Zoological Record
Zoological Record and Zoological Record Archive is a database of Zoology , which currently contains over three million records. These are divided into journal articles , books, conference reports and electronic sources from the period from 1864 to the present day. The database contains (almost) all newly published publications in the field of zoology. They can be searched for taxa , evolution , behavioral science , ecology , genetics , biochemistry , geological age in fossil taxa, and many other topics.
history
Zoological Record began as a printed publication in 1864 as The Record of Zoological Literature and was published by the Zoological Society of London . As early as 1870 the name was changed to "The Zoological Record". A volume containing the latest literature was published each year. The newly established taxa were also recorded. Since the reporting year 1959 (published only in 1962), the literature was divided into 20 sections according to zoological subject areas or systematic units.
- Summary zoology
- Protozoa
- Porifera & Archaeocyathida
- Coelenterata & Ctenophora
- Echinodermata
- Conodonta & Fossil Miscellanea
- Brachiopoda
- Bryozoa
- Mollusca
- Crustacea
- Trilobitomorpha
- Arachnida & smaller arthropodas
- Insecta
- Protochordata
- Pisces
- Amphibia
- Reptilia
- Aves
- Mammalia
- List of new names
Starting in the reporting year 1969 (published not until 1972), the BIOSIS series was published, which is owned by Thomson Scientific , a division of the Thomson Corporation. Since 1985 the new editions have also been available on CD (summarized 1978–1984). Another update appeared in 1993 (period 1985–1992).
After 2007, the Zoological Record was temporarily completely available online from 1874 to 2007 (apparently no longer in 2014). The digitized data from 1864 to 1977 are referred to as the "Zoological Record Archive", while the digitally published volumes from 1978 onwards are only referred to as the "Zoological Record". The software platform is provided by WoltersKluwer / Ovid. The Zoological Record and Zoological Record Archive allow online literature searches in the field of zoology.
The German Research Foundation has acquired a national license for the Zoological Record (reporting years 1978–2007) and the Zoological Record Archive (reporting years 1864–1977). Therefore, since the end of April 2007, the data for these reporting years have been freely accessible online in Germany at many German university and research institutes as well as for private individuals.
Availability
No freely accessible digitized pages of the Zoological Record volumes in image format can be found (as of 2014). This means that scientists who wish to review a specific page in the Zoological Record will still have to rely on consulting the printed edition. The Zoological Record is thus one of the few extremely important historical works of zoological nomenclature that are not freely available on the Internet (for example at the Biodiversity Heritage Library or the Internet Archive ). The volumes published up to 1923 are not subject to any copyright restrictions in the USA and could therefore in principle be digitized at any time.
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- DFG - Zoological Record ( Memento from June 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- Ovid ( Memento from January 30, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
- Record in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.nationallianzen.de/angebote/nlproduct.2006-12-29.3650844525 (product information "Zoological Record Archive 1864 - 2007" at Nationallianzen.de)