Biosystems Engineering
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Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
Elsevier's Dictionary of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering:
In Five Languages, English, French, Spanish, Dutch, and German Ref TA 710 A 15 T 85 1989
Encyclopedia of Bioprocess Technology : Fermentation, Biocatalysis,and Bioseparation
TP 248.3 F 57 1999
Encyclopedia of Environmental Analysis and Remediation Ref TD 145 E 53 1998
Environmental engineering dictionary and directory Ref TD 9 .P36 2001
Facts on File Dictionary of Environmental Science RefTD 9 W 74 2001
International Encyclopedia of Heat & Mass Transfer RefTJ 260 I 579 1997
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Environmental Science & Engineering GE 10 M 38 1993
Water Encyclopedia Ref TD 351 V 36 1990
Wiley Encyclopedia of Energy and the Environment RefTJ 163.235 W 55 1997
Wiley Encyclopedia of Food Science and Technology RefTP 368.2 E 62 2000
Handbooks and General Reference Books
Applications of Remote Sensing in Agriculture S494.5 R 4 .A 66 1990
ASME Steam Tables Ref TJ 270 A 4 1997
CIGR Handbook of Agricultural Engineering S676 C 55 1999
CRC Handbook of Engineering in Agriculture S675 C 73 1988
Engineering Formulas Ref TA 151 G 4713 1990
Engineering Mathematics Handbook Ref TA 332T 85 1998
Eshbach's Handbook of Engineering Fundamentals TA151 E 8 1990
Field Engineer's Manual Ref TA 151 P 35 1995
Fluid Power Handbook & Directory TJ 950 F 5 1994/5
Handbook of Energy Engineering Ref TJ 163.2T 49 1997
Handbook of Energy for World Agriculture S494.5 E 5 .S 77 1990
Handbook of Structural Engineering Ref TA 633H 36 1997
Industrial Electronics Handbook Ref TK 7881I 52 1997
Pneumatic Conveying Design Guide TJ 1015 M 52 1990
Sourcebook of Methods of Analysis for Biomass and Biomass ConversionProcesses
TP 360 M 54 1990
Standard Handbook of Engineering Calculations RefTA 332 S 73 1995
Standard Handbook of Environmental Engineering Ref TD145 S 72 1999
Wood Engineering Handbook Ref TA 419 W 78 1990
Standards and Codes
Annual Book of ASTM Standards 2nd Floor Low Bookshelves Ref TA 401 A653
ASAE Standards Ref S 671 A 32 1999
ASHRAE Handbook, Fundamentals Desk Ref TH 7011 A 422
National Electrical Safety Code TK 152 A 53 1996
OECD Standard Codes for the Official Testing of Agricultural Tractors S 711 O 7 1988
S. A. E. Handbook Ref TL 151 S 62
Standards: A Resource and Guide for Identification, Selection, and Acquisition
T 59 R 35 1990
Welding Codes, Standards and Specifications RefTS 227.2 M 69 1998
Subject Profile Call Numbers
| Call number range | LC Subject Heading |
| G 70.2 | Geographic Information Systems. |
| G 70.3 | Remote Sensing. |
| G 109.5 | Global Positioning System. |
| S 494.5 | Special Aspects of Agriculture. |
| S 600 - S 604 | Agricultural Meteorology. |
| S 604.5 - S 605.5 | Agricultural Conservation. |
| S 606 - S 621.5 | Special Classes of Land and Reclamation Methods, including Irrigation. |
| S 622 - S 627 | Soil Conservation. |
| S 671 - S 760 | Farm Machinery & Farm Engineering. |
| S 770 - S 790.3 | Agricultural Structures. |
| SB 186 | Field Crops. Harvesting, Drying, Storage. |
| SB 189.73 - SB 190 | Grain. Cleaning, Drying, Grading, Storage. |
| SB 319.73 - SB 319.77 | Horticultural Crops. Harvesting, Grading, Storage. |
| SD 388 - SD 390 | Forestry Machinery & Engineering. |
| TC 801 - TC 957 | Irrigation Engineering. |
| TC 970 - TC 978 | Land Drainage. |
| TD 930 | Agricultural Waste. |
| TH 4911 - TH 4975 | Building Construction. Farm Buildings. |
| TJ 900 - TJ 935 | Pumps and Pumping Engines. |
| TJ 1480 - TJ 1496 | Agricultural Machinery. |
| TK 4018 | Applications of Electric Power to Agriculture and the Farm. |
[edit] Indexes and Databases
All databases are available on campus and remotelyunlessotherwise noted. To access a resource from home, you willneed totype your library ID and last name. Your library ID is usually:two,zero, your Social Security Number, then zero. For example: A personwith the Social Security Number 123-45-6789 has the library ID: 201234567890
Subject Databases
Full-text of American Society of Agricultural Engineers standards, conference proceedings, annual meeting papers 2001 - Present; full-text of journal articles 2000 - Present. (For researching agricultural engineering literature prior to coverage in the ASAE Technical Library refer to AubieCat to find call numbers for the print journals, standards, and conference proceedings (meeting papers are on microfiche) corresponding to titles covered in the ASAE Technical Library.)
Indexes engineering and technology journals, reports, monographs and conferenceproceedings. Documents are available for directordering. At this time, AU Libraries subsidizes all documents orderedby AU faculty, graduate students and staff. 1970 - Present. (For researching engineering literature from 1919-1967, consult Engineering Index Z 5851 E 62.)
American Geological Institute's database indexing technical literature on geology and geophysics. 1785-present.
National Agricultural Library's database indexing journal articles, book chapters, agriculture extension bulletins, etc. 1979-present.
(For researching agricultural literature from 1942-1978, consult Bibliography of Agriculture S 493 B 525.)
CAB International's database covering literature in the fields of agriculture,forestry, animal sciences, food science, etc. 1973-present.
Indexes literature on aquatic pollution, bacteriology, ecology, energyresources, environmental biotechnology, environmental engineering, etc. from 1981 to the present except citations from Selected Water Resources Abstracts begin in 1967.
For researching environmental literature prior to 1981, refer to AubieCat to find call numbers for the print indexes corresponding to the Environmental Sciences subfiles.
Indexes journal, conference and report literature in physics, electronicsand electrical engineering, and computer science and information technology.1988 - Present
(For researching science literature from 1898-1988, consult Science Abstracts Q 1 S 3.)
Covers public and private companies, industries, products and markets.Approximately 60% of the database is full text. 1994 - Present.
General Databases
Covers abstracts and indexing for over 3,000 scholarly journals and featuresfull text articles from over 1,200 journals since1990.
Indexes 1500 journal titles in a variety of subject areas. Articles inover 500 journals are in full text. 1980 – Present
1861 – Present. The most current two years are available off campus, butearlier years are only available on campus.
Current Awareness Resources
Provides access to the tables of contents and bibliographic data from currentissues of scholarly research journals and books in the sciences. 1996 – Present
An automated alerting service that delivers the table of contents of periodicalsor results of keyword searches directly to your e-mail address. Availableto AU faculty, graduate students and staff. Be sure to first enter your library barcode, then your password and in the next window choose the Reveal option.
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
Provides access to current bibliographic information and cited referencesfrom over 3,300 of the world's leading scientific and technical journals.1984 - Present.
(For researching citation literature from 1961-1983, consult Science Citation Index Ref Q 1 S 3693.)
[edit] Journals
This E-journals list includes ALL subject areas, not just Biosystems Engineering.
Please note: If you don't see the journal that you needon the above lists, always be sure to check AubieCat. By doing a "journal title" search in that database, you will get the callnumber for any paper subscription and/or a link to any electronic subscription.
To search for ARTICLES, see the "Indexes and Databases" section ofthis guide.
[edit] WebSites
Searchable directory of databases, datasets, and information systems
CSREES expands the research and higher education functions of the former Cooperative State Research Service and the education and outreach functions of the former Extension Service. Links to state extension pages.
Contact list of people and institutions around the world dealing in agriculturalengineering and sponsored by the FAO
Database to laws, regulations and standards governing worker protectionin agriculture
Site contains daily environmental news, upcoming conferences, educationalresources and cogressional research reports
Formerly known as the Soil Conservation Service, the NRCS works to conserve natural resources on private lands
Auburn Library Standards links
Searchable database of U. S. patents from 1790. Requiresinstallation of TIFF viewer
Main in-house research arm of the United States Department of Agriculture
Reporting system for research projects in agriculture, food & nutrition,and forestry
The Institutions listed here provide either full-text reports, or searchable extended abstracts of their technical reports on the World Wide Web
An agricultural search engine (not a directory site) to search over 300,000 web pages
Provided by the Library Information Services and Information Systems Servicesat the Finnish Forest Research Institute.
[edit] ResearchGuides
Encyclopedia of Environmental Information Sources Ref TD 170E 53 1993
Keyguide to Information Sources in Agricultural Engineering RefS 675 M 67 1985
Literature of Agricultural Engineering Ref S 674 3 L 58 1992
Literature of Soil Science Ref S 590 45 L 58 1994
[edit] Associations and Societies
(ASAE: American Society of Agricultural Engineers)
(CIGR: International Commission of Agricultural Engineering)
(CSAE: Canadian Society for Engineering in Agricultural, Food and BiologicalSciences)
(EMI: Equipment Manufacturers Institute)
(IA: The Irrigation Association)
(IFT: Institute of Food Technologists)
(NGWA: National Ground Water Association)
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