Research Guide (Agriculture) Santa Rosa Junior College

AGRICULTURE

Typical Research Flow
Reference	Books	Articles	Web	Associations	Citing

This research guide highlights some sources used for locating information. Consult with a Reference librarian for further assistance or for help in locating the information needed.

Encyclopedias, Dictionaries and Handbooks
The following Reference Sources should be helpful in locating background information:

A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants

Doyle & Mahoney REF/SB/403.2/.A45/1997

Agriculture Fact Book

Doyle REF/S/21/.A46

Agricultural Statistics and Review of Agriculture

Doyle & Mahoney REF/S/21/.A8

American Garden Guidebook

Doyle & Mahoney REF/S/21/.A8

339 listings, the finest botanical gardens, parks, and aboreta of the
28 states& 4 provinces of the Eastern half of the United States and Canada.

Botanica's Gardening Encyclopedia

Doyle REF/SB/450.95/.B68/2001

Classification and Mapping of Agricultural Land for National Water-Quality Assessment

Mahoney REF/S/494.5/.C3/G54/1997

Dictionary of Agriculture

Doyle REF/S/411/.D573/1998

Dictionary of Agriculture: From Abaca to Zoonosis

Mahoney REF/S/411/.L55/1995

Diseases of Trees and Shrubs

Doyle REF/SB/762/.S56/1987

Encyclopedia of American Agricultural History

Doyle REF/S/441/.S36

Encyclopedia of Herbs and Their Uses

Mahoney REF/SB/351/.H5/B645/1995

Hortus Second: A Concise Dictionary of Gardening, General Horticulture and Cultivated Plants in North America

Doyle & Mahoney REF/SB/45/.B22/1941

New York Botanical Garden Illustrated Encyclopedia of Horticulture

Doyle REF/SB/317.58/.E94

North American Horticulture

Doyle REF/SB/317.56/.U6/N67/1991

Practical Handbook of Agricultural Science

Mahoney REF/S/501.2/.P73/1990

Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Doyle REF/SB/45/.B35

Reference Title

Name and Call/number/here

Call Numbers to Browse:

S-SK

The following Reference subscription Electronic Databases can also be helpful:

Encyclopedia Britannica Online
AccessScience	Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
CountryWatch	RAND California
CQ Researcher

Access databases from: SRJC Articles & Databases http://www.santarosa.edu/library/ftdb. Off campus access requires a user name and PIN number. Apply for a PIN.

Books Top
The SRJC Library Catalog lists books under author, title and subject. The following subject headings should contain useful information:

AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY	FOOD CROPS
AGRICULTURE	FRUIT-CULTURE
AGRICULTURE-CALIFORNIA	HORTICULTURE
AGRICULTURE-ECONOMIC ASPECTS	PLANT PROPAGATION
CROP YIELDS	SOIL SCIENCE
DAIRY CATTLE	VEGETABLE GARDENING
FARM MANAGEMENT	VITICULTURE

Access the SRJC Library Catalog at:http://library.santarosa.edu Select the "Exact Subject Heading" Search Type and type in any of the subject headings.

Magazines and Newspaper Articles Top
The library subscribes to a variety of electronic databases to help you locate articles in popular magazines, scholarly journals and newspapers. The following databases should contain information on your subject:

Expanded Academic ASAP(Info Trac)	All ProQuest Databases
ProQuest Research Library	SIRS Researcher
ProQuest Newspapers	ProQuest Business Databases
Hoover's Company Records	ProQuest Career & Technical Education

Access databases from: SRJC Articles & Databases http://www.santarosa.edu/library/ftdb. OFF campus access requires a user name and PIN number. Apply for a Pin.

The library has print copies of the following magazines of particular interest:

AG ALERT	HORTICULTURE
AGRICULTURAL HISTORY	JOURNAL OF FORESTRY
AMERICAN FORESTS	NEW FARM
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ENOLOGY & VITICULTURE	ORGANIC GARDENING AND FARMING
FARM JOURNAL	WINES AND VINES
FARMER'S DIGEST

To locate other titles subscribed to by the SRJC Libraries (in print and in electronic databases) go to the:
Library Periodicals List

Web Resources Top
The following selected websites should be helpful in finding information:

SRJC Internet Resources by Subject:

Agriculturehttp://www.santarosa.edu/library/Refs/agriculture.shtml

Librarians' Internet Index:

Agriculture
http://search.lii.org/index.jsp?tn=1title,description,publisher,creator,allTags,keywords,extra_words,searchableid&tv=agriculture&ss=1

The World Wide Web has no standards, quality and reliability of Information and can vary greatly.

Access How To Evaluate Information Resources: http://www.santarosa.edu/library/guides/eval.shtml

Associations and Organizations Top
Use these websites to locate organizations and associations:

Associations on the Net http://www.ipl.org/div/aon

This guide offers access to many scholarly and trade organization/association websites. The directory lists broad categories allowing you to select more narrow subheadings.

Scholarly Societies Project http://www.scholarly-societies.org/subjects_soc.html

This website provides access by subject to national and international societies with scholarly, academic, or research goals. There are strict guidelines for resource inclusion and a URL stability ranking for each website.

Citing Sources Top
For assistance in using the citation style required by your instructor, check the following citation guides:

MLA (Modern Language Association)

APA (American Psychological Association

Other Styles:(Chicago, Turabian, CBE, and more.)

Access any of these guides from: http://www.santarosa.edu/library/Refs/cite.shtml

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Last updated: February 22, 2007	Questions and Comments: Phyllis Usina