Important Databases & Article Indexes

AgEcon Search: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics
A free, open access repository of full-text scholarly literature in agricultural and applied economics, including sub disciplines such as agribusiness, food supply, natural resource economics, environ...   [more]
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AGRICOLA
The topics covered in this USDA database include: agriculture, agronomy, animal science, biology, biotechnology, botany, breeding, chemistry, conservation, crop management, dairy science, ecology, ent...   [more]
Holdings: 1979 to present. Updates monthly.
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    AGRICOLA Subject Category Codes

AGRICOLA - free
A bibliographic database of citations to the agricultural literature created by the National Agricultural Library and its cooperators. Records describe publications and resources encompassing all aspe...   [more]
Holdings: 1979 to the present. Updates daily.
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AGRIS
Also Known as: International Information System for the Agricultural Sciences and Technology
The Food and Agriculture Organization's bibliographic database for worldwide research publications in agriculture in all its aspects, including geography, history, education, legislation, and agricult...   [more]
Holdings: 1975-present.
Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    Agrovoc subject thesaurus
    AGRIS subject category codes

America: History and Life
Also Known as: America History and Life
History of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present....   [more]
Holdings: 1964 to present. Updated three times a year.
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Anthropology PLUS
Also Known as: Anthropological Index, Anthropological Literature
Combines Anthropological Literature from Harvard University and Anthropological Index from the Royal Anthropological Institute of the UK. Offers worldwide indexing of all core periodicals, in addition...   [more]
Holdings: Anthropological Index: 1957-present. Anthropological Literature: Early 19th century to present
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CAB Abstracts
Formerly produced by Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux, now Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International, this database comprises international coverage of veterinary medicine, agriculture, fo...   [more]
Holdings: 1910 to the present. Updated monthly.
Supplemental URLs
    CABICODES List
    CAB Thesaurus

CAB Abstracts (complete)
Formerly produced by Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux, now Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International, this database comprises international coverage of veterinary medicine, agriculture, fo...   [more]
Holdings: 1910-present.
Supplemental URLs
    CAB Thesaurus

California Studies in Food and Culture (book series)
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Dietary Supplement Label Database
The Dietary Supplements Labels Database offers information about ingredients in more than two thousand selected brands of dietary supplements. It enables users to determine what ingredients are in spe...   [more]
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eHRAF World Cultures
Also Known as: eHRAF Collection of Ethnography
The Collection of Ethnography, established 1949, currently contains nearly one million pages of information on over 360 cultures of the world, past and present. Each culture case contains a variet...   [more]
Holdings: Updated in annual installments.
Supplemental URLs
    eHRAF User Guides
    Outline of Cultural Materials (OCM): Topics and Subjects
    Culture List for All Formats (Outline of World Cultures - OWC)
    Basic Guide to Cross-Cultural Research
    Overview and User Tips (obsolete)

FAO Corporate Document Repository
Also Known as: Food and Agriculture Organization Document Repository
Fulltext electronic library of FAO publications and meeting documents and related publications from non-FAO sources. Topics covered include agriculture, economics and nutrition, fisheries, forestry, s...   [more]
Holdings: Dates vary. Mostly 1986-present.
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Food and Society (book series)
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Food Culture Around the World (book series)
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Global Commodities: Trade, Exploration and Cultural Exchange
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Historical Abstracts
Historical coverage of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada)....   [more]
Holdings: ca. 1974- present. Updated three times a year.
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International Bibliography of the Social Sciences
Also Known as: IBSS CSA
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Bibliographic citations and subject indexing for the international journal article and book literature in anthropology, economics, political science, and sociology. Produced by British Library of Poli...   [more]
Holdings: Covers 1951 to the present in three separate files.
Supplemental URLs
    IBSS Journal Coverage List (LSE IBSS Web)

Rice Bibliography
Comprehensive bibiography of books and articles relating to rice in the world. produced by the International Rice Research Institute Library....   [more]
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Soy Bibliographies Online
Bibliographies and sourcebooks on soybeans and soyfoods. Produced by the SoyInfo Center from its SoyaScan bibliographic database....   [more]
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Yale Agrarian Studies (book series)
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