diff --git a/earthaccess/api.py b/earthaccess/api.py
index ccb62200..c19a1bcc 100644
--- a/earthaccess/api.py
+++ b/earthaccess/api.py
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 import earthaccess
 
 from .auth import Auth
-from .search import CollectionQuery, DataCollections, DataGranules, GranuleQuery
+from .search import (CollectionQuery, DataCollections, DataGranules,
+                     GranuleQuery)
 from .store import Store
 from .utils import _validation as validate
 
@@ -54,7 +55,10 @@ def search_datasets(
             "Warning: a valid set of parameters is needed to search for datasets on CMR"
         )
         return []
-    query = DataCollections().parameters(**kwargs)
+    if earthaccess.__auth__.authenticated:
+        query = DataCollections(auth=earthaccess.__auth__).parameters(**kwargs)
+    else:
+        query = DataCollections().parameters(**kwargs)
     datasets_found = query.hits()
     print(f"Datasets found: {datasets_found}")
     if count > 0:
@@ -284,13 +288,25 @@ class requests.Session: an authenticated requests Session instance.
 
 
 def get_s3fs_session(
-    daac: Optional[str] = None, provider: Optional[str] = None
+    daac: Optional[str] = None,
+    provider: Optional[str] = None,
+    results: Optional[earthaccess.results.DataGranule] = None,
 ) -> s3fs.S3FileSystem:
     """Returns a fsspec s3fs file session for direct access when we are in us-west-2
 
+    Parameters:
+        daac (String): Any DAAC short name e.g. NSIDC, GES_DISC
+        provider (String): Each DAAC can have a cloud provider, if the DAAC is specified, there is no need to use provider
+        results (list[class earthaccess.results.DataGranule]): A list of results from search_data(), earthaccess will use the metadata form CMR to obtain the S3 Endpoint
+
     Returns:
         class s3fs.S3FileSystem: an authenticated s3fs session valid for 1 hour
     """
+    if results is not None:
+        endpoint = results[0].get_s3_credentials_endpoint()
+        if endpoint is not None:
+            session = earthaccess.__store__.get_s3fs_session(endpoint=endpoint)
+            return session
     session = earthaccess.__store__.get_s3fs_session(daac=daac, provider=provider)
     return session
 
diff --git a/earthaccess/results.py b/earthaccess/results.py
index 92d0b1a3..b959eca7 100644
--- a/earthaccess/results.py
+++ b/earthaccess/results.py
@@ -241,6 +241,12 @@ def _repr_html_(self) -> str:
         granule_html_repr = _repr_granule_html(self)
         return granule_html_repr
 
+    def get_s3_credentials_endpoint(self) -> Union[str, None]:
+        for link in self["umm"]["RelatedUrls"]:
+            if "/s3credentials" in link["URL"]:
+                return link["URL"]
+        return None
+
     def size(self) -> float:
         """
         Returns: