Resources & Links
Transcription Resources
| Margaret H. Fulford Herbarium (CINC) Digitization Manual | https://bit.ly/3rQaMKl | Guide to transcribing in Symbiota from CINC |
| Symbiota Database Manual (COLO) | https://bit.ly/3cIy2VW | Guide to transcribing in Symbiota from COLO |
| The Key to the Cabinets: Building and Sustaining a Research Database for a Global Biodiversity Hotspots: Editing Standards | https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/museum-voices/seusbiohotspot/editing-standards/ | Guide to transcribing in Symbiota from FLAS |
| Guide to Using a Symbiota-based Portal (CAP TCN) | https://www.capturingcaliforniasflowers.org/uploads/1/6/3/7/16372936/symbiotaguide_v5.pdf | Guide to transcribing in Symbiota from CAP TCN |
| MAM Transcription Cheat Sheet | https://bit.ly/3wlskRG | Quick reference for transcribing in Symbiota from MAM TCN |
| Darwin Core | https://dwc.tdwg.org/ | TDWG Resource on Darwin Core standard |
| How to decipher unfamiliar handwriting: A short introduction to palaeography | http://wallaceletters.info/sites/wallaceletters.info/files/NHM_Palaeography_Guide_2014.pdf | Helpful guide on transcribing handwritten labels from the Natural History Museum, London |
Collector Information
| Harvard University Herbaria – Index of Botanists | https://kiki.huh.harvard.edu/databases/botanist_index.html | Searchable list of botanists – can filter by name, specialty, country |
| Collector Signatures List | https://tinyurl.com/4ytafvjr | List of collector names with images of their signatures – alphabetically by last name |
| Global Plants Initiative Designation Identifier | http://gpi.myspecies.info/digitising-resources/designation-identifier | List of botanists by name and locality with images of signatures *Archived website – not all links are functional |
| Searchable Collector Names Reference (MAM Website) | https://bit.ly/3sGIN0Q | Searchable list of collectors from the Herbarium of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia |
| Bionomia | https://bionomia.net/ https://bionomia.net/roster/signatures | Searchable list of collectors Searchable images of collector signatures |
Bryophyte/Lichen Portal Term Lists
| Portal Geography – Country, State, County | https://bit.ly/3cD3MvL | Standardized lists of countries, states, and counties with codes from portals |
| Portal Geography – Country only | https://bit.ly/3do4k85 | Standardized lists of countries with codes from portals |
| Portal Languages | https://bit.ly/31EgJze | Standardized lists of languages with codes from portals |
| Bryophyte Exsiccatae Index | https://bryophyteportal.org/portal/collections/exsiccati/index.php | List of exsiccati from bryophtye portal |
| Lichen Exsiccatae Index | https://lichenportal.org/cnalh/collections/exsiccati/index.php | List of exsiccati from lichen portal |
Country/Location/Language-Specific References
| TypeIt.org | https://www.typeit.org/ | Type foreign language letters to copy and paste |
| List of Alternate Country Names – Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_alternative_country_names | Alternative names and initialisms for all nations, countries, and sovereign states, in English and any predominant or official languages |
| German exonyms – Wikipedia | German exonyms – Wikipedia | Lists of German names for non-German localities by country |
| German place + names former Czechoslovakia Link | https://bit.ly/2PNFTbU | List of historic and current names for this region |
| List of German exonyms for places in Estonia – Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_German_exonyms_for_places_in_Estonia | List of German names for Estonian locations |
| List of German exonyms for places in Latvia – Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_German_exonyms_for_places_in_Latvia | List of German names for Latvian locations |
| Names of Lithuanian places in other languages – Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_Lithuanian_places_in_other_languages | List of names of Lithuanian places in other languages |
| List of German names for places in Poland – Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_German_names_for_places_in_Poland | List of German names for Polish localities |
| Irish Hill and Mountain Names | https://bit.ly/3NXC0Ko | Table of names of hills and mountains in Ireland |
| Mountain Views, Hill-walking website for island of Ireland | https://mountainviews.ie/summit/25/ | Searchable website of Irish hills, mountains, islands, and coastal features. |
| Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About German Typefaces | https://tinyurl.com/49fyr2f7 | Examples and background information on German typefaces |
| Japan Databasing Guide Link | https://bit.ly/3rIODNE | Guide to Japanese place names |
| Japanese Provinces to Prefectures | https://bit.ly/3xtErxL | Table of historical Japanese provinces with modern prefecture names |
| Techniques for Translating Herbarium Specimen Labels | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_rPFzPfZTM | Video on tips for transcribing Handwritten German |
| One World Nations Online – Historic Country Names | https://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/historical_countrynames.htm | List of historic country / region names with current geography |
| Herbarium Junkies | https://www.facebook.com/groups/323496397761977/ | Public Facebook Group that can help with tough labels |
| Google Translate | https://translate.google.com/ | |
| A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin | https://www.mobot.org/mobot/latindict/introduction.shtml | Searchable list of Latin botanical terms |
| CNALH Glossary | https://lichenportal.org/cnalh/glossary/index.php | Searchable glossary of lichen terminology including Latin terms |
Taxonomy Resources
| Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) | https://eol.org/ | Free collaborative encyclopedia intended to document all of the living species known to science |
| Tropicos | https://tropicos.org/home | Publicly accessible botanical database organizing millions of plant specimens, images, and bibliographic references, from the Bioinformatics Department at the Missouri Botanical Garden |
| Index Fungorum | http://www.indexfungorum.org/ | International project to index all formal names in the fungus kingdom |
| McyoBank | https://www.mycobank.org/ | Online database, documenting new mycological names and combinations, eventually combined with descriptions and illustrations. It is run by the Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures fungal biodiversity center in Utrecht |
| International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT) | https://www.iaptglobal.org/ | Non-profit organization founded to promote, support and facilitate taxonomic, systematic and nomenclatural research into algae, fungi and plants |
| World Flora Online | http://worldfloraonline.org/ | Open-access, web-based compendium of the world’s plant species |
| Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) | https://itis.gov/ | Database on species names and their hierarchical classification |
| The Bryophyte Nomenclator (bryonames.org) | bryonames.org | A searchable comprehensive list of accepted bryophyte names |
If you have any questions or other resources to add, please email Miranda Zwingelberg at: mzwingel@utk.edu.