Botany

University of Michigan Herbarium, Fungus Image Database

Alternative Titles
Fungus Image Database
Description

This collection contains photographs of fungi specimens, electron microscope spore photographs, and accompanying data records from the University of Michigan Herbarium. These images are also the illustrative plates in the fungus monograph collection. They are searchable as a separate database and are linked from the book pages as well.

This is part of the Flora and Fauna of the Great Lakes Region: A Multimedia Digital Collection.

Type
Images
Access
Open access for all usersOpen access for all users

University of Michigan Herbarium, Krieger's Watercolors of Fungi

Alternative Titles
Krieger's Watercolors of Fungi
Description

This collection contains images from the Herbarium's Krieger watercolor collection, along with records that describe them. Louis C. C. Krieger was a mycological artist who spent the years from 1918 to 1928 helping Baltimore physician and amateur mycologist Dr. Howard A. Kelly create a private mycological library. The watercolors shown here are from Dr. Kelly's library, which was donated to the University of Michigan in 1928. The database was created for this project, and resides in the library.

This is part of the Flora and Fauna of the Great Lakes Region: A Multimedia Digital Collection.

Type
Images
Access
Open access for all usersOpen access for all users

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JSTOR Plant Science

Description

JSTOR Plant Science offers access to botanical and other resources from around the world, including high-resolution images of over 600,000 plant type specimens, plus scientific research articles, reference works, correspondence, drawings, photographs, and other data.

Type
Article Index
Coverage
Selected images and data from herbarium specimen collections, reference works, and other sources.
Access
Authorized UM users (+ guests in UM Libraries)Authorized UM users (+ guests in UM Libraries)
Subjects

Encyclopedia of Life (EOL)

Alternative Titles
EOL
Description
The Encyclopedia of Life is a collaborative effort among several internationally known natural history institutions, with the goal of providing detailed information about all 1.8 million species of organisms on Earth via a single, free web portal. Content is synthesized from published literature and verified by volunteer scientists. Most of the content is text, although multimedia and interactive content is available for some entries.
Type
Encyclopedia
Access
Open access for all usersOpen access for all users

Web of Science

Alternative Titles
ISI Web of Science
ISI Citation Indexes
AHCI, SSCI, SCI, Web of Science, WebOfScience, WoS, Web of Sci.
Description

Combines three citation indexes--Arts & Humanities, Science Expanded, and Social Sciences--which permit searching for articles that cite a known author or work, as well as searching by subject, author, journal, and author address. Covers 12,000+ journals.

Type
Article Index
Coverage
1900 - (1900 - for Social Sciences; 1975 - for Arts & Humanities, 1900 - for Science)

International Plant Names Index - IPNI

Alternative Titles
IPNI
Index Kiwensis
Description
Database of the names and associated basic bibliographical details of all seed plants. Product of the Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew), the Harvard University Herbaria, and the Australian National Herbarium. Formerly known as Index Kiwensis.
Type
Article Index
Access
Open access for all usersOpen access for all users

Flora and Fauna of the Great Lakes Region

Description

Provides access to selected images and data for specimen collections of the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (Fish and Mammal Divisions) and the Fungus Collection of the University of Michigan Herbarium. The group of collections is map- and text-searchable.

Type
Text Collection
Coverage
Selected images and data from specimen collections.
Access
Open access for all usersOpen access for all users

Biosis Previews

Alternative Titles
Biological Abstracts
Description

Comprehensive index to life sciences research literature. Covers journals (5000+), reports, meetings (1500+), reviews, and books in all areas of biology. Weekly email alerts available.

Type
Article Index
Coverage
1955 - present

BioOne Abstracts and Indexes

Alternative Titles
BioOne Abstracts and Indexes (CSA)
Bio One Abstracts and Indexes (CSA)
Description

This BioOne bibliographic database is an indexed and fully-searchable collection of abstracts that link to the fulltext articles available from the BioOne organization. BioOne provides a unique aggregation of over 65 high-impact bioscience research journals from more than 50 publishers. Additional publishers and journals will be added over time, and the aggregation will ultimately encompass over 200 bioscience titles. These titles are produced by societies and non-commercial publishers and a majority were previously available only in printed form. BioOne was developed by the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS), SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition), the University of Kansas, the Greater Western Library Alliance, and Allen Press. The organization is committed to a non-profit objective of disseminating important, scholarly information focused on the biological, ecological and environmental sciences by recovering costs while ensuring sustainability. More information can be found at www.bioone.org.

Type
Article Index

Pages

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