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Finding information on the website

You are on the website of
the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB).
Here you will find information about
our website www.helmholtz-berlin.de

Logo

At the top left is the HZB logo.
Click on it
then you will return to the home page.

Navigation bar

In the top row you will find the words:

  • Research
  • Industry
  • Career
  • About us
  • User Access

This row is called in standard language: Navigation bar.

Click on the word
that interests you

Then a new list with words opens.
These are pages on our website.
Related to the word you click.

Sometimes there are even more lists.

Click on an arrow
then more words become visible.
Then you can click another word.

What the words in the navigation bar mean

 

Research

Here it says
what HZB does.

People
who want to find things out
are called researchers.

They often work in groups.

It also says:

  • What the researchers have discovered.
  • Where the researchers work.

Industry

This page is for companies.
Companies who build things.

For example:

  • Batteries
  • Solar cells
  • To make electricity from sunlight.

Here companies can read:

  • Who works at HZB.
  • What is done there.

Career

Career means:
To work successfully somewhere.

This page is for people
who want to work at HZB.

For example:

  • Do a vocational training.
  • Become a cook.
  • Become a researcher.

About us

Here we tell you something about us.

For example:

  • How to call us.
  • Which events we hold.

User Access

This page is for staff.
And for researchers.
Here researchers can say:
I want to work with a device.
The pages are in English.

Special Links

At the top of the page
there are special links.
With one click you come
to the web pages:

  • Intranet
  • Press
  • Media library
  • Publications

Intranet

are web pages
for staff at HZB.
The pages can only be seen by staff.

Press

is a page for people,
who report about HZB.
For example they write for newspapers.

Mediathek

In the media library there are, for example, pictures and videos

Publications

are texts,
that scientists write about their work.

You can click on "Publications".
Then a new page opens
to search for publications.

Language switch

The website is available in German and English.

With the small arrow
you can change the language.

Quick access

The "Quick access" opens links
with often searched topics.

For example:

  • Information about the research.
  • Information for visitors.
  • Information about laboratories.

Search

At the top right there is an input field with a magnifying glass.

Click in the middle
then the field becomes larger.
Here you can type words
that you want to search for.
Click on the magnifying glass
to start the search.

For example:
You can type "training".
Then you will find pages
about training at our centre.

With the small arrow
you can choose the word "Persons".
Then only people are searched.

Or you can select "Full-text search".

Then everything is searched.
Not only people.

Where you are

Under the navigation bar
the selected words are shown in a row.

You can click the words.

Breadcrumb navigation

At the bottom of the page

At the bottom is the "footer".

The footer contains information,
so that you can find things quickly.

Upper footer

Very important things
are at the top in every footer.
You can click the words.

The words mean:

Contact

Here are addresses and phone numbers.

Imprint

Here you can see
who made the website.

Data protection

Here you can see the rules on data protection.

Easy read pages

Here you can find all pages in Easy Read

Accessibility

Here you can see the accessibility statement of HZB.
And here you can find the statement also in Easy Read.

Newsletter

Here you can give us your email address.

Then you will get an email with news from HZB.
Every few weeks.
But in standard version language.

Address

In the footer you will find the address of HZB.

With the link "Contact form"
you can write to HZB.

With the link "Locations"
you come to the description
of how to get to HZB.

Information for special interests

In the footer there are links for special interests.

Social Media

These are websites
where we are.

For example:

  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Blogs.

There we write
what is new
at our place.

Logo at the bottom

Helmholtz is a group
in which there are many research centres.

The logo shows
that HZB
is part of the Helmholtz group.


More information in Easy Read