Natural History: Bibliographies, Databases, etc.

  1. GENERAL/INTERDISCIPLINARY

• Smithsonian: NMNH: Databases & Bibliographies
• Smithsonian: NMNH: Paleobiology: National Collection of Foraminifera
• Smithsonian: SERC: Online Databases
• Smithsonian Institution Libraries Citation and Full-Text Databases

 
• 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
• AGRIS/AGORA
• ALL SPECIES Toolkit
• Animal Geonome Size Database
• Arctic Science and Technology Information System (ASTIS)
• Bibliography of Fossil Vertebrates Online
• Bibliography of Genetic Variation in Natural Populations
• BioCASE: A Biological Collection Access Service for Europe
• Biocomplexity Thesaurus (NBII)
• Biodiversity Informatics: Databases (Natural Science Collections Alliance)
• Biodiversity Informatics: Glossary of Terms
• Biodiversity Information Sharing Service for South East Asia (BISS)
• Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names (BEMON)
• Biological Inventories of the World's Protected Areas (I.C.E.)
• BioModels Database
• Brazilian Biodiversity Tropical Database (BDT)
• British Museum Compass Collections Online
• CABI Bioscience Databases
• Canadian Diatom Database
• Catalogue of Palaeontological Types in Austrian Collections
• CITES-Listed Species Database
• Cladistic Literature (Society of Systematic Biologists)
• Cold Regions Bibliography (Library of Congress)
• Collection Managers Online
• Conservation Databases (UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre)
• CORIS: NOAA's Coral Reef Information
• Directory of Research Systematics Collections (NBII)
• Early Classics in Biogeography, Distribution, and Diversity Studies: To 1950
• Early Classics in Biogeography, Distribution, and Diversity Studies: 1951 to 1975
• Earth Lab Datasite (Natural History Museum, UK)
• Earthref: Earth Reference Data and Models
• EcoPort: The Consilience Engine
• ECOTOX Database System (US EPA)
• Effects of Temperature on Invertebrates and Fish: A Selected Bibliography
• Endangered Species Information System
• EUNIS: European Nature Information System
• European Register of Marine Species
• Evolution of the Conservation Movement, 1850-1920 (Library of Congress)
• Fauna Europaea
• Field Museum Collection Database Directory
• Fish & Wildlife Reference Service On-Line Databases
• Flora and Fauna of the Great Lakes Region: A Multimedia Digital Project
• Florida Museum of Natural History Collection Databases
• Fossil Record 2
• General Multilingual Environmental Thesaurus (GEMET)
• Geologic Guidebooks of North America Database
• Geologic Names Lexicon "GEOLEX" (USGS)
• GEOREF Preview Database
• GEOSCAN Database (Geological Survey of Canada)
• Global Invasive Species Database
• Global Register of Migratory Species (GROMS)
• Index to Marine & Lacustrine Geological Samples  (NOAA)
• Index to Organism Names (BIOSIS)
• INIST's Catalog of Articles and Monographs (France)
• International Field Guides
• Library of Congress Science Tracer Bullets Online
• Macauley Library of Natural Sounds (Cornell)
• Marine and Coastal Species Information System
• Marine Organisms Database (Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole)
• Museum Collections (UCMP Berkeley)
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology Data Access (University of California, Berkeley)
• Natural History Bibliographies
• Natural History Museum's (UK) Collections Navigator
• NatureServe Explorer: An Online Encyclopedia of Life
• NMITA: Neogene Marine Biota of Tropical America
• Nomenclatural Glossary for Zoology (BIOSIS)
• Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (USGS)
• NORTHWOODS Wildlife Habitat Database
• OBIS: Ocean Biogeographic Information System
• Ocean Expert: the Global Directory of Marine and Freshwater Professionals
• Pacific Rim Biodiversity Catalog
• Paleobiology Database
• Paleobotanical Collection (University of Alberta)
• Phylogenetics Databases and Information  (UCMP Berkeley)
• Phylogeny Programs
• Plant Fossil Record
• Quakeline Database
• ReefBase: A Global Information System on Coral Reefs
• Register of Ecological Models (REM) / ECOBAS Project
• Species Analyst
• Species Identification and Data Programme (SIDP)
• Species in Parks: Flora and Fauna Databases
• Species Profile and Threat Database (Australia)
• Species Profiles: Life Histories ... Coastal Fishes and Invertebrates
• SPRILIB Antarctica Database
• Taxonomic Resources and Expertise Directory: TRED (NBII)
• Texas Natural History Research Collections (Texas Memorial Museum)
• Threatened and Endangered Species System (TESS)
• TreeBASE: A Database of Phylogenetic Knowledge
• UCMP Paleobotany Collection: Catalogs and Information
• UCMP Paleontology Collections Database
• UCMP
• Taxon Lift
• UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms
• VN Illustrated Database of Mexican Biodiversity
• Water and Climate Bibliography (Pacific Institute)
• Western Australian Museum's FaunaBase and FaunaList
• World Cave Database
• World Species List: Animals Plants Microbes
• World Biodiversity Database
• World Taxonomist Database
• Yale Peabody Museum Collections

• Smithsonian: NMNH: Entomology Database Library

 
• Antbase
• ARS Bee Bibliography (USDA)
• Bibliography of the Neuropterida
• Biostrat Gallery
• Butterflies & Moths of the World (Natural History Museum, UK)
• Catalogue of the Fossil Flies of the World (Insecta: Diptera)
• CephBase
• Charles Darwin Crustacea (Oxford University Museum of Natural History)
• Common Names of Insects & Related Organisms (Entomological Society of America)
• Echinoid Directory (Natural History Museum, UK)
• FORMIS: A Master Bibliography of Ant Literature (USDA)
• Freshwater Mollusk Bibliography Database
• Freshwater Mussel (Unionoida) Genera of the World
• Global Lepidoptera Name Index (Natural History Museum, UK)
• Japanese Ant Image Database
• List of World Bumblebees (Natural History Museum, UK)
• MCZ Type Database @ Harvard Entomology
• Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Checklist of the Insects of North America
• Online Termite Database
• Orthoptera Species File Online
• Shells Database
• Universal Chalcidoidea Database (Natural History Museum, UK)
• University of Minnesota Insect Collection
• Worm Atlas
• WormBase

• Smithsonian: Vertebrate Zoology: North American Mammals

 
• All Catfish Species Inventory
• Amphibian Species of the World
• Annotated Bibliography--U.S. Navy's Marine Mammal Program
• Annotated List of the Seabirds of the World
• A.O.U. Checklist of North American Birds
• ARMI National Atlas for Amphibian Distributions
• Avibase -- The World Bird Database
• Bibliography of Crocodilian Biology
• Bird Checklists of the United States
• Bishop Museum Ichthyology Databases
• Catalog of Fishes On-Line (California Academy of Sciences)
• CH/CNAAR Directory of Herpetologists
• Checklist of Amphibian Species and Identification Guide
• Definitions of Fisheries Technical Terms  (NEFSC/NOAA)
• EMBL Reptile Database
• FishBase
• Fisheries Bibliography (National Sea Grant Network)
• GooseRef Bibliography System
• Global Amphibian Assessment
• Global OWL Project
• Herplit Database
• International Shark Attack File
• LarvalBase
• MAMMFAUN: A Bibliography
• Marine Stocks at Risk of Extinction (American Fisheries Society)
• Natural History Museum (UK) Fish Specimen Collection
• NEODAT II: Database of Fish Biodiversity in the Neotropics
• North American Amphibian Monitoring Program and Database
• North American Breeding Bird Survey, 1966-2004
• Ornithological Worldwide Literature (OWL)
• Primate Lit: A Bibliographic Database for Primatology
• Raptor Information System (USGS)
• Regulatory Fish Encyclopedia
• Sea Turtle Online Bibliography
• Sea Turtles Publications (NOAA)
• World Turtle Database (EMY System)
• University of Washington Fish Collection
• Wolves: A Bibliography and Guide to the Literature, 1968-1987
• Zoonomen: Zoological Nomenclature Resource

• American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database
• Bancroft Mineral Collection (University of California, Santa Barbara)
• Database of Zeolite Structures
• GEOROC: Geochemistry of Rocks of the Ocean and Continents
• Lexicon of Named Rock Units  (British Geological Survey)
• Live Internet Seismic Server
• MINDAT.ORG: The Mineral Database
• Mineral Gallery
• Mineral Resources On-line Spatial Data (USGS)
• Mineralogy Database
• Minerals Yearbook
• Natural History Museum (UK) Petrology Collections Database
• PETDB: Petrological Database of the Ocean Floor
• Physical Characteristics of Minerals

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