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Department
of Agriculture
Departmental Research Guide
This research guide relays some basic information on library
and information resources pertaining to the concerns of
this department, as provided by University Libraries and/or
sites on the World Wide Web.
1.
LC Call Nos. - - - 2.
Finding Articles - - - 3.
Reference Collection - - - 4.
Ag Faculty - - - 5.
Professional Societies - - - 6.
Web Sites
1.
To Shelf-Browse for Books (using main Library
of Congress Subject Divisions)
Books
on subjects associated with this field are shelved under
the call number ranges listed below. Use TOPCAT
to search for specific items in the collection, or more
narrowly-defined subjects.
Golf
Courses & Greens (GV975) ------- Economics
of Agriculture (HD1401 - HD2210 & HD9000
- HD9495) ------- Agricultural Insurance (HG9966
- HG9969.4) ------- Rural Sociology (HT401 - HT485)
------- Plant Physiology (QK640 - QK707) -------
Microbial Ecology (QR111 - QR113) ------- General
Agriculture (S) ------- Plant Culture (SB)
------- Forestry (SD) ------- Animal Culture (SF)
------- Aquaculture/Fisheries (SH) ------- General
Hunting (SK1 - SK21) ------- Agriculture Bibliography
(Z5071 - Z5076) ------- Botany Bibliography (Z5351
- Z5358) ------- Dairying Bibliography (Z5706 -
Z5707) ------- Gardening Bibliography (Z5996 -
Z5997) ------- Horses Bibliography (Z6240)
------- Tobacco Bibliography (Z7882)
2.
To Find Journal and Magazine Articles (using indexing/abstracting/full-text
services)
The
following services are recommended for courses for first-year
students and nonmajors:
- Academic
Search Premier
and MasterFILE Premier: These two all-subject
WWW-based services (they are part of the EBSCOhost
system) feature indexing and abstracting of many journals
and magazines WKU Libraries receives in hardcopy, plus
a large selection of articles in full-text.
- Science
(Magazine) Online (AAAS).
- ArticleFirst:
This all-subject FirstSearch-based database indexes
almost 13000 journals and magazines from 1992 onward,
including some ninety percent of the ones University Libraries
carries in hardcopy.
- Google
Scholar: A free Web-based Google service that
restricts searches to the scholarly literature. Now features
linking to full-text of articles held by WKU.
The
following services are recommended for use by advanced students
and researchers:
- Biological
and Agricultural Index: A Web-based database
that indexes many of the most important agriculture-related
titles. A paper version running through 1997 is located
in Reference at S1.B5x (ref.per.ind.).
- AGRICOLA:
A WWW-based service that provides indexing and some abstracting
for many important research journals and magazines in
agriculture.
- Science
(Magazine) Online (AAAS).
- Nature
(Magazine) Online.
- SpringerLink:
Access to about 1000 Springer journals with full content
back to about 1997.
- BIOSCIENCEnetBASE:
A collection of around 250 e-books in the biological sciences
and related subjects.
- ejournal
collections by individual publisher: Cambridge
Journals Online, ScienceDirect (Elsevier),
and Wiley Interscience. Abstracting of the nearly
2000 science journals published by these companies, with
some full-text available at each site (individually).
- BIOSIS
Previews: This abstracting service combines Biological
Abstracts and Biological Abstracts/RRM (Reports,
Reviews, and Meetings) to provide global coverage of the
life sciences and biomedical sciences literature.
- DOAJ
(Directory of Open Access Journals):
"This service covers free, full text, quality controlled
scientific and scholarly journals" (across all subject
areas, and in multiple languages).
- Electronic
Journal Service: EJS (Ebsco): Full-text
articles, tables of content, and abstracts from journals
across all subject areas.
- ECO
(FirstSearch KYVL database): No
full-text, but provides indexing of WKU hardcopy journal
subscriptions across all subject areas.
- Google
Scholar: As described above.
- ArticleFirst:
As described above.
- Ingenta:
A free online database indexing some 28000 journals and
magazines from the 1980s onward. Offers for-pay text delivery.
- Marcive
Web DOCS: A WWW-based
service that indexes monographic series by the U.S. Government,
including those on agricultural subjects.
Special
resource: Comprehensive
List of Indexes, Abstracts, and Full-Text Services Related
to the Natural & Applied Sciences Held by University Libraries
Special resource:
TDNet
Electronic Journal Finder [use to access Libraries'
electronic journals, magazines, and newspapers, as well
as some indexes and databases containing full-text articles;
includes a comprehensive A-Z listing of titles]
3.
Monographic and Other Reference Materials in the Helm Library
and Kentucky Building
The
following are recommended for use:
- handbooks,
dictionaries, encyclopedias, directories, etc.: available
in Reference, mainly in the S, SB, SD,
SF, and SH parts of the collection.
See the Shelf
List of Science & Technology-Related Reference Works in
the Reference Department, Helm Library.
- artifacts,
publications and manuscript materials in the Kentucky
Building on agricultural practices, tobacco, forestry,
care of stock, veterinary medicine and farming.
4.
Department of Agriculture Faculty
WKU
Department of Agriculture Faculty http://www.wku.edu/agriculture/faculty&staff.htm
5.
Related Professional Societies (for professional news, careers/jobs,
memberships, etc.)
6.
Web Sites Recommended by Department of Agriculture Faculty
Gateways,
etc. Agricultural
Issues Companies
Dairy/Animals/Vet
Med Plants/Horticulture/Crops/Pests/Soils
Gateways & General or Miscellaneous Sites:
Agricultural
Issues-Related Sites:
Companies:
Dairy,
Animals & Vet Med:
Plants,
Horticulture, Crops, Pests & Soils
University
Libraries Liaison:
Charles
H. Smith (x6079 / charles.smith@wku.edu)
last updated 4/14/2008
page maintained by Charles H. Smith
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