"This bibliography includes 3,588 publications between the years 1758 and 1999. An attempt has been made to include all references that illustrate or describe Paleozoic crinoids, coronates and hemistreptocrinids."

"Ten major natural history museum libraries, botanical libraries, and research institutions have joined to form the Biodiversity Heritage Library Project. The group is developing a strategy and operational plan to digitize the published literature of biodiversity held in their respective collections. This literature will be available through a global 'biodiversity commons.'"

Birds of North America (BNA) is only the fourth comprehensive reference covering the life histories of North American birds. Edited by Drs. Alan Poole and Frank Gill, this series provides detailed scientific information (18 volumes, 18,000 pages in total) for each of the 716 species of birds nesting in the USA and Canada. The print version of BNA was completed in 2002, a joint 10 year project of the American Ornithologists' Union, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and the Academy of Natural Sciences.<br>BNA Online will build image and video galleries showing behaviors, habitat, nests, eggs and nestlings, and more. And each online species account will contain recordings of that bird's songs and calls, selected from the extensive collection in Cornell's Macaulay Library of Natural Sounds.(excerpted from publisher blurb)

"The Conus Biodiversity Website, a National Science Foundation project established by Alan Kohn and Trevor Anderson (both, Univ. of Washington) and hosted by the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture of the University of Washington, is a one-stop shop for information related to the gastropod genus Conus. This taxonomic catalog contains entries for more than 3,000 species published between 1758 and 2007. The main page lists the importance of studying various Conus species due to their biodiversity, distribution, abundance, ecology, revisionary synthesis, practical applications, and evolutionary diversification. Here users can access the Catalogue, Species Accounts, Type Gallery, and Videos.

The Catalogue provides links to a searchable database, museum abbreviations, genus-group names, and literature cited. The database allows searching by a number of fields such as subgenus, species or citation author, year, and geographic region. Search results may include species accounts, images, paleo records, genetic sequence, and original description; however, this information is not available for all species. Both the Species Accounts and the Type Gallery sections have alphabetized lists, which provide information related to the distribution of present and fossil Conus species and high-resolution images. The Videos page provides links to 15 feeding-behavior videos in vermivorous, molluscivorous, and piscivorous species of Conus in captivity, and serves as a powerful teaching tool. This Web site is an unparalleled resource for any or all aspects of Conus species. The hyperlinks to many full-length articles related to the subject as well as information ranging from geographic region to genetics is tremendously useful to students as well as advanced practitioners of molluscan biology." from Choice, April 2009

A collection of online field guides covering a variety of plants and animals. Includes a feature that provides a personalized list of species by ZIP code. Multimedia features include things like downloadable recordings of bird songs and calls.

Available online "Written by an international team of experts and edited by renowned zoologist Professor David Macdonald, this new edition of The Encyclopedia of Mammals has been comprehensively revised and updated to reflect the most recent developments in modern zoology. It covers the behaviour, diet, distribution, and evolution of every known living mammal in the world in clear, accessible language, and is superbly illustrated throughout with photographs and original artwork. There are also feature articles on a range of fascinating topics, such as: Why do primates have big brains? Why do lions roar? And what are the costs of motherhood for seals?"

Life Spans of Mammals, Birds, Amphibians, Reptiles, and Fish

Nature is a weekly international science journal that publishes peer-reviewed original research, review articles, reports, and commentaries on the latest happenings in the sciences.
Based upon impact factor, it is the "world's top multidisciplinary science journal, and the world's top journal publishing basic scientific research."

Available online "The New Encyclopedia of Birds is the definitive single-volume guide to birds of the world. Entries prepared by a team of renowned biologists and conservationists give a systematic account of every family, covering their form and function, distribution, diet, social behaviour, and breeding biology. With one-eighth of all bird species now under threat, special attention is given to environmental and conservation issues."

Scopus indexes over 14,000 peer-reviewed journals in the scientific, technical, medical, and social science literature (from over 4,000 international publishers). Abstracts go back to 1966. References go back to 1996. 100% coverage of Medline. A unique feature of this databaae is the "Cited By" feature, which offers the ability to determine (and track) the number of times a particular article/author has been cited and by whom.

Links to full-text when subscribed to by the Library; otherwise, offers citation information for Interlibrary Loan purposes.

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