Agricultural Science Databases
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| CAB Abstracts via ISI Web of Knowledge (1910 - present) Agriculture and veterinary science database. This database covers local and international material on Agriculture, Animal, Veterinary , Plant and Environmental Sciences, Human Health, Food and Nutrition, Leisure and Tourism, Microbiology and Parasitology. |
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| Web of Science via ISI Web of Knowledge One of the largest Science databases with good coverage of agriculture, food and natural resources. It also provides citation analysis of authors, journals and subject areas. |
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| ANR-Index : Agriculture and Natural Resources Index and Archive via Informit Online (1975 - present) Essential for finding Australian agriculture and natural resources industry information and is particularly useful for locating government documents.  |
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| BIOSIS Previews via ISI Web of Knowledge (1926 - present) A major resource for all biological sciences and particularly useful for searching experimental research. |
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| GeoRef via GeoScienceWorld (1785 - present) Georef is the most comprehensive database for Geosciences and is particularly relevant for soil science and natural resources. Georef is also available through CSA |
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| More databases useful for the Agricultural Sciences (A - Z) | |
| AANRO : Australian Agriculture and Natural Resources Online A free database useful for finding Australian agriculture and natural resources industry information; has similar content to the ANR-Index. |
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| AGRIS/CARIS (1975 - present) AGRIS covers all aspects of international agriculture, in particular the developing world and includes some material not published in journals or books. |
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| AgSpace AgSpace provides full text access to research and policy documents written by the US Government on agriculture, food and the natural environment. |
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| Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts via Proquest (1971 - present) ASFA should be the first stop for all aspects of aquaculture including oceanography, marine technology and natural resources. |
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| Australian Bureau of Statistics : ABS ABS provides state and national statistics covering agriculture, balance of payments, international investment, building and construction, and much more. |
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| Conference Papers Index via Proquest A useful resource for finding conference papers as these are not generally included in other databases. |
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| Current Contents Connectvia ISI Web of Knowledge A quick and easy way of keeping up to date with material published in your subject area. |
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| Declared Plants of Australia Contains information on over 300 species of declared plants and 600 weed species. Available at Badham and Camden Libraries only. |
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| ELIXIR : DPI's Electronic Library Exchange for Information Resources via Informit Online (1990 - present) Covers agriculture, mineral resources, conservation and land management/planning and is produced by the Victorian Department of Primary Industries. |
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| ENDANGER : Threatened Species in Australia via Informit Online (1960 - present) Covers all threatened Australian plants and animals and includes published and unpublished material. |
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| Environmental Abstracts : EVA via Informit Online (1987 - present) Covers both local and international information on most aspects of environmental protection including water and pollution management. |
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| Geobase (1884 - present) Geobase is an important database for soil science and geography. |
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| Google Scholar An academic version of the famous search engine. |
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| GrantSearch Australia's most comprehensive index of grant opportunities. |
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| Grazfeed Grazfeed allows the calculation of the energy and protein requirements of sheep and cattle grazing a particular pasture or lot feed. Available at Badham and Camden Libraries only. |
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| Invasive Species Compendium Beta This is an open access reference work covering recognition, biology, distribution, impact and management of the world's invasive plants and animals. It currently covers over 1,500 species with basic summary and detailed datasheets. You can also access over 800 full text articles and 65,000 abstract summaries, with plans to add 10,000 more by the end of 2011. More information |
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| Journal Citation Reportsvia ISI Web of Knowledge Discover analytical information on journals such as impact factor and citation frequency. |
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| Livestock Library Searches Australian industry and government sites for information on our beef and sheep industry. This is particularly useful for locating government publications on all aspects of Australian agriculture. |
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| National Agricultural Library (Agricola) A North American agriculture, food and natural resources database. |
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| NetLibrary eBooks covering a large range of topics including agriculture, food and natural resources. |
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| Plant Science via Proquest (1994 - present) International database focussing on the plant sciences and includes turf management, horticulture and plant breeding. |
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| Prime Notes Comprehensive fact sheets on Australian agriculture from the Australian federal and state government departments. Available on Library workstations from the "Additional Databases" folder on the PC Desktop. |
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| Rainman - Rainfall information Analysis of Australian rainfall and climate. Available at Badham and Camden Libraries only. |
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| SciFinder Web Version A good source of material for agricultural chemistry. Note: New users must register before using the web version. Your UniKey login is required for registration. This database can only be used by staff and students of the University of Sydney. Note: Google Chrome not supported. Scifinder System Requirements |
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| Scirus Scirus is a web search engine focussing primarily on the sciences that filters out non-scholarly material. |
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| Scopus Scopus is a large multidisciplinary database covering published material in the humanities and sciences. It also provides citation analysis of authors and subject areas. Jan 2012: Mac OS 10.7 (Lion) not currently supported in Document Download Manager |
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| Water Information System for the Environment : WISE A collection of material on water resources relating to NSW and Central Australian catchment areas. |
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| Woolwise Covers all aspects of wool and the Australian wool industry. Available at Badham and Camden Libraries only |