[Taxacom] taxonomic names databases

[John Grehan]

Thanks Tony. That did a little better - at least for 2015 names. So the
question is, if Zoo Record picks up on the names how come the other data
bases do not? Is Zoo record not incorporated into these other databases?
Not implying any criticism as I appreciate that this is a massive endevour,
but just interested to know the workings a little better.

Interestingly, Zoo Record did not pick up on a couple of species published
in The European Entomologist. I will check with them to see if they know
whether Zoo Record includes their journal (I realize that some journals are
not covered by Zoo Record which is one deficiency).

John Grehan

On Sat, Aug 20, 2016 at 10:09 PM, Tony Rees <tonyrees49 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi John,
>
> You can get public access to the names component of Zoo. Record (for
> better or worse) here: http://www.organismnames.com , but only if you
> know in advance what you are looking for (at least to genus level); also
> there will be noise as well as signal, at least for older names, but OK if
> you just want a heads-up as to the names they have indexed and the sources
> they came from. I do not think you can search by family, though, or if you
> can, you will get only a subset of the results you want.
>
> For full Zoo Record search you need access via an agency with a
> subscription.
>
> Regards - Tony
>
>