# FPbase Help

## FPbase Help

- [FPbase Help](https://help.fpbase.org/master.md): Thank you for using FPbase!  Use the table of contents to the left, or the search bar at the top to find what you're looking for.
- [Searching the Database](https://help.fpbase.org/searching.md): Here's how to search and browse the information at FPbase.
- [Home & Navbar Search](https://help.fpbase.org/searching/search.md)
- [Advanced Protein Search](https://help.fpbase.org/searching/advanced-protein-search.md)
- [Browsing the Database](https://help.fpbase.org/browsing.md)
- [Interactive Chart](https://help.fpbase.org/browsing/interactive-chart.md)
- [Protein Table](https://help.fpbase.org/browsing/protein-table.md)
- [Organisms](https://help.fpbase.org/browsing/organisms.md)
- [References Table](https://help.fpbase.org/browsing/references-table.md)
- [Lineage Trees](https://help.fpbase.org/browsing/lineage-trees.md)
- [Contributing](https://help.fpbase.org/contributing.md): Help with changing existing data in the database, or adding new information
- [Creating an account](https://help.fpbase.org/contributing/creating-an-account.md)
- [Submit a New Protein](https://help.fpbase.org/contributing/submit-protein.md)
- [Update Existing Protein](https://help.fpbase.org/contributing/update-protein.md)
- [Submit a Spectrum](https://help.fpbase.org/contributing/submit-spectrum.md)
- [Fixing Gaps and Inconsistencies](https://help.fpbase.org/contributing/problems.md): Learn how to help fix problems in the database
- [Tools](https://help.fpbase.org/tools.md)
- [Spectra Viewer](https://help.fpbase.org/tools/spectra-viewer.md): Information on the general spectra viewer at fpbase.org/spectra
- [Microscope Pages](https://help.fpbase.org/tools/microscopes.md)
- [Creating a microscope page](https://help.fpbase.org/tools/microscopes/create-microscope.md): A guide to using the microscope page creation tool on FPbase
- [Brightness & Efficiency calculations](https://help.fpbase.org/tools/microscopes/efficiency.md): An explanation on how FPbase calculates excitation and emission efficiency on microscope page
- [FRET Calculator](https://help.fpbase.org/tools/fret-calculator.md)
- [Comparison Tool](https://help.fpbase.org/tools/comparison-tool.md)
- [Protein Collections & Favorites](https://help.fpbase.org/collections.md)
- [Database Organization](https://help.fpbase.org/schema.md)
- [Database Schema](https://help.fpbase.org/schema/schema.md)
- [Improving the Database Schema](https://help.fpbase.org/schema/improving.md)
- [Glossary of Terms](https://help.fpbase.org/glossary.md)
- [FAQs](https://help.fpbase.org/faqs.md)
- [Introduction to the FPbase API](https://help.fpbase.org/api/introduction.md): Documentation for the FPbase API (in development)
- [Get Protein Information](https://help.fpbase.org/api/get-protein-information.md)
- [Get Spectra Information](https://help.fpbase.org/api/get-spectra-information.md)
- [What is fpseq?](https://help.fpbase.org/fpseq/fpseq.md)