Where to Start - Agriculture Research

This guide provides you with a list of databases, journals, and more to support your agriculture research. 

General Agriculture Databases

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• AGRICOLA direct or via Ebsco or Proquest - Agriculture literature including animal and veterinary sciences, entomology, plant sciences, forestry, aquaculture and fisheries, and farming and farming systems, among others.
• Agricultural & Environmental Science Database - Scholarly journals and other periodicals related to all facets of agricultural & environmental sciences, including toxicology, energy and animal sciences.
• Agriculture Journals - North American agricultural journals covering animal and veterinary sciences, plant sciences, forestry, aquaculture, farming, agricultural economics, food and human nutrition.
• Gale OneFile: Agriculture - Periodicals related to all aspects of agriculture and related subjects.
• Cambridge Journals - Online journals on a wide variety of ecological and sustainability topics.
• Web of Science - Multidisciplinary information including Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index.

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Agriculture Services and Development Databases

• ASABE Technical Library - Journal articles, conference proceedings, books, and technical standards documents published by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.
• CAB Abstracts (current and archive) - Abstracts of journal articles, conference papers, and reports from life sciences, including agriculture, environment, veterinary science, applied economics, food and nutrition, etc.
• ClasePeriodica - articles, book reviews, conferences, interviews, research studies, etc. published in Latin American journals about agriculture, arts, economics, education, engineering, foreign affairs, humanities, Pan-American issues, sciences, social sciences, and technology. Multilingual entries: Spanish, Portuguese, French, and English.
• JSTOR - Anthropology, Ecology & Botany, Business, Economics, Finance, General Science, History, Literature and Languages, Mathematics, Philosophy, Political Science, Population Studies, Sociology, and Statistics.
• Natural Science Collection - Periodicals on a wide range of natural science topics, including agriculture, geosciences, and life sciences.

Agribusiness Databases

• Business Collection - Business journals, trade publications, and news covering all areas of business.
• Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Reference Center - covers all aspects of business continuity and disaster recovery (BC/DR), including risk evaluation, emergency preparedness and crisis communications.
• Small Business Collection - Trade journals and other periodicals related to entrepreneurship, and other areas of small business management.
• Small Business Reference Center - Entrepreneurial help and advises information on business plans, and business videos. Also contains state-specific information.

Agriculture Communication Databases

• GPO (U.S. Government Publications) - U.S. Government documents including Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records; judiciary materials; and documents issued by executive departments (USDA, State, Labor, Office of the President, etc.)
• OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) Library - Monographs, reports, periodicals, and statistical databases.