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A TAXONOMIC DATA BANK AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM FOR A SMALL HERBARIUM
Author(s) -
Greene Dorothy M.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.2307/1219162
Subject(s) - herbarium , data bank , field (mathematics) , computer science , work (physics) , geography , information retrieval , ecology , biology , engineering , telecommunications , mathematics , mechanical engineering , pure mathematics
Summary An account is given of the organisation of a data bank, associated with a small herbarium, consisting of an in clear card file and an in code computer file. The system is being used in the preparation of floras for Antarctic regions, phytogeographical investigations and the planning of future field work. The data bank is comparatively inexpensive to initiate and run and an estimate is provided of growth in size relative to manpower.