Biodiversity Heritage Library to launch powerful new user interface

eloneil — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:54:42 +0000

Historians of science, rejoice! The Biodiversity Heritage Library is set to launch a new user interface March 18th. The new look and feel of the website has been designed to enhance discovery and usability of the website. Check out the Guide to the New BHL for all the details.

Users searching through the 2 million records within the digital library will now be able to navigate within books by accessing multiple columns of pages, and creating their own custom PDF for export. Finding those resources will also be easier, as over 80,000 articles have been indexed already, with more being added daily. The new Advanced Search feature will allow for greater specificity, and basic browsing features have also been updated.

For all the details of the launch, check the Biodiversity Heritage Library Blog, and follow BHL's Twitter and Facebook.

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Celebrate Darwin's Birthday

eloneil — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 04:53:02 +0000

Celebrate Charles Darwin's birthday by exploring the beautiful digital collections of his scholarly work, written in his own hand.

Although Darwin was born more than 200 years ago on February 12th, 1809, his research on evolution by means of natural selection can still be traced through the more 16,000 pages scanned by the Darwin Manuscripts Project. The Darwin Manuscripts Project is publicly accessible as an online exhibit through the American Museum of Natural History. Browse the notebooks Darwin compiled during his journey upon The Beagle, and examine the high resolution digital images of his scientific research.

Browse the Biodiversity Heritage Library's online compendium of texts, the Charles Darwin's Library, which include scans of books from his personal library. Examine Darwin's hand-written notes in the margins of his personal collection, for a glimpse into Darwin's mind. A selection of the books are currently free for download on iTunes U, and scans can also be viewed via Flickr feed.

Skip the 200 year old birthday cake, roll up your sleeves, and celebrate Darwin's life by sifting through the manuscripts of a formidable scientific mind.

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Biodiversity Heritage Library to launch powerful new user interface

Celebrate Darwin's Birthday