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University of Connecticut Library Collections and Services:

• The UCONN Libraries Catalog: HOMER UCAT
• Electronic Journals
• Document Delivery and Interlibrary Loan Service
  Available only to members of the UConn community.
• Request for Purchase
  Use this form to suggest titles to be added to the Libraries' collections
• Agriculture Journals at UConn

Library Databases

• AGRICOLA via EbscoHost
  Covers all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines, including animal and veterinary sciences, entomology, plant sciences, forestry, aquaculture and fisheries, farming and farming systems, agricultural economics, extension and education, food and human nutrition, and earth and environmental sciences. From 1970 on.
• AGRICOLA via National Agricultural Library
  See above
  Search the Agricola Thesaurus, which began use in 2003. Previously, the CAB thesaurus (see CABDirect below) was used for subject indexing.
• AGRIS International
  Covers general agriculture, extension, administration and legislation, economics, development, and rural sociology, plant production, forestry, animal production, aquatic sciences and fisheries, machinery and buildings, natural resources, food science, home economics, human nutrition, and pollution. International coverage. From 1975 on.
• BIOSIS Previews
  All aspects of biology. Covers journals, book chapters, conference proceedings, etc., from 1969 on.
• CABDirect
  Covers all areas of agriculture and related disiplines. Over 9,000 journals and 2,500 books indexed, with over 4 million records. Most comprehensive international coverage available. From 1973-
• Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
  Includes Water Resources Abstracts, Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts, and more
• CARIS - Current Agricultural Research Information System
  Information about current and past worldwide research projects in or for developing countries. 1975-
• CRIS - Current Research Information System
  Ongoing and recently completed U.S. research projects in agriculture, food and nutrition, and forestry. From the US Department of Agriculture
• JSTOR Journals - Ecology & Botany Collection
  Full text of 29 prominent journals in the field, from their beginnings (often 100 years or more)
• PubMed
  The National Library of Medicine's great database, covering health, nutrition, developmental biology, etc.
• Web of Science
  Multidisciplinary database and the only one to offer Citation Searching; an essential resource for comprehensive research. From 1994 on.
• WorldCat
  Contains the book, journal, video, etc., holdings of libraries around the U.S. and the world

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Key Web Sites for Agriculture

Dictionaries and Other Reference
• Agriculture: A Glossary of Terms, Programs, and Laws - from the Congressional Research Service, useful for the laws and regulations of the federal government
• Common Names of Plant Diseases from the American Phytopathological Society
• FDA Pesticide Glossary
• Glossary of Crop Science Terms from the Crop Science Society of America
• Horticultural Glossary from the University of Connecticut Plant Database
• Internet Glossary of Soil Science Terms from the Soil Science Society of America

  Statistics and Other Data

• Agricultural Outlook
  Comprehensive statistical tables and more in-depth narrative reporting of agricultural producion in the U.S. and beyond
• Connecticut: 2002 Census of Agriculture (pdf file)
• Connecticut: 1997 Census of Agriculture (pdf file)
• FAOSTAT
  Contains 3 million records of crops production, land use, forestry, fisheries, etc.
• FAO/GIEWS -- Food Outlook List of Numbers
• Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States (FATUS) -- from the USDA Economic Research Service
  Data products provide information on agricultural trade with the world; production, consumption, and trade of principal crops, livestock, oilseed meals and oils; and agricultural budget outlays.
• National Agricultural Statistics Service
  Includes Census of Agriculture and many other data sources
• National Soil Information System
  Gateway to soil surveys, soil classification, GIS data, etc.
• New England Agricultural Statistics Service
  Hit or miss, often most current source of regional statistics - look under Publications
• Plant Genome Central
  Gene maps primarily for agriculturally important crops, and links to other resources

  Extension Publications and Information

• National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service
  Fact sheets (and much more) for sustainable/organic production
• Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station publications
  Includes bulletins, fact sheets, Plant Pest Handbook, etc.
• Connecticut Cooperative Extension Service Fact Sheets
  Consumer/Public Information on gardening, pest management, pollution, etc., within Connecticut
• E-answers
  Searchable site of Extension Service publications from around the country, covering agriculture, forestry, fishing, family/consumer issues, lawn and garden, child development, 4-H/youth, environment, public policy, economics, water quality, etc.

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• The Core Historical Literature of Agriculture (CHLA)
  Full-text literature of agriculture, animal science, food science, forestry, soil science, etc., dating from the mid-eighteenth century on. From Cornell University.
• National Agricultural Library Digital Repository
  Documents primarily from the USDA, including Agriculture Information Bulletin, the Agricultural Economic Report, and the Yearbook of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
• AgZines
  Online journals and newsletters

  Gateways

• Agriculture-related Professional & Scholarly Societies
• National Agricultural Library
• National Wetlands Research Center of the U.S. Geological Survey
• Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development
• Plant Culture -- Links from CyberStacks(sm) Agriculture
• Science.gov: Agriculture
  Content across federal government agencies
• Water Resources on the Internet
  A page of links published by Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship