Primary Research and Literature Databases : Databases : Alternative Farming Systems Information Center

Note: The majority of the databases listed below provide free online access and downloading. For information about searching fee-based (noted with $) databases and journals, e-mail AFSIC.

OrganicAgInfo
Organic Agriculture Consortium (OAC); Scientific Congress on Organic Agricultural Research (SCOAR).
http://www.organicaginfo.org/
Literature and research. Citations, abstracts, mostly full-text documents.
"Current, accurate, scientifically-based or practically validated information about organic agriculture" - production, economic data, research results, farmer anecdotes, certification information, transition strategies, as well as many other subjects related to organic agriculture. Divider

Organic Eprints
Danish Research Centre for Organic Farming (DARCOF); Forschungsinstitut fuer biologischen Landbau (FiBL) [Research Institute of Organic Agriculture, Switzerland].
http://orgprints.org/
Literature and research. Citations, abstracts, mostly full-text documents.
Primarily European papers related to research in organic agriculture. The archive contains full-text papers in electronic form together with bibliographic information, abstracts and other metadata. Divider

Organic Research Database [$]
CABI Publishing.
http://www.organic-research.com
Research and literature. Citations, abstracts, some full-text documents.
Database of international research on organic farming, sustainable agriculture and soil fertility. Indexes over 1000 serials as well as hundreds of non-serial publications, covering literature from 125 countries. Divider

Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) National Projects Database
USDA. CSREES. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education.
http://www.sare.org/projects/index.htm
Research. Project descriptions and reports; abstracts, some full-text documents.
Covers previously and currently funded USDA SARE projects (approximately 2500 since 1988) including dollar amount, years, and investigator information. Can be searched by keyword, title and project number; and within region or state; or by type of project.