BHL produces stable URLs for our content and will ensure viability of these URLs. Please read the following blog post for an explanation of how BHL redirects certain IDs when a book has been taken offline.
Stable URLs are available for the following areas of content, with examples:
- Subject: Insects
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/subject/Insects - Author: Darwin, Charles, (1809 – 1882)
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/creator/93 - Title: The Journal of the Linnean Society
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/350 - Item/Book: The Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 8 1865
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/8361 - Article: Davidse, G, & Pohl, R. New taxa and nomenclatural combinations of Mesoamerican grasses (Poaceae). Novon a journal of botanical nomenclature from the Missouri Botanical Garden, 2,81-110. https://doi.org/10.2307/3391667
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/2491 - Page: Pl. XXX Falco Aesalon from Die Raubvögel Deutschlands und des angrenzenden Mitteleuropas… http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47850703
With regards to persistent identifiers, BHL also assigns DOIs to a selection of its content. Learn more.
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