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Specialized Databases |
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Note: for access to our library catalogs and journal article databases, please visit our
Databases page.
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Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
- A partnership of U.S., Canadian, and Mexican agencies, cooperating on the development of an on-line, scientifically
credible, list of biological names focusing on the biota of North America.
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Mammal Species of the World
- Searchable database from the National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian).
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Zoological Record - UCSD restricted
- Covers the literature of zoology, 1978 - present. Strengths include: good subject vocabulary, taxonomic hierarchies,
and coverage of more obscure literature such as conferences, books, dissertations. Please click the
Logout button when you are finished - we can have only 4 simultaneous users.
Electronic Publications
Note: most of these work from UCSD Internet accounts only. Visit our main
e-journals page for more information and links
to many more titles.
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Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics - 1996 forward
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Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics - 1970-1992
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Zoomorphology
- Tables of Contents services for selected journals:
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Cladistics
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Invertebrate Taxonomy
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Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research
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Systematic Biology
Societies & Associations
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Systematics Organizations - from BIOSIS's excellent guide
- This site lists 'em all!
Selected Taxonomy & Systematics Internet Sites
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BIOSIS Taxonomy and Nomenclature Resources - some noteworthy sections:
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Glossary of Terms Commonly Occurring in Zoological Taxonomic Literature
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Index to Organism Names
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Internet Resources
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Software Reviews
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Taxon Name Lists & Indexes
(links to organizations maintaining lists for particular
types of organisms)
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Biodiversity and Biological Collections Web Server
- Hosted by Cornell University.
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Biodiversity, Systematics and Collections
- From the U.S. National Biological Information Infrastructure.
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Curiosities of Biological Nomenclature
- Bored? Find out about such odd names as Heerz lukenatcha and Agra vation.
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Species 2000
- "Species 2000 has the objective of enumerating all known species of
plants, animals, fungi and microbes on Earth as the baseline dataset
for studies of global biodiversity. It will also provide a simple access
point enabling users to link from here to other data systems for all
groups of organisms, using direct species-links." No, they're not quite done yet!
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Tree of Life
- Provides a "phylogenetic navigator" to biology information on the Web, focusing on biodiversity and phylogeny
Library Catalog Searches
Choosing one of the following links will send you to the UCSD Libraries' ROGER catalog and
run a search for books, whole journals, and other items on that subject. You can then use the
"Limit" option on the ROGER screen to narrow down the search by date, type of material,
library location, etc. These subject headings are presented here as good starting points.
Once in ROGER, you may want to try other search strategies to meet your particular needs.
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Internet Resources