Re: COMP: Online Databases

--- In iris-talk@egroups.com, John Jones <jijones@i...> wrote:
> 
> 
> patriciabrooks@c... wrote:
> > 
> > Is it true that the R&I is being indexed to be online?  $7 for 
each
> > and every year becomes prohibitive.
> 
> and
> 
> storylade@a... wrote:
> 
> > Yes, they are; however, the cumulative lists that comes out every 
10 years
> > are fairly reasonable and can be carried about much easier.  I 
accumulated a
> > full set through the years and wouldn't do without them.  The 
index will be
> > quick and easy for looking things up, but I'm a hard copy person! 
 Already,
> > I've had problems with the site not working.  Books, to read 
online, are not
> > catching on as people expected so maybe there are more people out 
there like
> > me.
> 
> The R&Is are being put online. The '89 is online now, the '79 is 
almost
> ready. We will put up the '99 after it is ready to go to the 
printer.
> 
> The already printed ones have to be scanned and converted to text 
then
> proofed against the book.
> 
> For the time being access to the database is free. When the '99
> checklist is added to the '89 and '79 there will be a subscription 
fee
> of $10.00 per year for full access to all the databases.

The online database has been extreemly usefull to me as I do research 
on offspring and ancesters of iris as I look for the genetic 
components. For example to find the plants with Vanity as a parent, I 
just do a search of "Vanity" and I can then look more closely at the 
offspring, and voila, I find lots of plicata offspring, thus vanity is 
either a glaciata or carries two or more plicata genes, probably 
glaciata. Many other good examples. You can't do this with an R & I 
book(s). Well worth the price. The time saved and information provided 
is tremendous.
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