Overview tutorial of the NIDDK Information Network (portal.dknet.org). dkNET provides seamless access to large pools of data relevant to the mission of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK).

1. dkNET Search Portal Tutorial

2. dkNET Search Portal
http://scicrunch.com/dknet

3. Outline
• Learn about dkNET Community Resources
• Search for Resources
• Navigate Search results
• Explore Results within a Source

4. Learn about Community Resources
Learn about dkNET
Community Resources

5. Learn about Community Resources
Clicking here takes you to a list
of Community Resources
Community Resources are databases
specifically selected by dkNET for their
relevance to NIDDK researchers

6. Outline
• Learn about dkNET Community Resources
• Search for Resources
• Navigate Search results
• Explore Results within a Source

7. Search for Resources
Resources most
relevant to dkNET Additional
databases, used by
other communities
PubMed and
PubMed Central

8. Search for Resources
Enter search
term here

9. Search for Resources
Grouping
Term
Autocomplete
suggestions based
on entered text
Term
Identifier
Grouping Term – High level categorization of the term within the ontology.
Term Identifier – Unique identifier of the term in the ontology.

10. Search Results

11. Outline
• Learn about dkNET Community Resources
• Search for Resources
• Navigate Search results
• Explore Results within a Source

12. Search Results
Categories within
Community Resources
Searching the Community Resources will return results within the categories of Materials,
Funding, Protocols, Data, and Organisms. By default, the search results are displayed for
the category Materials.

13. Search Results
Subcategories within
the category Materials
Within each Category, the results are further
segmented into Subcategories.
The resources containing results are displayed
in the Sources menu.

14. Search Results
The logo of the source
is displayed for each
search result
Page through
search results
Resource name
Information about
search terms

15. Search Results
Information about
search terms
Included Terms lists additional terms
used for Search based on the ontology

16. Included Terms
Search term
A search that incorporates the “Included Terms” returns 86 results.

17. Included Terms
A search without the “Included Terms” returns only 72 results.
Search term

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19. Outline
• Learn about dkNET Community Resources
• Search for Resources
• Navigate Search results
• Explore Results within a Source

20. Exploring results within a Source
Clicking on the “Subcategory” icon
under each record will filter display by
both Subcategory and Source

21. Exploring results within a Source
The results are now filtered to display
only results matching the search term
within the Source selected.

22. Exploring results within a Source
Click on the “See Full Record”
icon to see more details about a
specific record.

23. Exploring results within a Source
Click on the “See Full Record”
icon to see more details about a
specific record.

24. Exploring results within a Source
Drill down into more detailed
resource information by clicking
on the “Table View” icon.

25. Table View
If column names aren’t fully visible, resize your browser window.
All results from a single source are
displayed in the Table View, with the
result you clicked on listed first.

26. Working with Table View
Facets for each
source (if available)
are displayed in the
left panel
Within column
Sorting and Filtering
of records
Download
Results

27. Working with facets
Facets are available for some
columns. Clicking on the +
reveals the specific facets and
number of results for each
Clicking on a specific facet
filters results accordingly

28. Results for M. musculus Facet
Facets may be removed by clicking
the X either in the left navigation or
in the results display