Thus, locality data need to be entered only once and can then be linked to as many lots as needed. In addition to this basic information, the catalogue system allows the entry of literature references in a linked reference database. Two additional databases contain information about the historic expeditions which collected parts of our material, and information about scientists and other persons with connection to the department. Both these databases can be accessed from within the catalogue system and are linked to the locality database. The catalogue system prints a large variety of labels and reports for all purposes.
Inquiries allow searches for criteria with all kinds of information.
During catalogization we check species identifications as far as possible and collect all available locality data. This is a painstaking work, since many of the older specimens are poorly documented, but our aim is a high quality of the data in the catalogue. In the future, we plan to publish our catalogues on the internet but in its present state this would not be useful. Meanwhile, as a substitute for a type catalogue , we present a list of authors of types from our collection. Scientists are welcome to contact our collection manager Karin Sindemark for inquiries about our material.