Overview

Welcome to the online help system for the Hawaii Cultural Resource Information System (HICRIS). HICRIS is SHPD’s latest development to go paperless and provide researchers and project managers a way to more efficiently and effectively interact with SHPD staff and assist in submitting their projects as well as searching for information about historic properties in or near their project areas. HICRIS is the integration of SHPD’s intake log, digital library, the State Inventory of Historic Places, and geographic information system.

HICRIS can be utilized in many ways, but the two primary uses are:

•Searching the database for information on Resources, Surveys, and Projects, and for searching the SHPD Library.

•Submitting projects to SHPD for review.

This help system is arranged into the following primary topics:

•Quickstart Guides

•Frequently Asked Questions: The most common questions received by HICRIS Help.

•Sign into HICRIS: Instructions for registering for, and logging into, HICRIS.

•Submitting Projects: How to submit a new project to SHPD or submitting additional information for an existing project

•Search: Tools for searching in the HICRIS database using text or the map.

•Home/SHPD Responses: Tools for viewing and responding to project correspondence from SHPD.

•Map Interface: The map display and tools used throughout HICRIS.

•Details Modules: Windows that display information about records in HICRIS.

The navigation panel in this help system features the topics arranged hierarchically, as indicated by three icons:

• The book navigation icon, which resembles a closed book. The closed book icon represents a collapsed topic group. Click the icon to expand the group.

•The book navigation icon, which resembles an open book. The open book icon represents an expanded topic group. Click the icon to collapse the group.

•The sheet navigation icon, which resembles a sheet of paper with a folded corner. The page icon represents an end-level topic, with no further topics under it. Click the icon to open the topic page.

In all cases, you can open a topic page by clicking the topic’s title in the navigation panel.