Australian National Botanic Gardens

Last updated November 2000

Listed alphabetically. All items are available for use in the library, some are available on the network, and others may be borrowed on short term loan.

• Australia : State of the Environment 1996

CD-ROM
•     Each chapter is presented as a .pdf file.
• Australia Unfolded 2 : interactive atlas of Australia. AUSLIG, 1999.

CD-ROM
• Australian Tropical Plants. Volume 1  Tolga, Qld : Zodiac Publications, 1996.

CD-ROM.
• Available for loan.
• Can print images and text info.
• Summary: 524 species of Australian tropical plants found north of the Tropic of Capricorn. Up to three colour pictures and a data sheet for each species. "Designed to be used as a horticultural aid".
• Can create lists of species with combinations of features such as plant form and size, flowering or fruiting time, flower colour, sun/shade requirements, etc.
• Australian Tropical Rainforest Trees : an Interactive Identification System.  Trevor Whiffin CSIRO

CD-ROM
• Search by bark, flowers, fruit characters, or family name etc.
• Birds of Europe  Expert-center for Taxonomic Identification, Netherlands

CD-ROM
• Descriptions of birds, their habitat, feeding habits. Also provides taxonomic key, species list, quiz, movies, glossary to help identify bird species.
• Biosis Serial sources Biological Abstracts

CD-ROM
• Botanica on CDRom

CD-ROM
• Accompanying Encyclopedia Botanica
• Botany online : the Internet hypertextbook, 1999

CD-ROM
• Homestudy edition with links to the internet and absctract of XVI International Botanical Congress
• Bryophytes of New Zealand Prof. Dr. J-P Frahm, 1999.

CD-ROM
• Available for loan.
• Bush Tucker Man CD-ROM ABC Enterprises and Natural Learning, 1996.

CD-ROM.
• Contents: "Users follow the Bush Tucker Man, Les Hiddens, as he journeys from the rainforests of northern Queensland through to the west coast of Cape York in search of survival resources". Includes comprehensive bush tucker database for northern Queensland, list and identification of bush poisons.
• Climate Diagram World Atlas. Bachhaus Publishers,1999

CD-ROM
• Summaries of average climatic variable and their time courses.
• Denise Greig's Plants of Australia Diversity Media 1996

CD-ROM
• Field trips, photo gallery, games, Aboriginal botany, vegetation zones, state emblems and much more.
• Encyclopaedia Britannica CD 97

CD-ROM
• Endeavour : Captain Cook's Journal 1768 - 1771  National Library of Australia 1999.

CD-ROM
Licenced for use in the Library only.
• Euclid  2 : Eucalypts of South-Eastern Australia  Revised edition 2000

CD-ROM
• The Families of Flowering Plants Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, CSIRO, BushCare

CD-ROM
• Frogs of Australia. Michael Tyler. Westber's

CD-ROM
• Geology of Australia North Sydney : CD Solutions, c1996.

2 CD-ROM set.
• Available for loan.
• Can print or save to disk.
• Includes information from AGSO, AUSLIG, Australian Museum, Reed Books, with various graphics, slide shows, commentaries and video clips.
• Contents: An introduction to earth sciences; Minerals and resources; Topological and geological maps; Geological time; The principle geological features of Australia; Geological atlas of Australia.
• Grow What Where Version 2.1 1995   Researched by Australian Plant Study Group.

 Software  (3 1/2 in disk not CD)
• One option is to find matching plants based on a range of criteria including those plants which are frost resistant, cottage garden style, individual colours, plants easily propagated by cuttings etc. Other options include viewing plant characteristics and general plant information.
• Index Kewensis. Version 2 Oxford University Press

CD-ROM
• Information from Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. Alphabetical listing of plant names with bibliographic references to the place of first publication. Searches possible on plant name, author's name or title of publication.

Also available on the internet http://www.ipni.org/
• North American Native Terrestrial Orchids : Propagation and Production

CD-ROM
• Plant Family Album Vol. 1 Rosidae Marcia J. Waterway and Helen Cohen Rimmer.

CD-ROM
• Rosidea Family  illustrations
• The Plants Directory, North-eastern NSW, Greg Steenbeeke.

CD-ROM
• a guide to all of the plant species found on hte coast, tablelands and slopes north of Newcastle
• Saving our Endangered Plants Perth, WA : Kings Park & Botanic Garden, 1997?

CD-ROM.
• Summary : Promotional product on the role Kings Park and Botanic Garden plays in saving endangered Western Australian plants. Nice graphics (and sound ?), and limited information under headings: Which species ?; Why are they endangered ?; What is being done; Kings Park Plan Science Lab; Western Power Plant Rescue Program.
• Smoke Perth, WA : Kings Park & Botanic Garden, c1996.

CD-ROM
• Summary: Introduction to using smoke for germinating and growing Australian native plants. Narration by Kingsley Dixon. Limited information under headings: Research into smoke; How to use smoke; Applications of smoke research; About Kings Park Plant Science.
• The Ultimate Australian Gardening CD-ROM Beaver Multimedia 1996
• Includes searchable A-Z list of plants with space on each page for notes to be added, a path finder for finding specific plants, space for garden files, Yates product information etc.
• Victorian Flora Database Viridans Victorian Flora

CD-ROM
• Search options: search for a species, search an area, select a map. Maps include rainfall, soil types, land types etc. List of species within specific areas can be generated.
• Wild plants of Victoria Dept. Natural Resources and Environment, Vic. Viridans Biological Databases, 1999

CD-ROM

 

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