To launch a basic search for a sample
Click the Samples menu.
The Manage Samples page displays.Click Search Existing Samples.
Leaving all search criteria blank
There are no required fields when you specify search criteria. If you leave all the fields blank, all items are returned.
From the Sample Search page, fill in the following search criteria as needed.
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
Select from the list the nanoparticle category to which the nanomaterial entity targeted by the search belongs. Example: Dendrimer
Functionalizing Entity
Select the functionalizing category to which the sample targeted by the search belongs. (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.)Select the function type category which best fits the sample targeted by the search.
Characterization Type/Characterization Click the list on the left and select the characterization type that applies to the sample to be searched: Physico-Chemical, In Vitro, In Vivo, Ex Vivo, or Other Ex VV.
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.)
Click Search.
For information about the search results, refer to Sample Search Results.
