How To's
Learn the steps to using Arctos better here! Written by Arctos users.View Arctos Tutorial Quick Bites for short how-to videos.
- Add Code Table Terms to a Collection
- Add Data Loan Items
- Add Geology Attributes to a Locality
- Add Object Loan Items
- Add and Edit Attributes
- Add or Edit the Arctos Banner
- Agentify Verbatim Agents
- Apply Licensing and Terms
- Approve Attribute Records Entered via Data Entry Form
- Approve Records Entered With Data Entry Form
- Assign a Barcode to an Individual Part
- Assign a New Locality to a Catalog Record
- Barcode Cryovials in an Existing Freezer Box
- Batch Download Images
- Batch Update Accessions
- Batch Update Agents
- Batch Update Identifications
- Build Other Identifiers
- Bulkload Accessions
- Bulkload Agents
- Bulkload Barcodes to Parts
- Bulkload Catalog Records
- Bulkload Citations
- Bulkload Identifiers and Relationships
- Bulkload Loan Items
- Bulkload Loans
- Bulkload Locality Attributes
- Bulkload Media Metadata
- Bulkload Parts
- Catalog a Book
- Catalog an Observation
- Change Locality and Collecting Event information for a Single Catalog Record
- Choose and Use Frozen Tissue Equipment and Supplies
- Collect Attributes with a Google Form
- Contribute a Video Tutorial to the Arctos Handbook
- Contribute to the Arctos Handbook
- Convert Township/Range/Section data to Latitude/Longitude Coordinates Using GeoLocate
- Create Agents
- Create Arctos Links
- Create GenBank Links
- Create Labels
- Create Linnean Taxa
- Create Media
- Create Part Attributes from Containers
- Create Taxa in the Arctos Ichnology Taxonomy Source
- Create a Citation
- Create a Locality
- Create a New Collecting Event for a Locality
- Create a New Loan
- Create a Publication
- Create an Accession
- Create an Encumbrance
- Create an Individual Container in Arctos Object Tracking
- Create and Edit Containers
- Create and Edit Identifications
- Create and Edit Parts
- Create and Edit Permits
- Create and Manage Geology Attributes
- Create and Manage Github Issues for Arctos
- Create and Manage Your Arctos Team (Users and Operators)
- Create and Print QR Code Insect Labels
- Customize Data Entry
- Customize Search Results
- Customize the Search Page
- Delete Media
- Delete an Agent
- Document Collection Usage Using Projects
- Edit Catalog Numbers for Individual Catalog Records
- Edit Coordinates and Max Error of a Locality
- Edit Coordinates for One Cataloged Item
- Edit Media Records
- Edit Taxon Records
- Edit a Specific Locality
- Edit a Verbatim Locality
- Encumber Locality Data
- Enter Catalog Record Data in the Field
- Enter Data
- Enter Data for a Single Record
- Find and Edit Loans
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Get Started in Github for Arctos
- Get the Most from Editing Markdown
- Install Cryovials into a Freezer Box
- Join Arctos and Request New Collection GUID
- Link Taxa and Zoobank
- Manage Annotations
- Manage Collection Metadata
- Manage Excel for Arctos
- Manage Harmful Content
- Manage Self-Service API Keys
- Manage Taxon Concepts
- Manage Taxonomic Classifications
- Manage Taxonomy in the WoRMS (via Arctos) Source
- Merge Duplicate Localities
- Migrate Data Into Arctos
- Move to a Single Barcoded Container
- Organize Projects
- Print Labels
- Publish Data to GBIF
- Publish Data to OBIS
- Record Prior Inclusion in Another Collection
- Request TACC Access to Media Storage
- Search Attributes
- Search Projects and Publications
- Search Transactions
- Search for Agents
- Search for Catalog Records
- Search for Specimens
- Search for Specimens and Find Part Locations
- Search for Specimens with Identification and Taxonomy
- Start Object Tracking
- Understand Attribute Errors
- Understand Data Entry
- Understand Deep Publication Data in Arctos
- Understand Locality Media
- Understand Project Funding
- Understand the Arctos Locality Model
- Unlock an Arctos User Account
- Upload Media to TACC
- Use Complex Identifications
- Use Complex Identifications as Low-quality Data Flags
- Use SQL to update multiple records simultaneously in the bulkloader
- Use the Agent Pre-Bulkloader