Databases & Resources Directory: Databases

The Mertz Library Database Collection provides a place to browse for links to sources of information that have been selected for their relevance to The New York Botanical Garden's mission.

The Biodiversity Heritage Library improves research methodology by collaboratively making biodiversity literature openly available to the world as part of a global biodiversity community.

Users may search for a specific journal, browse journals by subject area or browse for journals relating to an education program.

Information on a wide range of subjects in 12 databases.

Garden, Landscape & Horticulture Index is a resource for access to articles about gardens and plants. Topics include horticulture, botany, garden and landscape design & history, ecology, plant and garden conservation, garden management, and horticultural therapy.

The Index contains entries dealing with various aspects of extant and fossil American plants and fungi, including systematics and floristics, morphology, and ecology, as well as economic botany and general botany (publications dealing with botanists, herbaria, etc.). "America" is defined in the broadest possible sense, encompassing land and marine plants and fungi from Greenland to Antarctica. American territory outside this area, e.g., Hawaii, is not included.

Global Plants is the world’s largest database of digitized plant specimens and a locus for international scientific research and collaboration.

A database of the living collections at the New York Botanical Garden. Also includes information about gardens, featured exhibits, and self-guided tours.