Welcome to the Arctos Handbook!

Navigation Guidance:

Click on Documentation for specific data tables and their data fields; also linked in the database

Click on Best Practices for detailed recommendations for specific tasks in Arctos, written by Arctos Users

Click on How-to Guides for step-by-step instructions on how to do specific tasks in Arctos, written by Arctos Users

Click on Resources for tutorials from Arctos Users as well as guides on how to use this site

Arctos Documentation and "How-to Guides" can be created or edited by anyone who is a member of the Arctos Working Group (see How to Use GitHub for Arctos). That team has "write" access to the ArctosDB/documentation-wiki repository in GitHub. Anyone can view the content, but you need to be added to the "Users" team by an ArctosDB administrator to make changes.

Curators/Collection Managers who want the ability to create or edit Documentation and "How-to Guides" should contact dustymc@gmail.com, mkoo@berkeley.edu or ccicero@berkeley.edu to be added "Users" team. Attend a working group demo on how to edit the site. We encourage Curators/Collection Managers to engage students in writing "How-to Guides." However, students will not be able to post them to the wiki site; instead, they will need to submit the content to a member of the ArctosDB team (e.g., their supervisor) who can then post the content.

To get started, type in any Keyword in the Search box to find relevant How-To guides or Documentation pages.