The discover page in HydroShare has been designed for you to find public (completely open) and discoverable (only metadata open) resources in HydroShare. You do not need a HydroShare account to use the Discover page. To navigate to the Discover page, click on ‘Discover’ on the header of any HydroShare page.
Searching Capabilities
- Narrow the date range
Narrow the date range to search for resources with temporal coverage that overlaps the range input. If you specify a temporal coverage range, the search will return only resources that have temporal coverage specified.
- Zoom into an area of interest
Click on the Map tab, then use the mouse and/or map buttons to navigate to the area of interest. With the mouse, one can click-and-drag, use the scoll wheel, and double click the left or right mouse buttons.
- Apply Filter Options
Use the Filter categories to filter by Author, Subject, Resource Type, Owner, Variable, Sample Medium, Units Name, and/or Availability. The filter categories show the available options and the number of resources tagged with that associated term. All filter terms are user-defined text, except for the Availability filter. The Availability filter includes three options:
- Discoverable: metadata is public but data is protected
- Published: data is formally published with a DOI
- Public: metadata and data are public
- Type into the search box
Type into the search box to search for matches in resource metadata.