Publication Date:
2022-05-26
Description:
A comprehensive Reference Database has been designed for the
marine mammal literature. The system uses INMAGIC programming
(Cambridge, MA) to file, store, search, retrieve, and format the
data records. The database was organized to be complementary to
features developed by William E. Schevill for his library of
older cetacean literature, and it uses direct association of
species with some 300 indexed subjects, observation dates,
locations, etc. Every component and detail of the references
and annotations are available for rapid search by a wide variety
of simple and complex strategies. In addition, separately
indexed fields provide immediate retrieval of author, editor,
year, journal, type of publication, language, genus/species
(searchable by order/suborder and family as well), major
subject, subject, picture, observation date, geographic location
(including area name and latitude/longitude), as well as the
location and library call numbers of the document referred to.
Codes have been adapted for ease in identifying and searching
species, subjects, journals, languages, and geographic areas.
These codes may be used separately or in connection with the
associated terms and texts. It is anticipated that the
Reference Database will be a continuing resource for marine
mammal research.
Description:
Support for beginning work on the Database was by
The Marine Mammal Commission
and by
The National Marine Fisheries Service
Keywords:
Databases
;
Marine mammals
Repository Name:
Woods Hole Open Access Server
Type:
Technical Report
Format:
application/pdf
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