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Wednesday, January 30, 2008

comprehensive web database of field guides

Today's News From the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Jan. 29, 2008

U. OF I. LIBRARIAN LAUNCHES COMPREHENSIVE WEB DATABASE OF FIELD GUIDES
Diane Schmidt, the biology librarian at the U. of I. has built and
launched the most complete database of field guides to date. The
International Field Guides Web Site merges Schmidt’s own book, “A
Guide to Field Guides: Identifying the Natural History of North
America” (Libraries Unlimited, 1999), and its companion Web site,
International Field Guides, plus 2,000 new titles.
http://www.news.uiuc.edu/news/08/0129fieldguides.html

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