Every nanopublication can be opened directly by its address. Beyond that, the network keeps them searchable by their types, by who published them, by what they introduce, and by full text. Nanodash shows nanopublications in the context of the spaces, resources and people they belong to, and Nanopub Query offers the same data as an API for software.

A nanopublication is easier to find, and more useful once found, when it carries a good label and a type — see the publication info — and when the things it introduces have labels of their own.