Welcome to LARC, the online library and research center of the Kansas Biological Survey at the University of Kansas!

LARC is open to everyone -- whether you're a member of the general public, a K12 or college student, a teacher or college instructor, or a member of the scientific research community.

If you're looking for resources from a specific KBS research unit, you can certainly find them here but you can also visit that unit's homepage and locate them directly there as well -- each KBS research unit has an individual library to house its own resources. Go to: KBS Research Unit page

Quick Guide to LARC Contents --

Publications

Citation listing, abstracts, and/or full text of publications by KBS research faculty, staff, and students. These are mostly articles that have appeared in scholarly journals or short articles, commentaries, and notes published in popular science magazines.

KBS Technical Reports

Technical reports are internally published documents that have been prepared by KBS for various grants and contracts. These may be viewed in full-text form and downloaded by anyone.

Photography Collections

Large collection of high-quality images, created from KBS 35-mm color slides, of Kansas' wildflowers, grasses, animals, streams, landscapes and more.

Kansas Satellite Imagery & Database Archive

Access to KansasView, the State of Kansas' remote sensing data gateway and viewer. Browse, preview, and download remote sensing imagery and datasets.

Datasets

Search KBS databases for numeric data, spatial data (including GIS data layers), and more. Downloadable datasets in various formats.

Special Collections

Access to special resources such as the KBS Field Guide Series, KS Historic Plat Map Collection, that have been specially created for online use by aggregating various electronic LARC resources into a single thematic collection.