Development of a search software for Hacettepe University Department of Biology Herbarium by using PHP, SQL and AJAX technologies

In this study, an herbarium search software is developed with PHP, SQL and AJAX technologies from the data in Hacettepe University Department of Biology Herbarium (HUB).Herbariums are sources of valuable information for especially botany, ecology and pharmaceutic studies. With the systematic transfer of this source to a database in a computer environment we could use the advantages of databases like fast querying and ordered recording.The aim of this study is to make fast, usable and detailed queries with the transfer of the data in HUB to a database. The developed software for this aim is designed for online environment and uses advanced technologies.KEYWORDS: HUB, Baskent, Hacettepe, herbarium, querying, search engine, digital herbarium, virtual herbarium, botany, information systems, PHP, SQL, AJAX