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Biodiversity Heritage Library

Inspiring discovery through free access to biodiversity knowledge. | The Biodiversity Heritage Library improves research methodology by collaboratively making biodiversity literature openly available to the world as part of a global biodiversity community.

BHL also serves as the foundational literature component of the Encyclopedia of Life .

The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is a consortium of natural history and botanical libraries that cooperate to digitize the legacy literature of biodiversity held in their collections and to make that literature available for open access and responsible use as a part of a global “biodiversity commons.” The BHL consortium works with the international taxonomic community, rights holders, and other interested parties to ensure that this biodiversity heritage is made available to a global audience through open access principles. In partnership with the Internet Archive and through local digitization efforts, the BHL has digitized millions of pages of taxonomic literature, representing nearly 100,000 titles and over 160,000 volumes.

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Science 7,342
Botany 5,869
Plants 5,107
Zoology 4,526
Birds 4,364
Periodicals 3,422
Entomology 2,303
Insects 2,246
Geology 2,004
Mollusks 1,982
Paleontology 1,579
Seeds 1,553
Fishes 1,490
Fisheries 1,417
Gardening 1,355
Agriculture 1,325
Biology 1,287
Flowers 1,129
Trees 1,002
Fruit 809
1809-1884 763
botany 732
Shrubs 619
Ethnology 601
Letters 601
Beetles 524
Mammals 483
Animals 440
Botánica 416
Bees 400
Shells 387
Horses 377
genealogy 355
Crustacea 354
Roses 342
Poultry 336
Grasses 317
Reptiles 284
Hunting 281
Botanists 267
Medicine 259
Evolution 253
Fishing 237
Fungi 221
Histology 202
Catalogs 189
Sciences 179
Algae 171
Gardens 156
Cactaceae 151
Diptera 149
1810-1888 148
Research 146
Heredity 141
LANGUAGE
English 87,083
German 13,499
French 10,318
Latin 2,243
Italian 2,041
Spanish 2,027
undetermined 1,966
Dutch 1,146
Chinese 978
Swedish 806
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botanicus
collection
7,382
ITEMS
4.6M
VIEWS
collection
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Botanicus is a freely accessible portal to historic botanical literature from the Missouri Botanical Garden, Peter H. Raven Library. Botanicus is made possible through support from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, W.M. Keck Foundation, and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Topic: botanicus biodiversity missouri botanical garden library
Chinese Academy Science
collection
1,042
ITEMS
777,903
VIEWS
collection
eye 777,903
The Chinese Academy of Science
Topic: chinese academy science
darwinslibrary
collection
315
ITEMS
211,811
VIEWS
collection
eye 211,811
A scholarly edition of Darwin's scientific archive.
Topic: charles darwin biodiversity heritage library missouri botanical garden
collection
eye 98,118
Biodiversity Heritage Library Seed & Nursery Catalogs
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by American Society for Microbiology; Bergey, D. H. (David Hendricks), 1860-1937; Breed, Robert S. (Robert Stanley), 1877-1956
texts
eye 89,191
favorite 7
comment 3
Includes bibliographies
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Topics: Bacteriology, Bacteria -- classification, Bacteriology
statement of responsibility: collected from most authentick authors, augmented with later observations, and adorn'd with maps and sculptures by John Ogilby ...
Smithsonian Field Books
collection
737
ITEMS
50,260
VIEWS
collection
eye 50,260
This collection contains items from the Smithsonian Field Book Project, an initiative to increase accessibility to field book content that documents natural history.
Topic: Natural history
collection
eye 35,586
The Library, Art & Archives of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew was established 160 years ago and contains one of the largest collections of material in the world relating to botany. The collections comprise 300,000 printed volumes, 5,000 journal titles and 11,000 maps. The Art and Illustrations Collection is without equal and is made up of over 200,000 items – watercolours, prints, drawings, oil paintings and photographs – by some of the finest artists working in the field of botanical...
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Dieter, George Ellwood
texts
eye 33,483
favorite 10
comment 3
Includes bibliography
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Topics: Strength of materials, Physical metallurgy, Metal-work
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Thompson, D'Arcy Wentworth, 1860-1948
texts
eye 28,104
favorite 15
comment 1
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Topics: Growth, Biology
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Snodgrass, R. E. (Robert E.), 1875-1962
texts
eye 27,132
favorite 55
comment 5
Insects, their way and means of living. Copy 1 (STRI) 7718. 362 p. illus.
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Topic: Insects
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Piper, Robert G
texts
eye 24,388
favorite 1
comment 0
Includes bibliographies and index
Topic: Fish hatcheries -- Management
Cornell University Library
texts
eye 24,336
favorite 3
comment 0
The metadata below describe the original scanning. Follow the "All Files: HTTP" link in the "View the book" box to the left to find XML files that contain more metadata about the original images and the derived formats (OCR results, PDF etc.). See also the What is the directory structure for the texts? FAQ for information about file content and naming conventions.
Topic: Poultry
Expanding Access to Biodiversity Literature
collection
1,471
ITEMS
24,038
VIEWS
collection
eye 24,038
Expanding Access to Biodiversity Literature, which is funded generously by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), will significantly increase online access to biodiversity material by positioning the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) as an on-ramp for biodiversity content providers that would like to contribute to the national digital library infrastructure through the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA).
Topics: Plants, Plant names, Popular
Bibliographies interspersed
Topic: Insects
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Ingersoll, Ernest, 1852-1946
texts
eye 17,958
favorite 9
comment 0
Topics: Birds -- Folklore, Birds
The Library of Congress
by Korinek, Charles James, 1880- [from old catalog]
texts
eye 17,311
favorite 1
comment 0
Topic: Cattle
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Afanas'eva, I. N; Chibisova, O. I; Koziar, L. A
texts
eye 17,181
favorite 0
comment 3
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Topics: Biology -- English, Biology -- Russian
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Beveridge, W. I. B. (William Ian Beardmore), 1908-
texts
eye 16,457
favorite 12
comment 0
Topic: Research
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by American Society for Microbiology; Breed, Robert S. (Robert Stanley), 1877-1956; Bergey, D. H. (David Hendricks), 1860-1937; Hitchens, Arthur Parker, 1877-; Murray, Everitt George Dunne, 1890-
texts
eye 15,942
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comment 0
Topics: Bacteriology, Schizomycetes, Bacteriologia
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Chidester, Floyd Earle, 1884-1947
texts
eye 15,665
favorite 4
comment 0
Contains bibliographies
Topic: Zoology
Biodiversity Heritage Library
texts
eye 15,534
favorite 1
comment 0
Topics: Stains and staining (Microscopy), Stains and Staining, Dyes
Biodiversity Heritage Library
texts
eye 15,122
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Vols. 45, 47, 48, 50 and 52 were published as "Quarterly issue, v. 1-5, 1903-10", designed as a medium for the early publication of the results of researches and for reports of a preliminary nature; this form of publication was discontinued after v. 52
Topic: Science
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by American Society for Microbiology. Committee on Bacteriological Technic
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eye 15,070
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comment 1
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Topics: Microbiology -- Technique, Bacteriology -- Cultures and culture media
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Waksman, Selman A. (Selman Abraham), 1888-1973
texts
eye 15,042
favorite 1
comment 0
Bibliography: p. xi-xix
Topics: Soil microbiology, Microorganisms
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Sociedad Española de Historia Natural
texts
eye 14,866
favorite 0
comment 0
Suspended July 1937-Dec. 1939
Topic: Natural history
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Kirtikar, Kanhoba Ranchoddas, 1849-1917; Basu, Baman Das, 1867-1930
texts
eye 14,488
favorite 6
comment 0
The letters I.C.S. in title probably refer to "an able member of the Indian civil service," who assisted in the botanical description. cf. Pref., p. [v]-vi
Topics: Botany, Botany, Medical
Biodiversity Heritage Library
texts
eye 13,994
favorite 0
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references (p. 482-495) and index
Topics: Frederick H. Rawson-Field museum ethnological expedition to West Africa, 1929-1930, Ethnology --...
The Library of Congress
texts
eye 13,372
favorite 1
comment 0
Topic: Mink farming
Biodiversity Heritage Library
texts
eye 13,256
favorite 2
comment 0
Bibliography: p. 183-188
Topics: Pteridophyta, Botany -- Morphology
Topic: Plants
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Humason, Gretchen L
texts
eye 13,019
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comment 0
Topics: Histology -- Technique, Stains and staining (Microscopy), Histochemistry -- Technique
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.); Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.). Annual report 1907/08-1952; Lillie, Frank Rattray, 1870-1947; Moore, Carl Richard, 1892-; Redfield, Alfred Clarence, 1890-1983
texts
eye 12,984
favorite 0
comment 0
Vols. 17, 21-105 contain Annual reports of the Marine Biological Laboratory for 1907/08-1952
Topics: Biology, Zoology, Biology, Marine Biology
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Royal Colonial Institute (Great Britain)
texts
eye 12,959
favorite 1
comment 0
Topics: Royal Colonial Institute (Great Britain), Great Britain -- Colonies Periodicals
botanicus
by Asiatic Society (Calcutta, India)
texts
eye 12,953
favorite 0
comment 0
Topics: Asia, India
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Potter, George Edwin, 1898-
texts
eye 12,844
favorite 2
comment 1
Bibliography: p. 889-904
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Topic: Zoology
Biodiversity Heritage Library
texts
eye 12,764
favorite 1
comment 0
Bibliography: 7th prelim. page
Topics: Electronics, Physics, German language
Biodiversity Heritage Library
texts
eye 12,660
favorite 5
comment 0
Source: London, UK
Journal move 1991
Topics: Fishes -- North America, Fishes
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Sociedad Cientfica Argentina; Congreso Cientfico Latino Americano (1st : 1898 : Buenos Aires, Argentina); Congreso Cientfico Latino Americano (1910 : Buenos Aires, Argentina)
texts
eye 12,628
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The society organized the "Congreso Cientifico Latino Americano" held in Buenos Aires in 1898, and the "Congreso Cientifico International Americano" held in the same city in 1910; the results of these congresses (organization, membership, etc., and some of the papers) were published in the Anales, v. 45, 1898, and v. 69-70, 1910
Topics: Science, Science -- Argentina
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Mann, Thaddeus, 1908-
texts
eye 12,094
favorite 1
comment 0
Topics: Semen, Spermatozoa, Genitalia, Male, Semen
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Willis, J. C. (John Christopher), 1868-1958
texts
eye 11,778
favorite 4
comment 0
Topic: Botany
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers; Coastal Engineering Research Center (U.S.)
texts
eye 11,743
favorite 3
comment 0
Includes bibliographies and index
Topics: Coastal engineering, Shore protection
"Abbreviations and publication references" : p. 77-78
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Topics: Materia medica -- Iran, Botany, Medical, Botany -- Iran, Botany -- Iraq, Medicine -- Formulae,...
Includes bibliographic references
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Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Walter, Herbert Eugene, b. 1867; Sayles, Leonard Perkins, 1902-
texts
eye 11,564
favorite 1
comment 0
Bibliography: p. 833-835
Topics: Vertebrates, Vertebrates -- Anatomy, Anatomy, Comparative
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.); Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.). Annual report 1907/08-1952; Lillie, Frank Rattray, 1870-1947; Moore, Carl Richard, 1892-; Redfield, Alfred Clarence, 1890-1983
texts
eye 11,434
favorite 0
comment 0
Vols. 17, 21-105 contain Annual reports of the Marine Biological Laboratory for 1907/08-1952
Topics: Biology, Zoology, Biology, Marine Biology
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.); Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.). Annual report 1907/08-1952; Lillie, Frank Rattray, 1870-1947; Moore, Carl Richard, 1892-; Redfield, Alfred Clarence, 1890-1983
texts
eye 11,423
favorite 0
comment 0
Vols. 17, 21-105 contain Annual reports of the Marine Biological Laboratory for 1907/08-1952
Topics: Biology, Zoology, Biology, Marine Biology
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Harvey, E. Newton (Edmund Newton), 1887-1959
texts
eye 11,274
favorite 1
comment 0
Bibliography: p. 601-669
Topics: Luminescence, Phosphorescence, Fluorescence
Biodiversity Heritage Library
texts
eye 11,261
favorite 1
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references (pt. 1, p. 132-165) and index
Topic: Birds -- Europe
Biodiversity Heritage Library
texts
eye 11,223
favorite 0
comment 0
Topic: Culture Media
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Ortner, Donald J; Aufderheide, Arthur C; International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (12th : 1988 : Zagreb, Croatia)
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eye 11,180
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Based on a symposium held during the International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, Zagreb, Yugoslovia, July 24-31, 1988
Topic: Paleopathology
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Waksman, Selman A. (Selman Abraham), 1888-1973
texts
eye 11,037
favorite 1
comment 0
Bibliography: v. 1, p. 278-318
Topic: Actinomycetales
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Little, Elbert Luther, 1907-; Wadsworth, Frank H. (Frank Howard)
texts
eye 11,033
favorite 4
comment 1
Bibliography: p. 18
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Topics: Trees -- Puerto Rico, Trees -- Virgin Islands of the United States
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.); Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.). Annual report 1907/08-1952; Lillie, Frank Rattray, 1870-1947; Moore, Carl Richard, 1892-; Redfield, Alfred Clarence, 1890-1983
texts
eye 11,017
favorite 0
comment 0
Vols. 17, 21-105 contain Annual reports of the Marine Biological Laboratory for 1907/08-1952
Topics: Biology, Zoology, Biology, Marine Biology
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Kirtikar, Kanhoba Ranchoddas, 1849-1917; Basu, Baman Das, 1867-1930
texts
eye 10,972
favorite 1
comment 0
The letters I.C.S. in title probably refer to "an able member of the Indian civil service," who assisted in the botanical description. cf. Pref., p. [v]-vi
Topics: Botany, Botany, Medical
Biodiversity Heritage Library
texts
eye 10,925
favorite 0
comment 0
Includes bibliography
Topics: Protozoa, Pathogenic, Veterinary protozoology, Medical protozoology
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Sociedad Española de Historia Natural
texts
eye 10,892
favorite 0
comment 0
Suspended July 1937-Dec. 1939
Topic: Natural history
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Almeida Pinto, Joaquim de; Cmara, Manuel Arruda da, 1752?-1811?; Almeida Pinto, Zeferino
texts
eye 10,819
favorite 1
comment 0
Topic: Plants -- Brazil
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Concilium Bibliographicum
texts
eye 10,776
favorite 0
comment 0
Zoologischer Anzeiger Register
Topic: Zoology
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Maheshwari, P. (Panchanan), 1904-1966
texts
eye 10,755
favorite 0
comment 0
Includes bibliographies
Topics: Angiosperms, Botany -- Embryology
Biodiversity Heritage Library
texts
eye 10,724
favorite 1
comment 0
At head of title: The flora of South Africa
Topics: Plants, Plant names, Popular
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Young, J. Z. (John Zachary), 1907-
texts
eye 10,674
favorite 5
comment 2
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Topics: Vertebrates, Vertebrates, Fossil
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Riley, Herbert Parkes, 1904-
texts
eye 10,641
favorite 1
comment 0
Bibliography: p. 545-569
Topic: Cytogenetics
Biodiversity Heritage Library
texts
eye 10,532
favorite 1
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references
Topics: German language -- Etymology, Birds -- Nomenclature, Birds -- Germany
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Peterson, William Harold, 1880-; Strong, Frank Morgan
texts
eye 10,511
favorite 1
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references
Topic: Biochemistry
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.); Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.). Annual report 1907/08-1952; Lillie, Frank Rattray, 1870-1947; Moore, Carl Richard, 1892-; Redfield, Alfred Clarence, 1890-1983
texts
eye 10,300
favorite 0
comment 0
Vols. 17, 21-105 contain Annual reports of the Marine Biological Laboratory for 1907/08-1952
Topics: Biology, Zoology, Biology, Marine Biology
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.); Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.). Annual report 1907/08-1952; Lillie, Frank Rattray, 1870-1947; Moore, Carl Richard, 1892-; Redfield, Alfred Clarence, 1890-1983
texts
eye 10,275
favorite 0
comment 0
Vols. 17, 21-105 contain Annual reports of the Marine Biological Laboratory for 1907/08-1952
Topics: Biology, Zoology, Biology, Marine Biology
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Sociedad Española de Historia Natural
texts
eye 10,166
favorite 0
comment 0
Topics: Natural history, Natural history -- Spain
Some issues published out of chronological sequence
Ernst Mayr Library, Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology
by Sociedad Científica "Antonio Alzate
texts
eye 10,108
favorite 0
comment 0
Some issues published out of chronological sequence
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by United States. Soil Conservation Service
texts
eye 10,096
favorite 3
comment 1
Includes bibliographical references
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Topics: Botany, Botany -- United States, Botany -- Canada, Botany -- Caribbean Area, Phytogeography --...
Ernst Mayr Library, Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology
by Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique; yale de Belgique. Collection in-40; ©moires sur les questions proposées
texts
eye 10,006
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Superseded in part by: Mémoires de la Classe des sciences - Académie royale de Belgique. Collection in-80, Mémoires de la Classe des sciences - Académie royale de Belgique. Collection in-40, Mémoires de la Classe des lettres et des sciences morales et politiques et de la Classe des beaux-arts - Académie royale de Belgique. Collection in-80, and: M©moires de la Classe des lettres et des sciences morales et politiques et de la Classe des beaux-arts - Académie royale de Belgique....
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Coastal Engineering Research Center (U.S.)
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eye 9,943
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Supersedes its Technical report no. 4: Shore protection, planning, and design
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Topics: Shore protection, Beach erosion, Coastal zone management