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Books, Bytes, Biodiversity:Using the Biodiversity Heritage Library in Your Research
Rebecca MorinUser Services LibrarianCalifornia Academy of Sciences Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural HistoryMarch 7, 2011
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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 Institution
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Global Reach / Global Impact
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What’s in there?
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Significant Taxonomic Journals & Series
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Voyages of Discovery
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Publications of Member Libraries
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Botany & Zoology pre-1923
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Post-1923 Literature
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BHL User Interface
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Searching
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Easier to use + more indexed fields = better results
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Browsing
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Name Searching
How to find literature on Chiroderma salvini
• Via EOL
• Name search in BHL
• Direct URL entry• Works for any
uninomial, binomial, or trinomial
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Encyclopedia of Life
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EOL & BHL
PAGE LEVEL ACCESS @ THE TAXONOMIC NAME
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How do I use it? How do I keep it?
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Photo courtesy Martin Kalfatovic
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Download Complete Items
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Download a Page
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Download an Article
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PDF Generation
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Reading
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eReading
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eReading
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ePubs & eReaders
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.ePub .Mobi
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ePubs & eReaders
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Kobo iBooksKindle App.
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Open Data
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http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/api2/docs/docs.html
Access to data:• Scientific Name• Author• Title• Volume• Page
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Global Users
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Who Uses It?
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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
• Taxonomy
• Nomenclature
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Yelling Across the Divide
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Charles Webber © California Academy of Sciences
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Scan Requests
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Questions?
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Thank You!
Special Thanks to:
Martin Kalfatovic & Tom GarnettThe BHL Staff Group
Bianca CrowleyErin Thomas
Grace CosentinoRobin Everley
[email protected] Twitter: @tiny_librarian