Getting Started with the Aquaculture Compendium on
the Web
Getting Started . Finding
the Home page . To go to a datasheet
when you know its name
Exploring a datasheet . Generating
a custom datasheet . Searching the
contents
Browsing the Library . Adding
personal notes
Getting Started
This is a suggested route through the Aquaculture Compendium. It may help you to
explore its main features, demonstrate them to someone else, and start
addressing your own problems in aquaculture production.
There's plenty of Help along the way in the Compendium itself, and there's
always a Feedback link at the bottom of the screen if you need to ask about
anything or make suggestions.
We hope you enjoy it!
Finding the Home page
Point your browser to http://www.cabicompendium.org/ac/start.asp
- this is the Home page of the Aquaculture Compendium.
On the left of the screen are buttons to tell you about the Aquaculture
Compendium project and the data in the Compendium, its Development Consortium,
and about Fair Use of content.
To go to a datasheet when you know its name
Click the Find-A-Datasheet button. Enter your Username and Password and click
the Login button.
On the Find-a-Datasheet page type common carp in the Search for
box. Accept the other default settings and click the Search button.
From the Search Results page click common carp (Cyprinus carpio) to go to
that datasheet cover page.
Exploring a datasheet
On the common carp cover page click the map. Resize the browser window if
necessary. Click on a dot to see the published reference for that dot. Try the
climate link. Try clicking on a region of the map, e.g. Europe, to see a
regional map.
Close the map window.
Click the picture on the common carp cover page to show a thumbnail view of the
pictures. Click on any picture for a larger view.
Point to the Information menu on the left-hand side of the blue menu bar
to see the further information available for the datasheet.
Click the Genetics item to display that text.
In the third paragraph of the Genetics text highlight the word haploid by
double-clicking with the mouse. Click the Softlink button on the pink
menu bar above the text. Click on the term again in the list of glossary
results. The Glossary definition for haploid will then display.
Close the Glossary window. (Note that the Glossary can be accessed directly via
the Search link on the beige menu bar.)
From the common carp Genetics text, highlight Bakos and Gorda, 2001 in
the middle of the second paragraph and click the Softlink button. The
full citation and abstract will be displayed.
Close the Abstract window. Note that you can click on Information to return to
the common carp cover page.
Select to see [more...] Diseases of common carp from the cover page. In
this list a red disc to the left of a datasheet's name indicates that we have a Full
datasheet on this topic. A blue disc indicates that we have an Outline
datasheet, and a Black ring indicates a Basic datasheet (see About
the Compendium for more information). Click on spring viraemia of carp
in the list of diseases. The appropriate datasheet is loaded, demonstrating a
link to another datasheet.
Click the Back button in your browser to return to the common carp datasheet.
Many other links are present between datasheet types - for example, selecting
the Growout Management link from the cover page of the common carp datasheet
shows links to overview topics: systems-based reviews of particular
growout systems and ecosystems.
From the common carp information menu, click on References. In the
References text try clicking on one of the View Abstract links to display
the full abstract. Select Taxonomic tree from the Information menu. Note
that you can use the tree as a tool for navigation between related species.
From the common carp cover page, click on Carp polyculture in ponds in
greater Mymensingh, Bangladesh to load a case study relevant to this topic.
Note that from the cover page there are links to Issue-based reviews on key
topics relevant to this case study. From the cover page of this datasheet,
select Bangladesh.
Note the country datasheet cover page, containing information from the World
Bank and links to other related content. Click on the FAO Stats button on
the pink menu bar. Then click the FishStat - Production Values option
from the list. Click the Top 10 items link at the top of the table and
plot the quantities of the most commonly cultured items in this country (less
than 10 items will be shown if data is not available for 10 items).
Close the statistics window; use the back button on your browser to return to
the country cover page, and go back to the common carp datasheet by using back
buttons or by searching for it using the simple search on the home page.
Generating a custom datasheet report containing several sections
From the common carp datasheet, click the Generate Report link on the
pink menu bar. Select several sections, including pictures and maps, by
double-clicking to include the item in the selection box. You can then re-order
the selected sections by highlighting them and using the up and down arrows.
Click the Submit button to build the report.
Searching all the contents of the Compendium
From the beige menu at the top of the page click the Search link and then
(on the next page) the Search Compendia item. Select an advanced search.
Type ricefield aquaculture in the search box to search all of the
words. Put a tick in the check boxes for Search in Datasheets, Bibliography
and Library and then click the Search button.
From the Search Results page you can select datasheets and other content by
following the hyperlinks.
Browsing the library
Click on the Library link on the beige menu at the top of the page.
A contents list is provided on the left of the page. Items are arranged by Topic
and by Publisher (or contributing organisation). Navigate by clicking on folder
names to open them; click on a page icon to display the link to a datasheet or
metadata of a library document. Note that the contents of the library include
documents (html or pdf format), weblinks and search tools. Or, use the search
tool on the right of the page to find relevant documents containing a word or
phrase. Note that library documents are also linked to from datasheets. On each
Information menu is an item which links to Related Library Documents.
Click on Home (top left) to return to the home page.
Adding personal notes
From any datasheet, select Add a Note from the blue menu bar. (Note that
the Notepad feature is also available from the beige menu bar.)
Enter some personalized information in the text area and enter text in the Title
and Author fields. Click Save Note to save the data. The added
information will then appear with the information for that datasheet (available
from the Notes menu).
We hope you have found this introduction useful. Please feel free to explore the
site in any way you would like. We look forward to your comments.
CAB International
Wallingford OX10 8DE, UK
Tel: +44 1491 832111. Fax: +44 1491 833508. E-mail : compend@cabi.org
March 2006
