ALA Knowledge Base

ALA overview 3

• What is the ALA?
• Who contributes data to the ALA?
• What types of records are in the ALA?

My Account 6

• Why should I create an account? What are the benefits of creating an account?
• How do I create an ALA account?
• My username/password isn’t working OR I can’t remember my username/password
• I created an account but did not receive the account activation email
• How do I manage the settings for my account?

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Submit a sighting 9

• How to record a sighting
• How do I see all my sightings?
• How do I edit/delete my records?
• How do I identify a species?
• What are species identification keys?

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Species information 8

• Why can’t I find a species I know exists?
• Why do some pages have little data?
• Why are there duplicate species?
• Why does a species have the wrong name?
• Why are there few expert species distributions in the ALA?

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How to cite the ALA 4

• How to cite the ALA
• How to use images found on the ALA
• Can I use the information I find on the ALA website?
• Can I use a picture I found in the ALA?

ALA User Guides 11

• How to find the species recorded in your area
• How to show the distribution of a species on a map of Australia
• How to show species distributions and environmental layers on a map
• How to log a sighting
• How to see if a particular species is present in your area

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