Welcome to DiscoveR8. Here is a brief and simple explanation of how to get started recommending and rating scientific articles and submitting your own ideas. An unregistered user may access and read any of DiscoveR8's posted content. To participate in the process, however, you must create an account.

If you would like to recommend an article, submit a hypothesis, or post a comment or rating, then follow these easy steps and join the DiscoveR8 community. Click on the "sign in/register" link in the upper-right corner of the screen and then on the "join" symbol to your right. At present, DiscoveR8 does not allow users to change their usernames. You may select any username that is not already in use. Your account will be activated via email.

• You can rate articles. You can contribute to the rating of any article, new or old, by clicking on the buttons to the left of the title. Ratings can be withdrawn after a brief interval. Your ratings will affect both the article's primacy on DiscoveR8 and your own DiscoveR8 score. You may base your rating on the article itself or any aspect of its presence on DiscoveR8.
• You can post comments.
• You can rate other people's comments.
• You can recommend science news and scholarly articles.

  In the top-right corner of the screen, you should see your name and userimage where the sign in/register message used to be. Below that you will see a link labeled Submit a New Article.Click on it and then on "Recommend an Article."

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  Under TITLE, you can either duplicate the original article title or give it another title of your own. A working link is required.

  Under DESCRIPTION, please tell your readers what the article demonstrates or why you find it useful. Do not repost the article in whole or in part. One- or two-line, fully attributed quotes are acceptable so long as they do not constitute the entire description.

  Hit SUBMIT and your article is now available to the discovering public.

• 5. You can submit your own ideas for discussion. This is very much like recommending an article. Look at the top-right corner of the screen. You should see your name and userimage. Below that you will see a link labeled Submit a New Article . Click on it and then on "Submit an Original Work." This may be a hypothesis, unpublished paper, proposal, protocol or almost any other idea that you'd like to share with other DiscoveR8 users.

  Under TITLE, tell us the name of your idea.

  Under KEYWORDS, remember to use semicolons -- ; -- and not commas -- , -- to separate one keyword from the next.

  Under PDF, please upload a PDF file containing your original work. At present, PDF is the only format that we accept for original works. However, if your idea is very short and can be explained in one paragraph of half a page or less, then you may type it into the DESCRIPTION section.

  Under DESCRIPTION, please give us a brief summary of your hypothesis or protocol and how you think it might be useful or unique.

  Under IMAGE, you can add a small picture to accentuate your PDF. This is not required.

  Hit SUBMIT and your hypothesis is now available to the discovering public!

• You can control the way other users see you. Go to the top of the page and click on PROFILE. From your profile page you can EDIT your personal preferences. You may make as much or as little of your personal information available for networking purposes as you see fit.
• You can arrange your email alerts. DiscoveR8 can help you keep on top of what's happening on the website and in the scientific community. Click on PROFILE and then on the EDIT button below PREFERENCES. Unless you specify otherwise, DiscoveR8 will not send you any emails.

We hope that's enough to get you started. Welcome to our community.