UTEP's natural history research museum at the intersection of three states and two countries! For loans and inquiries: https://t.co/WjfgCSitv6
Nov 23, 2021 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
Some quick tips on making specimen loan requests! A lot of museums are on aggregators like @GBIF, @Vertnet, Seinet @iDigBio and SCAN, which you can search for an initial inquiry. Check out the original database for the most updated information. For us, that's @arctosdb /1
Even if you think you've found what you need, email the staff and tell them about your project and what your looking for (i.e. I'm doing a project on the phylogenetics of Grayia, and I'm looking for any XX). It helps if you give a geographic area if that matters! Why? /2
