Integration of Data: The Digital Library at AMNH

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Integration of Data The Digital Library at AMNH
http//diglib1.amnh.org
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Lang and Chapin Expedition

• Photographs
• Field notebooks from the expedition
• Scientific publications related to the expedition
  
• Anthropological objects
• Geographic information (GIS)

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Photographs (Over 2000 Images Available Online)
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Field Notebooks (Over 6000 Pages) Divided Into
the Following Volumes-Birds -Large
Mammals-Small Mammals-Fishes-Anthropology
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Scientific Publications (120 volumes)
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Anthropological Objects

• Descriptions of over 4000 anthropological objects
  are searchable
• More than half of the objects have been digitally
  photographed by AMNH

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Geographic Data
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Integrated Search
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Selected Result
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Scientific Publications Search Interface
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Scientific Publications Selection
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Sample Record Transcription
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Specimen Data
Address element (Institutional Name) print --
alpha (Specimen ) manuscript -- numeric
Nominal/ Descriptive element (Sex) manuscript --
icon
Nominal/ Descriptive element (Scientific Name)
manuscript -- alpha
Date element (mm-dd-yyyy) manuscript
-- alphanumeric
Spatial Element (geographic place name)
manuscript -- alpha