Horticulture: Print indexes
Horticulture is the art and science of growing plants. Virginia Tech's degree and research emphasis is on sustainable urban landscaping, nursery production, environmental and urban horticulture, vegetable and fruit crop production, viticulture, and plant
Early literature indexes
Abstracts on Tropical Agriculture by Call Number: SB111.A2 A22Publication Date: v. 1-20; Jan. 1975-Dec. 1995.Covers all aspects of agriculture in developing regions of the world, particularly the tropics. 1975-1995.
Bibliography of Agriculture by Call Number: S493 .B52Publication Date: Vol. 3, no. 1 (July 1943)-v. 39, no. 12 (Dec. 1975).Covers all aspects of agriculture. Most useful for identifying publications of the U.S. Dept of Agriculture. 1942-1975.
Why step beyond the electronic?
While there are many wonderful resources available online, there is still some information that is only published in books, maps and other non-electronic formats. Older sources, in particular, can often only be found in physical format. The resources on this page are an example of some of the most useful off-line resources available for Horticulture.