# Apps
An App is a web application, typically one that allows users to explore criminal justice data in an interactive fashion.
Figure 1. Apps page
# Searching Apps
There are two ways to search through Apps to find what you're most interested in: search terms and category filter. You can also mix and match these two methods to refine your search.
# Search terms
Simply type words into the search bar on the top and you will get the filtered list of Apps. You can use any of the following information on App, and any combination thereof, for a search term:
- Title
- Contributors
- Tags
Figure 2. Example Apps search result
# Category filter
Category filter is found under the search bar on the left (Figure 3a). Click the filter to see what categories are used for the existing Apps (Figure 3b). Select any to see the filtered list of Apps of the select category (Figure 3c).
Figure 3a. Apps category filter
Figure 3b. Using Apps category filter
Figure 3c. Example Apps category filter result ("corrections")
# App card
The card view for an App item has the following information:
- Title of the current App item
- Tags for the current App item
- Date, contributors, and categories of the current App item
MOREbutton to see the full view
Figure 4. Example App card
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Click on each contributor's name to go to a webpage with more information on the contributor.
# App view
The full view for an App item has the following information:
- Title of the current App item
LAUNCHbutton to launch the App on a new browser tabBACKbutton to return to the Apps page- Metadata of the current App item
- Recommended citation and funding acknowledgement if any
- Related contents (Articles and Datasets) if any
Figure 5. Example App view
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