Library Guides: AGRI340-Knupp: Agriculture Indexes

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Agriculture Indexes & Databases

AGRICOLA This link opens in a new window
AGRICOLA is an index to over 4 million citations to journal articles, books and book chapters, theses and dissertations, government and other publications related to agriculture. It contains information on materials published since 1970, including links to digital agriculture publications when available. To find a subject term for a particular topic, use the Agricola Thesaurus.

AGRICOLA Thesaurus
A list of subject headings used to describe publications that are indexed in AGRICOLA.
Extension Search
A website that can be used to do a Google search for publications and resources provided by Cooperative Extension Service groups at over 70 Land-Grant universities.

ASABE Technical Library This link opens in a new window
A collection of publications from the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE), including full-text journal articles, papers from Annual and Section meetings, conference proceedings, textbooks, books, lectures and special publications. It covers a variety of topics including soil erosion, alternative fuels, and management of watersheds and animal waste.
Biological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
An index to articles in over 4000 journals in the Biological Sciences, from 1996 to the present. Full text can be found using the Find It! button.
Science Citation Index (via Web of Science) This link opens in a new window
SCI is an interdisciplinary index to articles in over 3,500 journals from 2004 to the present. It can be used to search for information on who has cited an article. It can also be used to sign up for an account to EndNote, an online system that can be used to access, update and organize references for research.
MEDLINE This link opens in a new window
MEDLINE contains references to journal articles in medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine and health care published since 1965.
Catalog of U.S. Government Publications This link opens in a new window
An index to publications from U.S. government agencies, including the U.S. Congress. Many recent publications are available in full-text. WIU students, faculty and staff can aslo search the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications through First Search.
Agricola at the National Agriculture Library This link opens in a new window
This version of Agricola is available for free from the National Agriculture Library (NAL). Books and government publications are in one database, while journal articles are in another, each of which must be searched separately. Some older government publications are available digitally through the NAL version of Agricola, while they may only be available as Microfiche in WestCat, I-Share or the other version of the index.

Is it a Refereed (Peer-Reviewed) Journal?

Ulrich's International Periodicals This link opens in a new window
Ulrich's is an index that lists over 300,000 periodicals and journals by title, and provides information on the publisher, indexing and subjects. It can be used to determine whether a journal is peer reviewed (refereed).