AGRICOLA Database

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What is the AGRICOLA Database? As one of the most comprehensive sources of U.S. agricultural and life sciences information, the AGRICOLA (AGRICultural OnLine Access) database serves as the catalog and index to the collections of the National Agricultural Library and the research of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). AGRICOLA has been available online since 1970 and contains more than 4.1 million citations to journal articles, book chapters, monographs, theses, patents, software, audiovisual materials, and technical reports related to agriculture. The database contains thousand of records with links to online full-text documents. AGRICOLA encompasses all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines, including animal and veterinary sciences, entomology, pland sciences, forestry, aquaculture and fisheries, farming and farming systems, agricultural economics, extension and education, food and human nutrition, agricultural engineering and technology, and earth and environmental sciences. The NAL Agricultural Thesaurus (NALT) and Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) serve as the controlled vocabularies for indexing and cataloging records. The database covers materials from as far back as the 15th century.

Who Should Access the AGRICOLA Database and Why?
Anyone needing access to information pertaining to agriculture should use AGRICOLA to comprehensively locate U.S. monographic and journal literature. In addition there is extensive monographic coverage of world-wide agricultural information.

AGRICOLA Subject Coverage Includes:

Agricultural Products	Feed Science	Natural Resources
Animal Science	Fertilizers	Pesticides
Aquaculture	Fibers and Textiles	Physiology
Biotechnology	Food and Nutrition	Plant and Animal
Botany	Forestry	Plant Sciences
Conservation	Horticulture	Pollution
Cytology	Human Ecology	Public Health
Agricultural Economics	Human Nutrition	Rural Sociology
Agricultural Education	Hydrology	Soil Sciences
Energy	Hydroponics	Veterinary Medicine
Engineering	Microbiology	Water Quality

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Last Updated: August 22, 2008