The Dataverse Network Homepage

When you log on to the Dataverse Network, you see the Network homepage. This homepage has two tabs: Now Available and Coming Soon.

Any user can browse, search, and download files from dataverses on the Now Available tab. These dataverses are designated as released. If a study contains data files that are subsettable, you can subset and analyze those data files, and then download the subsetted data. This tab is the default view of the Network homepage.

Dataverses listed on the Coming Soon tab are designated as not released, and the contents are not available to the public. You cannot search or download studies in these dataverses.

Continue to the next topic to see how to navigate the menus.

Main Menu Options

All users can perform the following by using the main menu options:

  • Click Search on a Network page to find studies and data in the Network. You see the Now Available tab listing public dataverses.
    Click Search on a dataverse page to find studies and data in that dataverse. You see the dataverse homepage listing public studies in that dataverse.
    To define your search in greater detail, click Advanced Search on the right side of the window. You see the Advanced Search page.
  • Click User Guides to open a new browser window and start reading our online guides.
  • Click Report Issue on the Network homepage to fill in a form and submit a question or comment to the Network admin.
    Click Report Issue on a dataverse web page to submit a question or comment to that dataverse's admin.
  • Click Log in to access your privileged options. Click Log out to return to the unprivileged state.
  • To access your account settings while logged in, click <Your Username> on the right side of the window.

Note: A login timeout period exists. After you log in, if you do not use the interface for a short period of time, the Network might prompt you to log in again when you do start using it.