLab-relevant terms used in this guide. |
