Plant Literature of Oklahoma

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Data_Quality_Information
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
Spatial_Reference_Information
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Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Oklahoma Biological Survey
Publication_Date: Unpublished Material
Title: Plant Literature of Oklahoma
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: database

Description:

Abstract:: The Plant Literature of Oklahoma is a bibliography of botanical works pertaining to Oklahoma.
Purpose:: The purpose is to identify and bring together this widely dispersed data as an aid to further research and study.
Supplemental_Information:: Most of the works prior to 1987 were compiled by Forrest L. Johnson and T.H. Milby and published as Oklahoma Botanical Literature by the University of Oklahoma Press in 1989.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 1821
Ending_Date: 1993

Currentness_Reference: Publication date

Status:

Progress: In work
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: irregular

Spatial_Domain:

Description_of_Geographic_Extent: State of Oklahoma

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -103.051
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -94.392
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 37.178
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 33.417

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: Plants
Theme_Keyword: Botany
Theme_Keyword: Literature
Theme_Keyword: Oklahoma

Taxonomy:

Taxonomic_Coverage:

Specific_Taxonomic_Information:
General_Taxonomic_Coverage:: Plants, including fungi and algae, but not fossil plants or palynology

Access_Constraints:

Datebase is searchable by visitors to the Oklahoma Biological Survey's world wide web server (www.biosurvey.ou.edu). Editing of database only allowed by authorized Oklahoma Biological Survey personnel.

Use_Constraints:

The Oklahoma Biological Survey doesn not vouch for the accuracy of any records in the Plant Literature of Oklahoma. Records from the material previously published in Oklahoma Botanical Literature may be used for research and citation purposes only.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Dan Hough
Contact_Organization: Oklahoma Biological Survey

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 111 East Chesapeake Street
City: Norman
State_or_Province: Oklahoma
Postal_Code: 73019
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (405) 325-4034

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (405) 325-7702

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dhough@ou.edu

Hours_of_Service: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday

Data_Set_Credit:

Oklahoma Biological Survey, University of Oklahoma, Norman.

Native_Data_Set_Environment: Mysql

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:: Accuracy subject to quality control of individual date entry persons.

Logical_Consistency_Report: None.

Completeness_Report:

Johnson and Milby did a systematic search of the literature up until the time of the acceptance of the records for publication by the University of Oklahoma Press (1987). Since then, new records have been added as found, but a systematic search has not been conducted.

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Indirect_Spatial_Reference:: Only requirement is that record pertains to Oklahoma.

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Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: Bibliographic record
Entity_Type_Definition:: Article, report, thesis, dissertation conerning plants in Oklahoma.
Entity_Type_Definition_Source:: Johnson, F.L., and T.H. Milby. 1989. Oklahoma Botanical Literature. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: refnum

Attribute_Definition: Reference number