The biodiversity heritage library: Sharing biodiversity literature with the world

IFLA Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Gwinn, Nancy E ^a   Rinaldo, Constance ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity heritage library; Harvard university; Museum of comparative zoology; Smithsonian institution libraries; Systematics; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 61849088840     PISSN: 03400352     EISSN: 17452651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0340035208102032     Document Type: Article

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