Step 1 - Creating Your Personal Profile
Step 2 - Joining or Creating a Group
Step 3 - Browsing Information
Step 4 - Searching for Organizations and Areas of Focus
Step 5 - Adding/Editing an Organization's Information
Step 6 - Get Started




Step Three - Browsing Information


Browsing

Left Column - Using the left column of choices is the most basic way to browse information on the site. By clicking on any one of the links on the left hand column, you can link directly to the main areas of the site.  Each link brings you to a directory or list of the information available on WiserEarth.

Visualize - By visting other users profiles you will find links to organizations, groups, resources, and users.  By navigating the site via other people you will find specific connections and useful information.  A tool has been developed to assist in this process which is found on the right side of the Network section of a persons profile.

Searching

The simplest way to search for information on the site begins by identifying what you are looking for.  Locate the top search bar and choose which section of data you would like to find.  You can search using 8 different categories.

1. Organizations: lists the many thousands of organizations that make up WiserEarth
2. People: lists all of the people who have registered as users on WiserEarth 
3. Groups: Shows the focused communities of people on WiserEarth
4. Areas of Focus: lists all of the different spheres of activity within the environmental and social justice fields 
5. Resources: includes many different types of information ranging from books, manuals, news, articles, charts, journals etc., that the community can share and access 
6. Jobs: offers job postings for both voluntary and paid opportunities throughout the community
7. Events: are activities posted by the WiserEarth community that are happening across the world
8. Wikipages: are simple webpages/blogs created by the WiserEarth community without needing to know html
   

After selecting which category you would like to search, type in keywords related to the data you wish to find.  Click the button on the right of the search field or press Enter/Return on your keyboard.

Your search results will include blue text which links to the same entity with that parameter or you may simply click the image or the Name to go to the Group.  For more information about groups read the Groups FAQ.

In this example the Areas of focus of this group are linked to a list of other Groups that also share that area of focus.  You can find more groups that you may interested in by browsing through the links in the search results.





The next step will walk through the methods of finding an organization.

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