Agriculture

This is a general research guide for the undergraduate and graduate courses in OSU's Agriculture program. You'll find suggestions for locating books, articles, topical overviews, research tools, and factual information. If further assistance is needed, please contact the subject librarian for Agriculture to arrange an appointment: May Chau, ph# 737-0565, May Chau@oregonstate.edu

 

 
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Finding Books in Online Catalogs       Other Useful Internet Sites
Finding Articles in Journals Other Useful Subject Research Guides
Reference Sources
Dictionaries & thesauri
Encyclopedias
Handbooks & directories
Maps & Atlases
Yearbooks & literature reviews
Statistics
Statistical sources for the USA

 

Finding Books in Online Catalogs

The library has many books on agriculture and related areas. You can browse in the call number range from S1-969; and SB 1-177. You are welcome to drop by the reference desk to ask for help at any time. Our friendly staff will be glad to assist you in any way to find information.

OSU Libraries Catalog

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Finding Articles in Journals

These are available online in the Electronic Reference Center of The Valley Library, or through the Library Web page. Earlier years are available on the network or in printed formats. Check the titles in the OSU Libraries Catalog for call numbers and location.

Comprehensive searching

AGRICOLA 1970-present
A major Agriculture database covers journal articles, government reports and extension publications. Primarily focused on US agriculture. The older version is in printed format known as Bibliography of Agriculture (Ref:Z 5073 .U53)

Biological and Agricultural Index 1983-present
English-language periodicals in life sciences and agricultural subjects, published in the U.S. and elsewhere. A good resource for undergraduate research.

Biological Abstracts - Index to research articles from over 9000 journals. Also includes government reports and conference papers.
Abstracts and index: 1997-present

CAB Abstracts 1990-present
This is international in scope and lists agriculture articles, reports, conference proceedings, and monographs etc. in all languages from various countries. Older versions: 1984-1989 is on the CD network and beyond that is in the printed format dependent upon the topic.

Index Kewensis -- Index only: 1883- October 1992
Listing of plant names, their authors and places of publication. This CD contains all of the information in the two original print volumes and 19 print supplements of Index Kewensis.

Electronic journals

OSU Libraries online journals related to agriculture
These must be searched one journal title at a time, so this is not a very efficient way to search.

Unless you are interested in searching one specific electronic journal, it is recommended that you use a periodical index/database to do your searching. One advantage of electronic journals is that they are full-text online. This list is subject to change, and years of coverage will vary by journal.

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Reference Sources

Dictionaries & thesauri

  • Agriculture Dictionary by Roy V. Herron.---REF S411 H47 1991

Encyclopedias

  • Encyclopedia of American agricultural history / Edward L. Schapsmeier, Frederick H. Schapsmeier.---REF S441 S36
  • Encyclopedia of agricultural science / edited by Charles J. Arntzen, Ellen M. Ritter. A four volume set.--- REF S441 E713 1994

Handbooks & directories

  • Agriculture Handbook by USDA - S21 A42 - Agriculture Handbook is a monographic series, each with a separate theme and is published by USDA. The library holding continues from volume one on to present, but a few issues are missing in between. This is a very informative series and is easy to understand.
  • Current contents. Agriculture, biology, & environmental sciences--- REF Z5071 C86
  • Directory Oregon Department of Agriculture by Oregon Department of Agriculture. REF S105 .A37
  • Publications handbook and style manual by American Society of Agronomy,Crop Science Society of America and Soil Science Society of America.--- REF S494.5 A96 P83 1988

Maps & Atlases

  • The Library has an extensive Map Collection on the 3rd floor. There are topographic maps that may be useful for agriculture. The Map Collection also includes some vegetation and forest maps and atlases. Most maps are cataloged in the online catalog, Oasis. For assistance with identifying and locating maps, contact the Government Documents Help Desk on the 3rd floor.

Yearbooks and literature reviews

  • OSU Agricultural Experiment Station Special Report--- S105 E55
  • Agriculture Research Foundation, OSU Report--- S105 B4 1982-1991
  • OSU Agricultural Experiment Station Technical Bulletin---S105 E24
  • OSU Agricultural Experiment Station, Circular of Information--- S105 E544
  • Profile---S105 E544
  • OSU Agricultural Experiment Station, Technical Papers---S105 E9

OSU has extension literature from every states shelved under the Call Number S31 E3 to S131 E47. The article database AGRICOLA indexes extension literature

Statistics

Statistical Sources for the USA

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Other Useful Internet Sites

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Other Useful Subject Research Guides

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