There are many ways to connect to your geoportal and search for resources. You can use:
- Advanced search options to search multiple catalogs at once
- OpenSearch for users to search your Geoportal quickly without going to the geoportal search page
- Search Widget for HTML to embed Geoportal search in other web pages
- Search Widget for Flex and Search Widget for Silverlight to search geoportal from map viewers
- Geoportal catalog service to enable search from ArcMap, ArcGIS Explorer, or other CS-W request/response interfaces
- REST-based searching to define search criteria through a URL
