About EMu
EMu is a collections management system (CMS) used by many large natural history museums. A brief overview is provided by its parent company, Axiell, on their...
Accessing EMu
EMu is software that is hosted on an internal server and runs on your desktop. The Museum’s database manager (Bill Mertz) is responsible for maintaining this...
Catalogue
The Catalogue module is the primary place for information about each specimen lot, and a node linking together data from many of the other modules. Please se...
Digitizing
Digitization initiatives at LACMIP are primarily supported by the National Science Foundatoin. “Digitization” itself is a broad term and includes the variety...
Modes of Operation
Each module has four possible screen modes–Search, Display, New, and Edit–depending on your task. These modes are briefly described below, and also covered i...
Projects
The Projects module is used to track and report statistics for collections-related research and outreach requests. Only users in the Invertebrate Paleontolog...
Sites
The Sites module is our primary resource for information about specimen collecting localities. Please see Axiell’s documentation for generic information abou...
Taxonomy
The Taxonomy module is the primary record for information about taxonomic concepts, both accepted and unaccepted. Please see Axiell’s documentation for gener...
Tips
This page contains a non-exhaustive collection of tips for using EMu, beginning with several links to particularly helpful documentation from Axiell:
Troubleshooting
Listed here are some common issues we have encountered while using EMu. If you are having trouble and none of the issues here apply to you, try searching thi...
EMu Vocabulary
Attachment An attachment links modules together in EMu. By default only the record to which another record was attached will show an attachment relation...