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Plant and Soil Science |
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This guide suggests resources for locating information and
materials on Plant and Soil Science.
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Contents of this research
guide |
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Background
Information |
Books | Articles | Statistics |
Organizations | Additional Resources
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Background Information |
| Encyclopedias and other
reference works are an excellent place to start a research
project or simply learn more about a particular topic.
They provide topic summaries, context, and bibliographies for
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Books |
Use the
Kent Library Catalog
to find books, videos/DVDs, government documents and other materials.
Keyword searches allow you to use your own
words as search terms.
Subject Heading searches look for items
that are part of a group or topic.
Browse the Shelves.
Books on Hospitality Management and Food Service can fall into many
different subject areas and many different call number ranges.
For a detailed list of sections try this
outline.
630
Agriculture
632
Plant injuries, disease & pests
633
Field & plantation crops
636
Garden Crops (horticulture)
638 Insect Culture
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Articles |
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Search an article database to find scholarly journal articles, popular
magazines articles and trade publications. For a full list of
databases see the the database A-Z
list or database by subject.
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Statistics |
National Agriculture Statistics Center
http://www.nass.usda.gov/index.asp
Soybean
Statistics from the American Soybean Association.
Pesticide Statistics from the National Pesticide Information
Center
NRCS
Soil Survery
http://soils.usda.gov/survey/
World Census of agriculture
http://www.fao.org/es/ess/census/
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Organizations |
U.S. Grains Council
www.grains.org/index.ww
Organic Trade Commission
www.ota.com/index.html
USA Rice Federation
www.usarice.com/about/
U.S. Rice Producers Association
www.usriceproducers.com/
American Soybean Association
www.asasoya.org/
American Society of Agronomy
www.agronomy.org
Crop society of America
www.crops.org
National Society for Consulting Soil
Scientists, Inc. www.nscss.org/
Soil Science Society of America
www.soils.org/
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Additional Resources |
For a list of Web
searching tools, see the
Find: web
resources page.
National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
Soils http://soils.usda.gov/
NRCS Soil Survery
http://soils.usda.gov/survey/
United States Department of Agriculture
www.usda.gov
Pesticide National Synthesis Project
http://ca.water.usgs.gov/pnsp/index.html
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developed by Information Services/ Michelle Dubaj
last updated:
05/13/08
created: 5/11/06 |
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