Using the Gateway
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Searching for Projects
Search bar
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The results page provides an RSS feed to notify you when new matches are added. A link to the Advanced Search page can help refine your results. |
Advanced search page
You can also go directly to the Advanced Search page, which allows you to search by project title and description, or to choose from a list of keywords.
Using keywords
Keywords are provided by project leaders, specifically indicating project location, topic, audience, and goals. You can scroll through the complete list of keywords and choose one or many using Ctrl-click.
Add a Project
Project leaders can add their projects by visiting the Project Registry.
Project Pages
Basic information
Project pages are created when a project leader enters information into the project registry (add a project). To keep things simple for both entering and accessing information, these pages cover just the basics.
In addition to the project name and URL, project leaders can choose to enter:
- partnering organizations
- an image or logo
- a brief description of the project
- keywords
- associated parent or affiliate projects (what does this mean?)
- contact information
Links and icons
Clicking on the project image will always take you out of the Gateway to the project's own website (or, if no project website is available, then to the website of the organization). Specified links are also provided under the paragraph description on every page.
As appropriate, links are also provided to parent or affiliate projects.
Appearing next to project contacts, you may see the following icons:
Opens an email to the listed person
Opens that person's profile on the wiki site (what's this?)
Networking people and projects
The wiki forum
Our discussion forum has finally arrived, in the form of a wiki!
Wiki: a collaborative website where users contribute and modify content (e.g., Wikipedia).
As a collaborative venture, the wiki forum will grow and adapt to the needs of users. Some things already added to the wiki are:
- lists of upcoming conferences
- discussions on hot topics (e.g., what is "citizen science"?)
- a directory of members
Accessing the forum
To ensure a safe environment for discussing ideas and sharing resources, the wiki is a member-only site. Anyone can request a membership here.
