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Contact
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purchasing or general information, please contact:
Doug Wechsler
Director VIREO
The Academy of Natural Sciences
1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Philadelphia, PA
19103-1195
Phone:
215-299-1069
Fax:
215-299-1182
E-mail:
vireo@acnatsci.org
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Some Basic Instructions
Search Tips
Lightbox Tips
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Our site is not fully automated. You can select images using our Lightbox tool, but you will need to do at least part of the ordering process by phone, fax, or e-mail. You can select all of the images you want using a Lightbox, but for lecture images, you will need to call or fax to give us your Visa or MasterCard number, since our e-mail is not secure. If using a purchase order, you may e-mail your order.
Ordering slides or JPEGs for non-profit educational lectures.
SEARCH TIPS
Searching for birds on our web site is pretty straightforward, if you are searching by the name of the bird. Just type the name, or part of the name, in the white Keywords box and click on the Search button or hit the Enter key on your computer. If you are searching by scientific name, state, country, or location select the appropriate term under “Search By” first.
Less is more. If there are punctuation marks in the common name, they must be included so sometimes it is easier just to search on part of the name. For example if you search for eastern screech, you will see all of the Eastern Screech-Owl photos. If you search for Eastern Screech Owl you will get nothing.
One caution on partial names. If you search for owl, you will also get Waterfowl sp., Mallee Fowl, and all of the meadowlarks. The owls will all appear together in the middle of all of this.
To search by the VIREO image code, enter the entire image code, or use an asterisk (*) as a wildcard if you are searching by a portion of the code.
To search by family of birds, click on Birding Resources in the menu box on the left side of the page. Then select: Browse Images By Family. It will take a while for the list to load, but then you can click on any family to see all the images we have on the web for that family.
Keywords unrelated to the categories above are not yet supported. If you need to find beaks, mating displays or photos that illustrate strength, for example, call or email us for help.
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LIGHTBOXES
A lightbox allows you to collect images that you may want to request for publication or to purchase for a non-profit educational lecture. You must register and sign in to use the lightbox feature. You can add and delete images for your lightbox. You can also create multiple lightboxes.
To create a lightbox, just search for the first image that you want. Then, click on the link below the image that says: “Add to Lightbox.” If you prefer, you can click in the check box below the image and check several images on the page. Just remember to click on the bar below that says “Add all checked images to Lightbox” before moving on to another page.
Either way, you will be taken to your lightbox. Click your backspace button to return to the page where you were, or click on search on the menu bar above to do another search. If you were viewing the large image when you clicked, you will need to click the backspace button twice to get back to the last species page.
If you are creating multiple lightboxes, you may wish to name your lightbox. Type the lightbox name in the white box below the images and click on “Rename Lightbox.”
To order images for non-profit educational lectures just call or fax with the payment information (see here) and the name of your lightbox.
To order images for publication, please e-mail or call with the name of your lightbox and some information on the publication, rights desired, and size of image needed and format needed (TIFF or JPEG). Contact us.
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