Resources

National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) - The National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) is a broad, collaborative program to provide increased access to data and information on the nation's biological resources.

Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Pacific Basin Information Node (PBIN)

Pacific Biodiversity Information Facilty (PBIF)

Pacific Science Association - is a regional non-governmental, scholarly organization that seeks to advance science, technology, and sustainable development in and of the Asia-Pacific region, by actively promoting interdisciplinary and international research and collaboration.

Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) is an international not-for-profit group that develops standards and protocols for sharing biodiversity data.

Taxonomic Databases
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) - find the scientific names of species by their popular name or vise versa

Global Names Index - Index of scientific names provided by all Name Repositories

Encyclopedia of Life - The Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) is an ambitious, even audacious project to organize and make available via the Internet virtually all information about life present on Earth.

Standards
SERNEC Version 3

GBIF Integrated Publishing Toolkit - The GBIF IPT is an open source, Java (TM) based web application that connects and serves three types of biodiversity data: taxon primary occurrence data, taxon checklists and general resource metadata. Download User manual

Darwin Core - Public review

Search DIGiR Portal

TAPIR

Documents
Vision 2020
Herbaria LISTSERV
Society of Herbarium Curators
World's Largest Herbaria