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AGRICOLA (AGRICOLA)

Materials relating to all aspects of agriculture, forestry, and animal science

Why select this database?

  • Describes materials acquired by the National Agriculture Library and cooperating institutions.
  • Includes records of books, serials, audiovisual and other materials.
Database details
Subjects
agricultural economics geography
agricultural engineering home economics
animal science human nutrition
chemistry life sciences
energy natural resources
entomology plant diseases
cooperative extensions insect control
food science rural sociology
forestry veterinary medicine
Sources

2,241 journals and other materials

For the current title list, please visit: http://www.nal.usda.gov/indexing/jia.html.

Number of records Over 4,100,000
Dates covered Cataloging records from 1970 to present
Updated Monthly during academic year
Producer information

National Agriculture Library of the US Department of Agriculture
10301 Baltimore Avenue
Beltsville, MD 20705-2351
Phone:+1-301-504-6813
Fax: +1-301-504-7473
Web: http://www.nal.usda.gov

Copyright

Compiled by the National Agricultural Library of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and distributed by the National Technical Information Service of the Department of Commerce of the United States of America. All rights reserved. ( 2008 ).

Neither the United States Government, nor any agency thereof, nor any of their contractors, subcontractors or employees makes any warranty expressed or implied including any warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose; nor assume any legal liability or responsibility for any party's use, or the results of such use, of the Database.

Index labels and examples of an expert search in AGRICOLA

Use a colon after an index label (for example, au:) when you are not certain of your search terms. Use an equal sign after an index label (au=) for an exact match search. You can search with an index label from any search screen. The information you type overrides any default menu selections. The following examples show sample rather than actual searches.

Search indexes Labels Examples
Keyword kw: cow+ and soy*
[keyword searches map data and the Extended Title, Notes, Subject, Series, and Abstract indexes]
Abstract ab: coffee+
Accession number no: cat10837413
Author au: o'hara
ohara
Author phrase au= ohara m
o'hara patricia
[last name first]
Chapter's book title cb: forest
Chapter's book title phrase cb= advances in forest genetics edited by pk khosla
Conference author cn: nutrition
Conference author phrase cn= international conference on nutrition
Corporate author co: deere
Corporate author phrase co= international african institute
Date 2 of publication dy: 1999
Descriptors de: agriculture
Descriptors phrase de= food supply
Extended title et: coffee+
Extended title phrase et= green coffee processing
First page pg: 10
Geographic coverage phrase gc= szechwan province
Government number gn: 0231-b-01
Identifier id: coffee
Issue number is: 30
Language phrase ln= french
[browse the index for valid language phrases;
can be used alone to locate resources in a specific language]
Named conference phrase cf= gull lake michigan
Named corporation phrase nc= indian agricultural research institute
Named person phrase na= kajikawa shizuichi
[last name first]
Natl Ag Lib Call No ag: s101a4c4
Notes nt: quotation+
Place of publication pl: ireland
Publication date pd: 19990102
Publisher pb: cambridge
Publishing agency pa: de
Series title se: international african library
Source so: tactical
Source phrase so= journal of environmental management
Standard number sn: 0748604936
Subject su: coffee+
Subject category code sj: economic+
Subject category code phrase sj= resource economics
Subject phrase su= food processing
Title ti: music application+
Title phrase ti= computer aided dairy herd management
Uniform title ut: rabbit
Uniform title phrase ut= rabbit and his habitat
Volume vo: 120-73
Year yr: 1999
1993-1997

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Document type¹ art
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bks
(books)
chp
(chapters)
dt=  ut:rabbit and his habitat AND dt=books
map
(maps)
med
(media)
mrf
(computers)
mss
(manuscripts)
rec
(recordings)
ser
(serials)
Language phrase English Non-English Browse the index for valid language phrases ln= french
[can be used alone to locate resources in a specific language]
Year of publication One year or a range of years yr: 1999
1993-1997

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