Transcript Biology Image Library

Website demonstration
The Biology Image Library is:
• An online subscription-based database of scientific images across 7 areas of life
sciences and medical research, with over 27 000 images available.
• Areas covered include: Developmental Biology, Histology & Pathology, Microbiology
& Parasitology, Molecular & Cellular Biology, Neuroscience, Immunology and Plant
Biology.
• All independently submitted images are peer reviewed to ensure that images are of a
good quality and that their descriptions are scientifically accurate.
Imagine you are a lecturer looking for images for a first year module on
bacteriology. Your institute is a subscriber to the Biology Image Library, so you can
log in and begin browsing the library content in the area you think is most relevant
Or you could do a ‘quick search’ for images in your chosen subject
… your results look like this:
We can order and filter results here using the ‘Display >’ drop-downs
If there are more images than you require, then you can refine the search to
something more specific
If you are not a subscriber or not logged in, you would only see
but if you are logged in and a subscriber, then
you can see a fullsize view of each image
Images of interest to you can be saved to our Saved items (using ‘Save checked items
and go to next page >’) or they can be sent straight to a slideset (using’ Send >’)
From your ‘Saved items’ you can closely compare images and move them to a
slideset
Slidesets are customisable, based on the slideset as a whole
or individual images
You can view the slideset in order to make sure you are happy with it
And then download the slideset as a PowerPoint presentation
The PowerPoint file you download contains all the image and credit information and
you can then add more of our own work if necessary
If you have problems using the site, there are instructions on viewing images,
creating and downloading slidesets
There is also information on how to submit images to the library
And on how to subscribe
to the library in the ‘About the library’ page, or you can contact us
The library has a well-respected editorial board and some ed board members even
contribute images themselves
You can also follow the library on our Twitter account
@BiologyImageLib to keep up to date with new images being uploaded
Here are some examples of terms you can use in search to
demonstrate a nice mixture of images
Basic search terms
advanced search):
(can be used in both quick and
To demonstrate aspects of search function
used in advanced search):
(best
‘Malaria’
‘Bacteria AND Scanning electron*’
‘Microtubule’
‘Mitosis’ (refine search to Molecular & Cellular Biology)
‘Signaling’ (use US not UK spelling)
‘Embryo’ (refine to search for movies only)
‘Influenza’
‘Oryza’ (display by title)
‘Alzheimer’
‘GFP AND confocal’
‘Spindle’
‘Axons’
NOTE: use without quotes