Agriculture - Plant Sciences
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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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) 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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| AUSPORT : Australian Sport Database via Informit A sports database that has some material on turf management topics. |
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| Australian Bureau of Statistics : ABS Provides state and national statistics covering agriculture, balance of payments, international investment, building and construction, and much more. |
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| Biological Sciences via Proquest (1982 - present) Covers journals, conference proceedings and monographs within the biological sciences with a good coverage of the plant sciences. |
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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 Connect via 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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| EVA : Environmental Abstracts via Informit Online (1987 - present) Covers both local and international information on most aspects of environmental protection. |
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| Flora of Australia Online A free online resource of Australian flora. Contains uniform descriptions with identification keys, illustrations and distribution maps. |
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| Google Scholar An academic version of the famous search engine. |
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| GrantSearch NB: No subscriber search available; free search only Australia's most comprehensive index of grant opportunities. |
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| Index Kewensis (1882 - 1992) A database containing botanical classification and plant indexes. Available at Badham Library. |
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| International Plant Names Index : IPNI A database of the names and associated basic bibliographical details of all seed plants. |
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| Journal Citation Reports via 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 but can be used for finding 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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| 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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| Proquest Central (formerly Proquest 5000) A general database with a good coverage of international agricultural including horticulture and some turf management. |
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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 International chemistry journal articles, conferences, books, reports, patents within the Chemical Abstracts database; Chemical Abstracts from 1907, and Medline from 1966. A good source of material for agricultural chemistry and biomedical science. 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 A web search engine focussing primarily on the sciences, which 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. |
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| SPORTDiscus via Ebsco A large international sports database with a good selection of turf management material. |
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| Viticulture and Enology Abstracts : VITIS-VEA A free, international database covering viticulture and enology. |