# Getting started

- [Creating a Cyverse account](/planet-microbe-documentation/getting-started/creating-a-cyverse-account.md)
- [Platform interface overview](/planet-microbe-documentation/getting-started/platform-overview.md)
- [Searching for samples](/planet-microbe-documentation/getting-started/searching-for-samples.md)
- [Exploring the sample metadata](/planet-microbe-documentation/getting-started/exploring-the-sample-metadata.md)
- [Navigating between samples, sampling events and cruises](/planet-microbe-documentation/getting-started/navigating-between-samples-sampling-events-and-cruises.md)
- [Using the cart](/planet-microbe-documentation/getting-started/using-the-cart.md)
- [Running apps](/planet-microbe-documentation/getting-started/running-apps.md)