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About Embryo Literature
The Embryo Project includes selected references from the vast literature pertaining to embryology and developmental biology, as well as descriptions of primary source materials, such as archival collections of documents and records. Wherever possible, citations have been linked to external web sites that assist with the location of these resources: for books, links are made when possible to OCLC's Open WorldCat, and for articles, links are created that link to OCLC's global registry of citation link resolvers.
To browse examples of citations for published books, articles, etc., click here. To browse examples of archival finding aids click here.
Technical note: Citations for publications, archival resources, etc. are represented and stored in the Embryo Project Digital Repository using the Metadata Object Description Schema (MODS), a framework for descriptive metdata for bibliographic entities developed by the Library of Congress; when the full text of an archival finding aid is available, that information is represented and stored using the Encoded Archival Description framework (EAD), which is also currently maintained by the Library of Congress. Use of these standards assures the long-term sustainability and exchangability of information created and compiled by the Embryo Project. Whenever possible, links are provided to freely available copies of full text of cited literature, or links are made to the OCLC Open WorldCat database to facilitate finding copies in libraries worldwide.