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- AGRICOLA (1970-present)
National Agricultural Library, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, MD
Provides comprehensive coverage of worldwide literature of agriculture and related subjects, such as pollution, pesticides, and natural resources. Select items have indexing terms and abstracts.
Updated monthly and contains over 4 million citations from the NAL collection of journals, monographs, and videos.
For more information see About the NAL Catalog (AGRICOLA).
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- AQUATIC SCIENCES AND FISHERIES ABSTRACTS (ASFA) (1978-Present)
Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, Bethesda, MD
Covers the science, technology and management of marine and freshwater environments. Topics include pollution of aquatic environments, oceanography, aquaculture, and other living resources. Contains citations to over 5,000 journals, monographs, conference proceedings, and technical reports.
Updated monthly and contains approximately 850,000 records.
For more information see the ASFA Factsheet.
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- WATER RESOURCES ABSTRACTS (1967-Present)
Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, Bethesda, MD
Contains citations on water-related topics covering the characteristics, conservation, control, pollution, treatment, use and management of water resources. Most citations include abstracts drawn from journals, books, conference proceedings, and technical reports in the physical and life sciences, as well as from engineering, legal and government publications. Topics include groundwater, estuaries, water supply and conservation, watershed protection, water quality management, and engineering works and hydraulics.
Updated monthly and contains approximately 380,000 records.
For more information see the Water Resources Factsheet.
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Other Databases Covering Water-Related Topics |
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- CAB ABSTRACTS® (1973-present)
CAB International, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, U.K.
Covers journals in 50 different languages from over 140 countries, as well as books, theses, and conference proceedings. Advantages in comparison to AGRICOLA: provides abstracts for many documents and cites many non-U.S. publications.
Updated weekly and contains over 4 million records.
For more information see this CAB Abstracts® Web site.
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- FISH & FISHERIES WORLDWIDE (1971-Present)
National Information Services Corporation, Baltimore, MD
Comprised of a collection of databases related to ichthyology, fish culture, fisheries, and related aspects of aquaculture. Topics include culture and propagation, limnology and oceanography, genetics and behavior, natural history, parasites, diseases, habitat management, fish processing/marketing, and fisheries management. Records are indexed to provide taxonomic and geographic search terms.
Updated quarterly and contains over 350,000 records.
For more information see the Fish & Fisheries Worldwide Factsheet.
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- FOREST SERVICE DATABASE (1904-Present)
U. S. Forest Service, Atlanta, GA
Provides access to U.S. Forest Service published or authored materials in addition to other forestry-related materials from the U.S. Forest Service Library catalog. Types of materials include technical reports, research papers, journal articles, regulatory documents, environmental impact statements, proceedings and books.
Updated daily and contains over 185,000 records.
For more information see the Forest Service Database Homepage.
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Last Modified: Wednesday, 03-Dec-2008 17:22:31 EST
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