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Resource provides self archiving opportunities and open access documents.This subject category lists recommended databases covering the life sciences: agriculture, biology, and natural resources. Many provide full-text sources, otherwise use the citations they provide to request copies via your local library's interlibrary loan service.
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AgEcon Search from the University of MinnesotaOpen access repository of full-text scholarly literature in the broadly defined field of agricultural economics including sub disciplines such as agribusiness, food supply, natural resource economics, environmental economics, policy issues, agricultural trade, and economic development. The majority of items in AgEcon Search are working papers, conference papers, and journal articles, although other types such as books chapters and government documents are included. Many sources are peer reviewed and content is delivered as PDFs. 1922-present.
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AGRISAGRIS is a full-text repository and citation index created by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. It covers global literature on all aspects of agriculture, including forestry, animal husbandry, fisheries, human nutrition, and extension, with strong coverage of developing countries. Content includes journals, books, reports, theses, conference papers, government publications, and grey literature, with some full text available in PDF and HTML. Coverage: 1975–present.
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AQUASTATAQUASTAT is the FAO's global information system on water resources and agricultural water management. It collects, analyzes, and provides free access to over 180 variables and indicators for more than 200 countries, with data dating back to 1960. Its primary goal is to support policy-makers, decision-makers, and researchers by providing accurate and up-to-date information on water resources, water use, irrigation, and related environmental and health topics. AQUASTAT is also a key resource for monitoring Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6, which focuses on water and sanitation.
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CONSULTANT from Cornell UniversityCONSULTANT is a diagnostic support system that suggests possible diagnoses or causes for clinical signs. It provides a brief synopsis of the diagnoses, including a general description, the species affected, signs associated with it, and a list of recent literature references.
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Core Historical Literature of AgricultureThe Core Historical Literature of Agriculture is a core electronic collection of scanned agricultural texts. Full-text materials cover agricultural economics, agricultural engineering, animal science, crops and their protection, food science, forestry, human nutrition, rural sociology, and soil science. 1620-1999.
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CRIS: Current Research Information SystemCurrent Research Information System (CRIS) is the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s reporting system for ongoing and recently completed research and education projects in agriculture, food and nutrition, and forestry. The database includes project summaries from 1966 to the present, often noting where related publications are expected. CRIS also documents education and extension activities funded by NIFA, and projects related to human nutrition are shared annually with the NIH for inclusion in the Human Nutrition Research and Information Management database (HNRIM).
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FAOSTATFAOSTAT provides time-series records covering 210 countries and territories and international statistics concerning: Production, Trade, Food Balance Sheets Fertilizer and Pesticides, Land Use and Irrigation, Forest Products, Fishery Products, Population, Agricultural Machinery and Food Aid Shipments.
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National Agriculture Statistics ServicesNASS allows searching and browsing of reports and data sets compiled by the National Agricultural Statistics Service. Reports cover virtually every facet of U.S. agriculture—production and supplies of food and fiber, prices paid and received by farmers, farm labor and wages, and other aspects of the farm industry. Data sets are commodity specific and contains many category breakdowns including U.S., state, and county crop and livestock data. Full-text reports available in PDF and text. Reports 1900s-present; data sets 1866-present.
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OECD iLibraryOECD iLibrary indexes citations, abstracts, and full-text journal articles, reports, and ebooks in all areas of world economics. Full text available in HTML and PDF, plus statistics in Excel. Our subscription includes six journals, though many content areas are freely available to any site visitor, such as the OECD Factbook, Working Papers, OECD Key Tables, and more. We do not subscribe to the entire contents of this database. 1997-present.
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PLANTS DatabaseThe PLANTS Database provides standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories. Fact Sheets provide brief descriptions of a plant, its uses, and cultural recommendations. Plant Guides are similar but more extensive. Both are provided as PDFs. The database also includes an image gallery of photos and line drawings of U.S. plants plus cultivated or foreign taxa.
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PubAg from the USDAPubAg indexes citations and full-text of agricultural scientific literature. 1997-present.
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PubMed from the National Library of MedicineIndexes citations, abstracts and full text from journal articles, case studies, conference papers, clinical trial reports, news reports, and reviews in the fields of medicine,nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and pre-clinical sciences. Full text available in HTML and PDF. You can limit to types of clinical queries, age, gender and species of subject, and review articles that summaries research on a topic. 1946-present.
