This database is a completely revised new edition of the "Index Litteraturae Entomologicae : Serie I : Die Welt-Literatur über die gesamte Entomologie bis inclusive 1863" published by Walther Horn und Sigmund Schenkling in 1928-1928. The most important new features are: (a) the original 25,229 citations (Horn & Schenkling 1928) have been increased to over 46,500; the extra data result from resolution of highly condensed original entries or are new; (b) over 11,300 authors, artists, engravers, etc. have been recorded separately, thus supporting searches with various spellings of the name and connecting the bibliography with the biographies; (c) over 10,300 journals, publishers etc., (called ‘sources’) have been recorded separately, thus supporting searches with various spellings of the title; dating information is included and titles are given in full; (d) parts of works, other editions, addenda, translations, etc. were cross-referenced; (e) Publication dates of the works have been revised based on secondary sources (see references); (f) the citations can be exported in text format or BibTex format; (g) users can comment on each citation and contribute to improving the database. ... [Information of the supplier]
The Paleobiology Database ... has been organized and operated by a multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional, international group of paleobiological researchers. Its purpose is to provide global, collection-based occurrence and taxonomic data for marine and terrestrial animals and plants of any geological age, as well as web-based software for statistical analysis of the data. The project's wider, long-term goal is to encourage collaborative efforts to answer large-scale paleobiological questions by developing a useful database infrastructure and bringing together large data sets. ... [Information of the supplier]
The list of isopod crustaceans has been compiled from a variety of sources, including numerous individual papers and monographic works, and the collections and catalogues of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. (...) Having compiled a list of about 5,300 marine and freshwater isopod crustaceans of the world (Kensley and Schotte, 1995), we thought that the addition of the terrestrial isopods to the list would create a more valuable taxonomic and biogeographic tool. (...) ... [Information of the supplier, modified]