# Finding Contents
With some of the metadata fields correctly updated and populated, it will be easier to search for contents on the platform catalog.

## Quick Filters

- Change back to the `Data > Datasets` list.
- Notice that the position of the `Mainrd` dataset has now changed. You should be able to see it as the first element if you correctly updated the `Last Modified`.

    ![image](./img/datasets_list.png)

- By default, the list is ordered by the `Last Modified` date descending. It is possible to quickly change the order of the items by clicking on the `Order by` quick filter button.

    ![image](./img/order_resources.png)

- On the left, there is a filter button that opens a set of quick filters that can be used to refine the list contents further.

    - The dataset option is checked since we are viewing a list of datasets, and the different types are listed in default order. This is the most simple one and allows you to search for specific types of datasets quickly.

        ![image](./img/filters_1.png)

    - Try typing in the `TEXT` filter, the system will show a content menu with the refined list of possible choices associated with the text. Notice how difficult it is to find the dataset with a _non-meaningful_ title and how easy it is to find the others instead. If you know part of the title or description of the dataset, this is one of the quickest ways to search for it.

        ![image](./img/filter_2.png)

    - Also using the `KEYWORDS` filter will greatly help us to search for specific content.

    - We can use the `CATEGORIES` filter to further refine the search or to look for specific areas of content.

    - If we know who created the dataset, we can use the `owner` filters.

    - The `REGIONS` filters only work well if the `Regions` have been correctly set on the metadata panel.

    - Finally, the `EXTENT` filter can also be a quick way to refine the list by _zooming in_ over an area of interest

        ![image](./img/filter_3.png)
    

## Advanced Search

Navigating to the main page and clicking on the `filter` button, will allow us to apply the `Quick Filters` (from the above section) to any content type instead of a specific one.

Notice that now the list shows all the types of data available on GeoNode. 


![image](./img/filter_4.png)

## Contents Search

By using the `search boxes` on the main page, or the top bar, it is also possible to search for sentences from the datasets' abstracts and purposes.

When you start typing, the _type ahead_ will show you some possible title matches. However, if you put some content and click on the search lens, it will also look for matches in the abstracts.

![image](./img/filter_5.png)
        
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