Library Specialist
Claudine Jenda
jendaca@auburn.edu
334-844-1658
RBD Library 2nd Floor
Reference
Tools
Handbooks and General Reference Resources
Agricultural Statistics
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Web Link:
http://www.usda.gov/nass/pubs/agstats.htm
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Census of Agriculture
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Web Link:
http://www.nass.usda.gov/Census_of_Agriculture/index.asp#
CRB Commodity Yearbook
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Reference HF 1041 C 56
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County and City Data Book
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2nd floor Desk Ref C 3.134/2:C 83/2/
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Economic Survey of Europe
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HC 240 A 1. U477
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FAO Yearbook. Production.
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HD 1421 F 585
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FAO Yearbook. Trade.
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HD 9000.4 F 58
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Guide to Rural Data
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HB 2385 S 26 1995
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International Marketing Data and Statistics
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HA 42 I 56
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Sustainable Agriculture: Directory of Expertise: Profiles of more than
700 Organizations and Individuals who can help you meet your Farming Stewardship
and Profitability Goals
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Ref S 441 S 964 1996
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USDA AMS Market News
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Web Link:
http://www.ams.usda.gov/marketnews.htm
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World Food Marketing Directory
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HD 9000.3 W 676 1999
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World Tables
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Ref HC 59.W669
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Subject Profile Call Numbers
| Call number range |
LC Subject Heading |
| HB |
Economic Theory. Demography. |
| HD 1401 - HD 2210 |
Agricultural Economics. |
| HF 5716 |
Tables of Cost, Weights of Particular Commodities. |
| HG 2041 - HG 2051 |
Agricultural Credit. |
| HJ 4165 - HJ 4449 |
Land. Taxation Practice. |
| HN 978 - HN 989 |
Social Problems. Developing Countries. |
| HT 401 - HT 485 |
Rural Sociology. |
| KF 1681 - KF 1773 |
Agricultural and Forestry Law. |
| S 494.5.D3 |
Data Processing in Agriculture. |
| S 560 - S 570.3 |
Farm Economics. Farm Management. |
| T 57.6 - T 57.9 |
Operations Research. Systems Analysis. |
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Indexes
and Databases
All databases are available on campus and
remotely unless otherwise noted. To access a resource from home,
you will need to type your library ID and last name. Your library
ID is usually:two, zero, your Social Security Number, then zero. For
example: A person with the Social Security Number 123-45-6789 has the
library ID: 201234567890
Subject Databases
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ABI/INFORM http://www.lib.auburn.edu/ABI
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An index with abstracts to periodicals in business, including economics,
finance, accounting, management, marketing and transportation. Coverage
is from 1971 forward and approximately 60% of the database is full text.
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Agricola
http://www.lib.auburn.edu/cgi-bin/db/ovidlink.cgi?pg=ip&db=agra
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National Agricultural Library's database indexing journal articles, book
chapters,agriculture extension bulletins, etc. 1970-present.
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Business and Industry Database http://www.lib.auburn.edu/BIDB
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Covers public and private companies, industries, products, and markets.
Approximately 60% of the database is full text.
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CAB Abstracts
http://www.lib.auburn.edu/cgi-bin/db/ovidlink.cgi?pg=ip&db=caba
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CAB International's database covering literature in the fields of agriculture,
forestry, animal sciences, food science, etc. 1973-present.
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EconLit
http://www.lib.auburn.edu/ECON
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Produced by the American Economics Association, EconLit indexes and abstracts
more than 450 international economic journals. EconLit source material
includes journal articles, essays, research papers, books. dissertations,
book reviews, and working papers. Contains records from 1969-present.
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Sociological Abstracts
http://www.lib.auburn.edu/CSA
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CSA Sociological Abstracts Database is a primary resource for accessing the latest research sponsored in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. The database draws information from an international selection of over 2,600 journals and other serials publications, plus conference papers, books, and dissertations. Records added after 1974 contain in-depth and nonevaluative abstracts of journal articles. .
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Statistical Universe http://www.lib.auburn.edu/STATUNIV
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Statistical Universe is used to find all statistics issued by the
U.S. government back to 1973 through the American Statistics Index (ASI),
private and state government sources from 1980 forward through the Statistical
Reference Reference Index (SRI); and other titles from the Index to International
Statistics (IIS).
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General Databases
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Academic Search FULLTEXT Elite http://www.lib.auburn.edu/ASP
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Covers abstracts and indexing for over 3,000 scholarly journals and features
full text articles from over 1,200 journals since1990.
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InfoTrac's Expanded Academic ASAP http://www.lib.auburn.edu/searchbank
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Indexes 1500 journal titles in a variety of subject areas. Articles in
over 500 journals are in full text. 1980 – Present
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Dissertation Abstracts http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/
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1861 – Present. The years 1998-1999 are available off campus, but
earlier years are only available on campus.
Current Awareness Resources
Ingenta (Formerly UnCover) http://www.lib.auburn.edu/UNCOVER
A database of article information taken from over 18,000 journals that
allows FAXing of articles not owned by AU Libraries. Available to AU faculty,
graduate students and staff.
Citation Database
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Web of Science Citation Index (http://www.lib.auburn.edu/SCI)
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Provides access to current bibliographic information and cited references
from over 3,300 of the world's leading scientific and technical journals.
1984 - Present. Available only on campus.
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Web Sites
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AgDB (Agricultural Databases) http://www.agnic.org/agdb/
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(Searchable directory of databases, datasets, and information systems.)
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Ag Econ Search: Research in Agricultural and Applied Economics http://agecon.lib.umn.edu
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(Full-text reports of scholarly research in agricultural and applied economics.)
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Agricultural Databases for Decision Support
http://www.adds.org/CGI-BIN/om_isapi.dll?clientID=15988&softpage=defaultADDS
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(The ADD is a list of links organized by subject to agricultural
information.)
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Agricultural Law Center
http://www.nationalaglawcenter.org/
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(The NCALRI provides current information concerning the complex legal
issues that affect American agriculture today.)
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Auburn Libraries Economics Links http://www.lib.auburn.edu/socsci/docs/business/general_economics.htm
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(Links to economics sites.)
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FAOSTAT Agricultural Statistics Database http://apps.fao.org/lim500/Agri_db.pl
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(Information about harvests of foodstuffs by country or continent in a
searchable database.)
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Farm Service Agency http://www.fsa.usda.gov/pas/default.asp
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(FSA operates the USDA farm loan and conservation programs.)
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Farmland Information Library http://www.farmlandinfo.org
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(Resources for preserving and protecting farmland from threats ranging
from erosion to suburbia.)
Foreign Agricultural Service http://www.fas.usda.gov/
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(FAS provides information of interest to US Food Exporters.)
Sustainable Agriculture and Organic Gardening
http://www.caff.org/programs/faq.shtml
(Sponsored by Community Alliance with Family Farmers.)
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TVA Rural Studies http://www.rural.org/
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(Focuses on rural economic growth ideas.)
USDA Economics and Statistics System http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/usda/usda.html
(Reports and datasets from the economics agencies of the U. S. Department
of Agriculture.)
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Research
Guides
Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology: the Contemporary Core Literature
HD 1415 O 47 1991
Commodities Futures Trading: a Guide to Information Sources and Computerized
Services
HG 6046 N 53 1985
Data Sources for Business and Market Analysis
HF 5415.124 F 7 1994
Marketing Information: a Professional Reference Guide
HF 5415.124 M 37 1995
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Associations
and Societies
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ARA http://www.aradc.org/
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(ARA: Agricultural Retailers Association)
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AAEA http://www.aaea.org/
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(AAEA: American Agricultural Economics Association)
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AEA http://www.vanderbilt.edu/AEA/
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(AEA: American Economic Association)
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IRSA http://www.irsa-world.org/
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(IRSA: International Rural Sociology Association)
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NAMA http://www.nama.org/
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(NAMA: National Agri-Marketing Association)
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Discussion
Lists and Newsgroups
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General
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Electronic Mailing Lists at Auburn University
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http://www.auburn.edu/helpdesk/internet/listserv.html
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(Contains links to help sites for all varieties of mailing lists)
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Subject-Specific
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Kovacs' WWW View of Directory of Scholarly and Professional E-Conferences
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http://www.n2h2.com/KOVACS/S0006.html
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Other suggestions: news:clari.biz.industry.agriculture
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news:clari.web.biz.market.commodities.agricultural
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news:sci.econ.research
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Auburn
University Department and Course Pages
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Departmental and Faculty Web Pages
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Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
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http://www.ag.auburn.edu/dept/aec/
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Department of Economics
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http://www.business.auburn.edu/departments/economics/
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Alabama Cooperative Extension System
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Agricultural Economics
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http://www.aces.edu/pubs/docs/indexes/anraeco.tmpl
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Community & Economic Development
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http://www.aces.edu/pubs/HM/makemenu.php?mlevel=5
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