| Linking Florida's Natural Heritage:
Science and Citizenry was a project funded by the Institute of Museum
and Library Services in 1997.?It was designed to create a virtual
library of Florida ecological information from heterogeneous museum,
library, and citation databases throughout the state of Florida.
This was a model program of cooperation between the Florida Museum
of Natural History; the libraries of the University of Florida, Florida
International University, and Florida Atlantic University; and the
Florida Center for Library Automation.
Until November 2005, the Linking Florida's Natural Heritage (LFNH)
website allowed students, researchers, and the public to query
museum specimen databases, library catalogs, and other citation
databases for taxonomic and topical information. In November, the
system architecture became unsustainable.?Because of global efforts
to standardize the electrification of museum data, the project
developers believe additional integrative efforts would not be
productive at this time.?
From this site, you may now access a list of sites that offer
specimen data related to Florida species and the Florida Environments
Online (FEOL) database which covers the literature related to Florida
species and ecosystems.Many of the items in FEOL are in full text.
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