// (for convenience) assume availability of jquery // must have div with class="ex-1" var $el = $('.ex-1'); // we will define this function display so we can reuse it below! function display(dataset) { // total number of records resulting from latest query $el.append('Total found: ' + dataset.recordCount + '
'); $el.append('Total returned: ' + dataset.records.length); $el.append('
'); // dataset.records is a Backbone Collection of Records that resulted from latest query (hence "current") // Get the first record in the list - it returns an instance of the Record object var record = dataset.records.at(0); // Use the summary helper method which produces proper html // You could also do record.toJSON() to get a hash of the record data $el.append(dataset.recordSummary(record)); } // now display our existing dataset ... display(dataset);