Books, Bytes, Biodiversity: Using the Biodiversity Heritage Library in Your Research

Books, Bytes, Biodiversity: Using the Biodiversity Heritage Library in Your ResearchRebecca MorinUser Services LibrarianCalifornia Academy of Sciences Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History March 7, 2011

http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org2

Members American Museum of Natural History (New York) Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia California Academy of Sciences (San Francisco) Field Museum (Chicago) Natural History Museum (London) Smithsonian Institution Libraries (Washington) Missouri Botanical Garden (St. Louis) New York Botanical Garden (New York) Royal Botanic Garden, Kew Botany Libraries, Harvard University Ernst Mayr Library of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University Marine Biological Laboratory / Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution3

Global Reach / Global Impact4

What’s in there?5

Significant Taxonomic Journals & Series6

Voyages of Discovery7

Publications of Member Libraries8

Botany & Zoology pre-19239

Post-1923 Literature10

BHL User Interface11

Searching Easier to use + more indexed fields = better results12

Browsing13

Name Searching How to find literature on Chiroderma salvini • Via EOL • Name search in BHL • Direct URL entry • Works for any uninomial, binomial, or trinomial14

BHL Name Search15

Name Search URL16

Encyclopedia of Life17

Encyclopedia of Life

EOL & BHLPAGE LEVEL ACCESS @ THE TAXONOMIC NAME

How do I use it? How do I keep it?20Photo courtesy Martin Kalfatovic

Download Complete Items21

Download a Page22

Download an Article23

PDF Generation24

Reading25

Reading26

eReading27

eReading28

ePubs & eReaders .ePub .Mobi29

ePubs & eReaders Kobo Kindle App. iBooks30

High-Quality Images31

Persistent URLs32

Open Datahttp://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/api2/docs/docs.html Access to data: • Scientific Name • Author • Title • Volume • Page33

Global Users34

Who Uses It? Usage 2010 • 837,000 Visits • 422,000 Unique Visitors • 4.2 Million Page Views • 221 Countries/Territories More than 80% of visitors seek information in • Systematics • Taxonomy35 • Nomenclature

Feedback37

Scan Requests38

Questions?39

Thank You! Special Thanks to: Martin Kalfatovic & Tom Garnett The BHL Staff Group Bianca Crowley Erin Thomas Grace Cosentino Robin Everleyrmorin@calcademy.org Twitter: @tiny_librarian

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