Help with searching
The Hornsby Herbarium is designed so that it can easily be searched by both the non-expert with a general interest in plants, but little or no botanical knowledge, and the botanist who wishes to carry out specific searches using botanical names. The search page is thus divided into the General Search for the non-expert and the Botanical Search for the botanist:
Both types of search are carried out in the same way, by selecting options from the dropdown lists in the field name boxes. In the following example, the downward-pointing arrow on the General Type box has been clicked to display the options:
When you select an entry in a dropdown list, it is entered into the Your search box. In the following example, 'Cycads' has been selected from the dropdown list in the Classification box:
Once you have a search term in the Your search box, you can click the Search button to begin your search of the Hornsby Herbarium database.
