Agronomy and Soils
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[edit] Reference Tools
Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
- CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms and Etymology Ref QK 13 Q 38 2000
- Dictionary of Generic Names of Seed Plants Ref QK11 W 52 1995
- Elsevier's Dictionary of Horticultural and Agricultural Plant Production:In Ten Languages, English, Dutch, French, German, Danish, Swedish, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Latin Ref SB 45 E 42 1990
- Elsevier's Dictionary of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering: In Five Languages, English, French, Spanish, Dutch, and German RefTA 710 A 15 .T 85 1989
- Encyclopaedia of Seed Production of World Crops SB117 E 45 1998
- Glossary of Crop Science Terms Ref SB 45 G 57 1992
- Multilingual Dictionary of Agronomic Plants Ref SB45.5 M 85 1994
- Plant Identification Terminology: an Illustrated Glossary RefQK 9 H 37 1994
Handbooks and General Reference
- Agrochemicals Desk Reference Ref TD 196 A 34 .M 661997
- Biological Control of Weeds: a World Catalogue of Agents and their TargetWeeds SB 611.5 B 55 1998
- CRC Handbook of Alternative Cash Crops Ref SB 111D 85 1993
- FAO Fertilizer Yearbook HD 9483 A 1 .F 65
- Geochemical Reference Material Compositions: Rocks, Minerals, Sediments, Soils, Carbonates, Refractories and Ores used in Research and IndustryRefQE 438 P 67 1992
- Grower's Weed Identification Handbook Ref SB 611G 76 1990
- Handbook of Soil Science S 591 H 23 2000
- Nomenclatorial Compilation of Plant and Soil Nematodes RefQL 391 N 4 .T 83
- Official Methods of Analysis of AOAC Ref S 587 A73 2000
- Pesticide Manual: a World Compendium: incorporating the Agrochemicals Handbook Ref SB 951 P 434 1994
- Publications Handbook and Style Manual Desk Ref S494.5 A 96 .P83 1998
- Rules for Testing Seeds Ref SB 114 A 1 .A75
- Soil and Plant Analysis Laboratory Registry for the United States and Canada Ref S 593 S 7424 1999
- World Economic Plants: a Standard Reference Ref SB107 W 59 1999
- World List of Seed Sources = Liste Mondiale de Sorces de Semences =Lista Munial de Fuentes de Semillas Ref SB 113.4 F 661996
Subject Profile Call Numbers
| QK | Botany |
| S 583 - S 599.9 | Soils, Soil Science |
| S 600 - S 600.7 | Agricultural Meteorology, Crops and Climate |
| S 604.5 - S 604.64 | Agricultural Conservation |
| S 622 - S 627 | Soil Conservation |
| S 631 - S 667 | Fertilizers and Improvement of the Soil |
| SB 119 - SB 123.75 | Propagation |
| SB 818 - SB 945 | Pest Control and Treatment of Diseases |
| SB 950.9 - SB 970.4 | Pesticides |
| TP 963 | Manufacture, Fertilizers |
[edit] Indexes and Databases
All databases are available on campus and remotelyunless otherwise noted. To access a resource from home, you willneed to type your library ID and last name. Your library ID is usually:two, zero, your Social Security Number, then zero. For example: A person with the Social Security Number 123-45-6789 has the library ID: 201234567890
Subject Databases
- Agricola
- National Agricultural Library's database indexing journal articles, bookchapters, agriculture extension bulletins, etc. from 1979 - Present
- Public access at http://www.nal.usda.gov/ag98/ag98.html
- (For researching agricultural literature from 1942-1978, consult Bibliography of Agriculture S 493 B 525.)
- CABAbstracts
- CAB International's database covering literature in the fields of agriculture,forestry, animal sciences, food science, etc. 1973 - Present
- (For researching agronomic literature before 1973, consult
Weed Abstracts SB 611 W 33,
Soils and Fertilizers S 590 S 67,
Plant Breeding Abstracts SB 123 P 54,
Herbage Abstracts SB 4 H 38, or
Field Crop Abstracts SB 183 F 5.) - BiologicalAbstracts
- Indexes journal articles covering the fields of biology, botany, zoology,microbiology, clinical and experimental medicine, etc. 1990- Present
- (For researching biological literature from 1927-1990, consult Biological Abstracts QH 301 B 37.)
- Business and Industry Database
- Covers public and private companies, industries products and markets. Approximately60% of the database is full text. 1994 - Present
- Chemical Abstracts
- Covers a broad spectrum of technical and scientific information includingchemistry, biochemistry and chemical engineering. 1967 - Present. Onlyavailable on campus.
- (For researching chemical literature from 1907-1966, consult Chemical Abstracts
QD 1 A 51.) - Environmental Sciences
- Indexes literature on aquatic pollution, bacteriology, ecology, energyresources, environmental biotechnology, environmental engineering, etc. from1981 to the present except citations from Selected Water Resources Abstracts begin in 1967.
- For researching environmental literature prior to 1981, refer to AubieCat to find call numbers for the print indexes corresponding to the Environmental Sciences subfiles.
- GeoRef
- American Geological Institute 's database indexing technical literatureon geology and geophysics. 1785 - Present.
General Databases
- Academic Search FULLTEXTElite
- Covers abstracts and indexing for over 3,000 scholarly journals and featuresfull text articles for over 1,200 journals since 1990.
- InfoTrac's Expanded AcademicASAP
- Indexes 1500 journal titles in a variety of subject areas. Articlesin over 500 journals are full text. 1980 – Present
- Dissertation Abstracts
- 1861 – Present. The most current two years are available off campus, butearlier years are only available on campus.
Current Awareness Resources
- Current Contents
- Provides access to the tables of contents and bibliographic data from currentissues of scholarly research journals and books in the sciences. 1996 – Present
- Reveal
- An automated alerting service that delivers the table of contents of periodicalsor results of keyword searches directly to your e-mail address. Availableto AU faculty, graduate students and staff. Be sure to first enter your library barcode, then your password and in the next window choose the Reveal option.
- Ingenta Uncover Plus
- A database of article information taken from over 18,000 journals that allows faxing of articles not owned by AU Libraries. Available to AU faculty, graduate students and staff.
Citation Database
- Science Citation Index
- Provides access to current bibliographic information and cited referencesfrom over 3,300 of the world's leading scientific and technical journals.1984 - Present.
- (For researching citation literature from 1961-1983, consult Science Citation Index
Ref Q 1 S 3693.)
[edit] Journals
- [agsoiljournals.html List of Current Print Agronomy and Soils Journals]
- E-journalsat AU Libraries
- This E-journals list includes ALL subject areas, notjust Agronomy and Soils.
Please note: If you don't see the journal that you needon the above lists, always be sure to check AubieCat. By doing a "journal title" search in that database, you will get the callnumber for any paper subscription and/or a link to any electronic subscription.
To search for articles, see the [#indexes Indexes and Databases]section of this guide[#top Top of page]
[edit] Web Sites
- AgHort 100 Plant Images http://pas.byu.edu/pas100/
- JPEG gallery of approximately 150 economically important plants
- AgNIC (Agriculture Databases) http://www.agnic.org/
- Guide to quality agricultural information on the Internet as selected by the National Agricultural Library, Land-Grant Universities and other institutions
- ARS Pesticide Properties Database http://www.ars.usda.gov/Services/docs.htm?docid=6433
- Compendium of chemical and physical properties of pesticides
- Agriculture Virtual Library http://vlib.org/Agriculture
- Agriculture Links
- Checklist of Online Vegetation and Plant Distribution Maps http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/vegmaps.html
- Arranged by area, world or continent and subdivided by region or country
- Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service http://www.csrees.usda.gov/
- CSREES expands the research and higher education functions of the former Cooperative State Research Service and the education and outreach functions of the former Extension Service. Links to state extension pages.
- EPA Office of Pesticides Programs http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/
- Includes links to safety programs
- FAO Statistical Data http://apps.fao.org/page/collections?subset=agriculture/
- Contains information about harvests of foodstuffs by country or continentin a searchable database
- FAO World Agricultural Information Centre http://www.fao.org/waicent/search/default.asp
- Three parts
- "Documents" for full-text; "FAO Documentation Catalogue" for bibliographic information from the FAO library; "WAICENT" to search indexed web-pages on the FAO site.
- Forage Information System http://forages.oregonstate.edu/index.cfm
- Global forage information resource, including a glossary of forage-related terms
- Grain Genes http://wheat.pw.usda.gov/
- Genetic database for wheat, barley, rye, oat and sugarcane
- Internet Directory for Botany http://www.botany.net/IDB/
- Searchable, browsable gateway for botanical information
- National Resource Conservation Service http://www.mn.nrcs.usda.gov/
- Formerly known as the Soil Conservation Service, the NRCS works to conserve natural resources on private lands
- Source for information on less common crops by the Center for New Crops and Plant Products at Purdue University
- Plant Genonme Data and Information Center http://www.nal.usda.gov/pgdic
- Provides access to many aspects of plant and animal genome mapping
- Transgenic Crops
- An Introduction and Resource Guide http://www.colostate.edu/programs/lifesciences/TransgenicCrops/
- Information and links to resources on the technology and issues surrounding transgenic crops
- Turfgrass Information Center http://www.lib.msu.edu/tgif/
- Comprehensive collection of publicly available turfgrass educationalmaterials
- USDA Current Research Information System [# http://cris.csrees.usda.gov/]
- Reporting system for research projects in agriculture, food and nutrition,and forestry
- Virginia Tech Weed Identification Guide http://www.ppws.vt.edu/scott/weed_id/rightsid.htm
- Identification of common weeds and weed seedlings found in Virginia and the southeastern U.S.
- Web-agri.com http://web-agri.com
- An agricultural search engine (not a directory site) to search over 300,000 web pages
[edit] Research Guides
- Guide to Information Sources in the Botanical SciencesRefQK 45.2 D 38 1996Literature of Crop Science Ref SB 45.65 L 58 1995
Literature of Soil Science Ref S 590.45 L 581994[#top Top of page]
[edit] Associations and Societies
- ASA/CSSA/SSSA http://www.asa-cssa-sssa.org
- American Society of Agronomy/Crop Science Society of America/Soil Science Society of America
- ASAE http://asae.org
- American Society of Agricultural Engineers
- Society of Nematologists
- SWCS http://www.swcs.org
- Soil and Water Conservation Society
- Southern Weed Science Society[#top Top of page]
===Discussion Lists and Newsgroups===GeneralElectronic Mailing Lists at Auburn University http://www.auburn.edu/helpdesk/internet/listserv.html#classmail
- Contains links to help sites for all varieties of mailing lists.
Subject SpecificKovacs' WWW View of Directory of Scholarly and Professional E-Conferenceshttp - //www.kovacs.com/directory.htmlBIOSCI/bionet Electronic Newsgroup Network for Biology http://net.bio.net/[#top Top of page]
===Auburn University Department and Course Pages===Department of Agronomy andSoilsAlabama Land Resource Information CenterAlabama Cooperative Extension System
Agronomy and Soil[http://www.aces.edu/dept/extcomm/publications/anr/anrag.html
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