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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http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org

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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

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

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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BHL Name Search

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Name Search URL

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Encyclopedia of Life

Encyclopedia of Life

EOL & BHL

PAGE LEVEL ACCESS @ THE TAXONOMIC NAME

How do I use it? How do I keep it?

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Photo courtesy Martin Kalfatovic

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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Reading

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eReading

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eReading

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ePubs & eReaders

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.ePub .Mobi

ePubs & eReaders

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Kobo iBooksKindle App.

High-Quality Images

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Persistent URLs

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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

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

Yelling Across the Divide

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Feedback

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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

rmorin@calcademy.org Twitter: @tiny_librarian