Upload (Submit): Add Publication

Publications may now be added to the Morphbank database. These may be related to any object in Morphbank including specimens, images, collections, annotations, views, localities, and taxon names. If adding a regular scientific name to the database, adding a corresponding publication is required.

Path to Add Publication
Log-in> Header Menu> Tools> Submit> Publication

Data that must be entered on the Add Publication screen varies with the type of publication selected. Note the required fields are indicated by a *. Fields that do not apply to a given publication type are grayed-out.

• Publication Type: Choose the type of publication from the drop-down.
• DOI^®: a digital identifier for any object. If the publication being submitted has a DOI^®, enter it here. For more information on DOI^®'s go to http://www.doi.org/index.html
• Publication Title: Enter the name of the publication here. This field is case sensitive.
• Article Title: Enter the title of the article here as you wish it to appear in the database.
• Authors: Add Author names here, use the following [last name][first name initial][comma] format: Smythe J, Braun K
• Published in year: Enter year here
• Published in month:If applicable, enter month.
• Published on day: If applicable, enter day.
• Journal/Techreport number:
• Series:
• Organization:
• School:
• Pages:
• Chapter:
• Volume:
• Edition:
• Editor(s):
• How published:
• Institution:
• Publisher:
• Publisher address:
• ISBN:
• ISSN:
• Comments:
• Contributor: Select the name of the contributor (person having the authorization to release data/images to the public) from the dropdown list. The contributor can be different from the submitter (person entering the data). If you need to add new entries to this list, please contact mbadmin at scs dot fsu dot edu.

Morphbank provides an option to add External Links to this record. For complete instructions on providing links refer to External Linking in the Information Linking section of this manual.

When the Add Publication form has been completed, Submit to complete the add publication process. A message will confirm that you have successfully added a publication. From this point the user can continue to add additional publications or return to the Upload (Submit) screen.