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1 Integration of Data: The Digital Library at AMNH http://diglib1.amnh.org

2 Lang and Chapin Expedition Photographs Field notebooks from the expedition Scientific publications related to the expedition Anthropological objects Geographic information (GIS)

3 Photographs (Over 2000 Images Available Online)

4 Field Notebooks (Over 6000 Pages) Divided Into the Following Volumes: -Birds -Large Mammals -Small Mammals -Fishes -Anthropology

5 Scientific Publications (120 volumes)

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

7 Geographic Data

8 Integrated Search

9 Selected Result

10 Scientific Publications Search Interface

11 Scientific Publications Selection

12 Sample Record Transcription Field book name: Birds 7 Page #57 Taxonomic name ( Apaloderma narina brachyurum) Apaloderma narina brachyurum Field #5736 Catalog #158883 Locality ( Avakubi ) Avakubi Date: June 03, 1914 Sex: M Description: Larger Trogon (apaloderma narina brachyurum). Testes slightly enlarged. Stomach contained hairless caterpillars and insects (an orthopter and a beetle). (Water color of head). When freshly killed, these trogons have the iris always red brown, but if allowed to lie long, it may appear deep red.

13 Nominal/ Descriptive element (Sex) [manuscript -- icon] Date element (mm-dd-yyyy) [manuscript -- alphanumeric] Nominal/ Descriptive element (Scientific Name) [manuscript -- alpha] Spatial Element (geographic place name) [manuscript -- alpha] Address element (Institutional Name) [print -- alpha] + (Specimen #) [manuscript -- numeric] Specimen Data


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