Agricultural, food sciences

Compilation of new acquisitions and electronic resources on the subject of agricultural and food sciences

New acquisitions

List of titles on the subject (last and current month)

Journals

List of titles on the subject

Databases
A selection of the main databases
- CAB Abstracts – Bibliographical entries and abstracts from journals, books and conference proceedings in the field of agricultural and environmental sciences – Further information
- FSTA Food Science and Technology Abstracts – World's largest bibliographical database in the fields of food sciences and nutrition – Further information
- AGRIS –Very important database for all aspects of agricultural sciences, maintained and run by the FAO – Further information
- AGRICOLA – Database of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, catalogue of the U.S. National Agricultural Library, global database on agricultural research – Further information
- Web of Science – Very comprehensive interdisciplinary article database, contains bibliographical data and links to citations – Further information
- SciVerse Scopus – Interdisciplinary, the most comprehensive bibliographic database with respect to number of journals covered, particular focus on non-anglophone literature, enables citation analyses and includes unique author-ID's – Further information
Additional databases

Reference works
Selection of the main reference works
- Encyclopedia of Agricultural, Food, and Biological Engineering – Very comprehensive reference work for the fields of agriculture, food and biotechnology
- Encyclopedia of Food Sciences and Nutrition – Classic reference work published by Elsevier for the fields of food and nutrition
- Encyclopedia of Forest Sciences – Comprehensive reference work, covers aspects of forestry sciences
- Encyclopedia of Plant and Crop Science – Covers all areas of plant sciences, with special focus on crops
- Encyclopedia of Animal Science – Reference work for all aspects of animal husbandry and its products
- Encyclopedia of Soil Science – New reference work, covers all aspects of soil science
- FOODnetBASE – Comprehensive electronic portal for simultaneously searching the e-books of CRC/Taylor & Francis on all aspects of food sciences
- Handbook for food chemists – Important and comprehensive reference work on aspects of food safety and control
Additional reference works

Specialist information
- FAO – The World Food Organisation deals with all aspects of agriculture and nutrition.
- Agroscope – Joint platform for the three agricultural research institutions of the Swiss Federal government, with a link to the “Agrarforschung Schweiz” (“Agricultural Research in Switzerland”) journal.
- CGIAR – Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research – Network of 16 international agricultural research institutions
- IUSS – International Union of Soil Sciences – Global organisation for soil sciences, comprehensive data and information about soil science and soil research worldwide
- APSnet – American Phytopathological Society – Comprehensive online platform for plant pathology and plant protection

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