The Library - Electronic Resources

Library catalogue

The library catalogue is shared with the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (DEWHA) Library.
It contains entries for all book and journals held in the library.
Not all material is catalogued. Uncatalogued collections include part of the archives collection, vertical files, reprint collection and seed lists.

Databases

This section covers bibliographic databases only.
Click here for botanical databases and SpeciesLink, a botanical name portal, linking to a range of botanical databases.

Algaebase literature search, 42,500 bibliographic items on algae of the world.
Agricola Bibliographic database of citations to the agricultural literature created by the U.S. National Agricultural Library.
Bibliography of Systematic Mycology literature on fungi, from CABI.
BibliOrchidea 150,000 entries on orchid literature.
Biological Conservation Newsletter Bibliography 35,000 references to literature on conservation biology.
Book and Magazine Citations to Plant Info and Images more than 380,000 citations.
Botanicus digitised historical botanical literature from Missouri Botanical Garden Library.
Cyberliber an electronic library for mycology.
Flora of Australia Online from Australian Biological Resources Study.
IndExs an index of exsiccatae.
Kew Record of Taxonomic Literature now incorporated into KBD.
Liverwort Literature, 12,000 records, from Early Land Plants Today project.
Recent Literature on Lichens

Journals

All journal titles held by the Library are listed in the library catalogue. Electronic versions of some titles are available to staff and to library visitors.

Growing Native Plants An updated and expanded version of the printed series published by the ANBG from 1971 to 1989

See also these sites for access to online journals:

e-journals.org/botany/ "Electronic sites of leading botany, plant biology and science journals".
Biodiversity Heritage Library digital copies of titles from 10 major UK and US institutions.
Botanicus digitised historical botanical literature from Missouri Botanical Garden Library.
Cyberliber, mycology journals.
Early Land Plants Today (ELPT) bryology journals.

Reference titles

Authors of Fungal Names from Index Fungorum.
Authors of Plant Names updated version of Brummitt & Powell.
Gazetteer of Australia = Geoscience Australia Place Names Search.
Index Herbariorum Global directory of public herbaria and associated staff.
Index Nominum Genericorum (ING)
International Code of Botanical Nomenclature Vienna Code (2006)
International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants 7th ed. (2004)
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species version 2009.1
Names in Current Use for Extant Plant Genera NCU-3e, updated electronic version
Taxonomic Literature, 2nd ed. (TL-2) Online edition available for staff and to members of IAPT
Vascular Plant Families and Genera / R.K. Brummitt, from Kew Herbarium
Flora of Australia Online from Australian Biological Resources Study
Census of the Vascular Plants, Hornworts and Liverworts of the Australian Capital TerritoryVersion 2.0 (2008)
Checklist of Northern Territory Vascular Plant Species (2007)
Census of South Australian Vascular Plants 5th ed. (2005)
Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania Web ed. (2008)
Census of the Vascular Plants of Victoria 7th ed. (2003)
Western Australian Flora Statistics includes conspectus of families and genera (2009)

Bibliographies

Library staff have compiled bibliographies on popular topics, based on the collections held in the ANBG Library.

Directories of botanic gardens

Directory of Australian botanic gardens and arboreta
Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) Garden search A worldwide directory.
Gardenvisit.com Garden finder A worldwide directory, includes public and private gardens
Internet directory for botany : arboreta and botanical gardens
American Public Gardens Association Public Garden search North American gardens
GardenWeb Gardens & Collections Directory Mostly North American gardens