# User Guide

For an introduction on how to use the Data Catalogue see this video:

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### How to get started with the Data Catalogue

Go to the Pacific Data Hub home page <https://pacificdata.org/>

You will be redirected to the Data Catalogue when you make your data search either using the **Search bar** or the **Shortcuts** located below.

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### Search data

In this example we have typed "cyclone" in the search bar and redirected to the Data Catalogue

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We can order our results by relevance, popularity, name or last modification using the **Order by** button

To narrow down the data search we can use the filtering tools located on the left. The filters available are **Topic, Member countries, Organisations, Tags, Formats, Dataset type and Licenses.**

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### Explore inside the dataset

Once you have found the dataset you are looking for, click on it to open the Dataset screen.

* On top of the screen you will find the dataset's title and description.&#x20;
* You can export the metadata by clicking on the **Export Metadata** button located below the description.
* Metadata can be accessed on the bottom of the page.
* A number of different data resources with various formats can be linked to the dataset.&#x20;
* Click on the resources to access the resource page where you will find the description, a preview pane and a download link.
* Different preview screens are available depending on the format of the file.&#x20;

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* At the bottom of the file you will find shortcuts to access the other resources linked to the dataset.

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