Tutorial n°1: How to have access to all the occurrences of a specific taxon?

You were able to do that easily in the old Explorer, by using the ‘Scientific Name’ filter. For example, if I need all the occurrences of Taraxacum officinale, I will:

• Choose the ‘Scientific Name’ filter
• Type the latin name of the taxon you are looking for
• Click on the ‘Search’ button

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Even if the research is not using the same path in the new Explorer, it is as easy to have access to all the data for a particular taxon.

Different options are available for your research:

1. Simple Search:

   This type of search will look for the key word(s) you are searching in every terms in the database, leading to a non-restrictive set of answer. It is then possible to add a filter based on the scientific name, in order to focus the search precisely on what you are looking for:

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2. Advanced Search:

   In order to limit the results to the scientific name only, you can go in the Advanced Search, and type the name of the taxon you are interested in:

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   The Advanced Search allows the use of several filters, like the country, the state/province, the event date, the institution/collection/dataset, and the group of interest (plants, animals, insects, bryophytes, birds, etc.)

3. Search a list of taxa:

   It is now possible to get all the occurrences of a list of species. To do so, go in the Advanced Search, click on the ‘Batch taxon search’ tab, and type or copy/paste the list of species (one name per line).

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