NYBG SPECIMEN CATALOG UPDATE

[Barbara M. Thiers]

     The New York Botanical Garden has recently updated our on-line
     specimen catalog from a WAIS-based search method to an SQL-based
     system.  The user interface has been completely re-designed to make
     the catalog more users-friendly and efficient.  We hope you will visit
     the site (http://www.nybg.org/bsci/hcol/) and let us know how you like
     the new look.

     SUMMARY OF SPECIMEN CATALOGING AT NYBG AND CURRENT CATALOG CONTENTS:

     The geographical emphasis of acquisitions for the Herbarium has always
     been on the flora and mycota of the New World. For this reason, our
     emphasis has been on cataloging NYBG New World collections,
     specifically those relating directly to past and current NYBG
     research projects, as well as national and international projects
     where access to data from our collections will have significant
     impact. Below is a list of the projects that are available in the
     catalog. For each project listed, we provide a brief summary of the
     project, links to lists of taxa currently available, as well as a
     button linked to a blank search page that allows the user to specify
     their own search criteria.

          Vascular Plant Types
          Bryophytes
          Fungi
          Costa Rican Fungi
          West Indian Orchids
          West Indian Vascular Plant Types
          Intermountain Flora
          North American Gymnosperms
          Flora of Central French Guiana
          Ericaceae of Ecuador