Agriculture

Databases: find journal articles, technical reports, standards, etc.

• Academic Search Complete. Provides full text for over 6,300 scholarly publications.
• AgEcon: Research in agriculture and applied economics
• AGRICOLA. Agricultural Online Access. Sponsored by National Agriculture Library. 1970 to present. Use the NAL (National Agricultural Library) thesaurus for better search terms and results.  There is also an internet version of AGRICOLA from the National Agricultural Library.
• Agricultural Communications Documentation Center. Emphasizes human and social dimensions. Univ. of Illinois.
• AGRIS. Sponsored by the United Nations. Food and Agriculture Organization. 1975 to present.
• Business & Company Resource Center. Searchable article database + company and industry information
• Business Source Complete. Provides full text for over 3,700 business journals.
• Cooperative Extension Publications by State. Full-text reports.
• Core Historical Literature of Agriculture. Cornell University. 1849 texts full-text
• CRIS: Current Research Information System. Indexes USDA sponsored research projects.
• FAO Corporate Document Repository. Full text reports of the Food and Agriculture Organization.
• FAO World Agricultural Information Centre (WAICENT) Portal.  
• HSELINE Database. Occupational safety and health resources.
• Index to U.S.D.A. Agriculture Handbooks.  Some handbooks are available in full text.
• Index to U.S.D.A Agriculture Information Bulletins
• Index to U.S.D.A. Miscellaneous Publications
• Index to U.S.D.A. Technical Bulletins
• NASD - National Ag Safety Database. full text publications
• National Agricultural Library Digital Collections.
• NSSN: National Standards Systems Network
• OSHLINE with NIOSHTIC Database. Occupational safety and health resources.
• Quick Stats:  Agricultural Statistics Data Base.    Provides U.S., State, and County level agricultural statistics for many commodities and data series.
• Plantfacts - Factsheet Database. Ohio State University, Dept Horticultural and Crop Science
• Science.gov. New improved gateway to U.S. government publications and web sites.  12 major science agencies are collaborating on this project.  They have recently added relevancy-ranked order to the results of a search.  It includes 30 databases and over 1700 web sites.
• U.S. Patent Database.
• World Bank - Documents & Reports. Searchable database of over 130,000 World Bank documents, many in full-text.

Library Catalogs

• URSUS - University of Maine System catalog.  
• MaineCat -  College, university, and major public libraries in Maine.  
• Library of Congress. Online catalog.
• Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (CISTI) Catalog.
• U.S. National Agriculture Library.   Catalog and AGRICOLA.

Encyclopedias,  Dictionaries, and Glossaries

• An Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology Annotated Dictionary
• Glossary for Agroforestry
• Glossary of Forage Terms
• Glossary of Soil Science Terms. Soil Science Society of America

Maine Resources

• Farm Credit of Maine
  Farmers Markets around the country
  Finding Maine Food and Farms

• Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station.  (MAFES) The University of Maine.  They conduct research in agriculture, forest resources, aquaculture and rural economic development. Some of their publications are available in PDF format through their web site.

• Maine Agriculture Center. The University of Maine.
• Maine Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources
• Maine Farm Bureau
• Maine Farmlink - assists farmers in buying, selling, leasing or transferring farmland.
• Maine Land Trust Network
• Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association.  (MOFGA)
• Maine Potato Board
• Maine State Soil - Chesuncook
• Natural Resources Conservation Service in Maine.
• New England Plant, Soil and Water Laboratory.  Part of the USDA.
• Page Farm and Home Museum.  University of Maine.
• Pine Tree State 4-H Foundation
• University of Maine. School of Forest Resources
• University of Maine. Cooperative Extension
• University of Maine. Dept. of Plant, Soil and Environmental Sciences.
• University of Maine. Environmental Horticulture Program

Professional Societies

• American Agricultural Economics Association
• American Chemical Society
• American Farm Bureau Federation
• American Farmland Trust
• American Horticultural Society
• American Society of Agricultural  and Biological Engineers
• American Society of Agronomy
• Association of Women in Agriculture
• Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
• Crop Science Society of America
• CropLife America
• Entomological Society of America
• Northeastern Weed Science Society
• Soil Science Society of America
• Weed Science Society of America

Government Agencies

• Agricultural Research Service
• Cooperative Extension Publications by State. Full-text reports.
• Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES) - State and National Partners - more extensive database.  CSREES, USDA
• Data Sets. Economic Research Service. USDA. Maine
• Farm Service Agency
• National Agricultural Biotechnology Council 
• National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)
• Natural Resources Conservation Service.
• U.S. Dept. of Agriculture.
• U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. Foreign Agricultural Service.

Technical Resources and Statistics

• Agricultural Prices. National Agricultural Statistics Service
• Agricultural Statistics.  1994-2011. USDA.
• American Horticultural Society Plant Heat Zone Map.
• Census of Agriculture. 2007.  U.S. Dept. of Agriculture.
• Congressional Research Service Reports. Select agriculture from menu.
• Crop Profiles and Timelines. National Information System for the Regional IPM Centers
• CropMap. Crop information and statistics by state
• Fedstats.gov  Provides access to statistical information from over 100 U.S. government agencies.
• Finding Maine Food, Farms, Fairs, and Events
• Global Potato News.  Includes news, research, internet directory, classifieds, etc.
• ISRIC (International Soil Reference and Information Center). World Soil Information
• Invasivespecies.gov. Includes both terrestrial and aquatic plants.
• Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)on the Internet.
• Pesticide Action Network. Pesticides Database
• Plant Management Network International
• Quick Stats:  Agricultural Statistics Data Base.    Provides U.S., State, and County level agricultural statistics for many commodities and data series.
• RTECS. Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances.
• State Soils. USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service. Maine State Soil.
• Statistical Abstract of the United States. 2012
• USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map
• USDA Regional Integrated Pest Management Centers
• Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin. USDA

Internet Directories

• AgNIC: Agriculture Network Information Center
• Agricultural Conferences, Meetings, seminars, calendar
• Agri-ville.com. Canadian site with thousands of links and data sites.
• Environment Directory
• Farmers Markets. USDA, Agricultural Marketing Service

Raymond H. Fogler Library University of Maine Orono, ME 04469 207-581-1661

Updated: 03/12/2013