Reference
Tools
The AIC Reference
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Database
Links
Sites maintained
by the University of Kentucky, or subscription links maintained by the
UK Libraries
AIC
Database Guide
UK
Libraries Comprehensive Database Guide
This list includes indexes, abstracts, fulltext resources (including
electronic access to journals), and data resources accessible via the
Internet and on library system machines in specified locations.
Print
Collection
The AIC retains a collection of print reference materials for the use
of its patrons. These items can be accessed when the AIC is open.
Current
Print Reference Collection List
Current
Indexes and Abstracts Collection List
The
New Books List for Agriculture and Biological
Sciences contains new Reference titles in addition to other
materials purchased by the AIC for UK Libraries.
World
Wide Web Links
A variety of web sites related to Agriculture and/or Biological Sciences.
Most are not restricted to university or proxy server access and available
to all Internet users.
Note:
Some Web sites to which this page provides links are for the convenience
of users and are not managed by the University of Kentucky. The University
does not review, control, or take responsibility for the contents of
those sites.
Alphabetical
Listing of all Titles
Subject
Index
Abbreviations
& Symbols
Agriculture-Related
News and Information Sources
- Agricultural
Market Information Virtual Library
A guide to these different sources on market information presently
available on the Internet. Presented by the Department of Agricultural
Economics, Michigan State University.
- Agriculture
Online
An electronic magazine of agriculture dedicated to all aspects
of crop growning and farming. Affiliated with Successful Farming
magazine. Site offers markets, news, weather, and technology updates,
features and a discussion forum.
- AgroConnect.com
AgroConnect.com offers news and forums dealing with crop protection
products, intermediates, excess stocks, Agro Technology, referral
services, registrations, careers and ideas.
- Bloomberg.com
Business news, latest market information including commodities
updates, and exchange rates.
- Chicago
Board of Trade
Latest market information including agriculture commodities.
- Dow
Jones Interactive
Access to business news, financial information, company and industry
reports.
- USDA
Agricultural Marketing Service Livestock and Grain Market News
This site has agriculture-related reports from around the country
listed by city.
- USDA
Economics and Statistics System Reports
Site contains ERS Situation and Outlook Reports, NASS Reports,
World Agricultural Outlook Board Reports, plus other USDA digital
publications, including information on how to subscribe to the
USDA Reports Electronic Mailing List.
Almanacs
- 50States.com
Facts about all 50 states. Also use the white and yellow
pages in any state to find people and businesses.
- Almanac
of Disasters
Disasters by date.
- Farmers'
Almanac
Includes weather forecasts, gardening and fishing calendars, household
tips, best days, and recipes.
- InfoPlease
Almanac
Offering millions of useful and interesting facts on a wide
range of topics. Also includes a dictionary and encyclopedia.
- Old
Farmer's Almanac
Fun and practical information for everyday life including
moon calendars, planting charts, recipes, weather predictions,
and more.
- World
Almanac
Note: Access is through KYVL. Access to this site is restricted.
Biological
Sciences
- eNature.com
Excellent resource for general information concerning various
species of wildlife. Provided by the National Wildlife Foundation.
- ExPASy
(Expert Protein Analysis System) Molecular Biology Server
Maintained by the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB), ExPASy
serves as host to several important databases including: SWISS-PROT,
the protein knowledgebase, TrEMBL, the computer-annotated supplement
to SWISS-PROT, and PROSITE, the database of protein families and
domains.
- GenBank
GenBank is the NIH genetic sequence database, an annotated collection
of all publicly available DNA sequences maintained by the National
Center for Biotechnology Information. Direct
access to the GenBank search page
- Human
Cloning - Very Latest and What's Next
Excellent resource managed by Global Change LTD, a British company
that analyzes trends in technology and social change.
- MitoDat
This database is dedicated to the nuclear genes specifying the
enzymes, structural proteins, and other proteins, many still not
identified, involved in mitochondrial biogenesis and function.
The database consolidates information from the various biological
databases, eg., GenBank, SwissPro, Genome Data Base (GDB), Online
Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM), et al.
- Virtual
Biology Library
A collection of links specific to the Biological Sciences maintained
as a separate web site by the AIC.
- Virtual
Genome Center
Created by the University of Minnesota, the Virtual Genome Center
is intended as a place where molecular biologists can access tools
and databases to do their work.
Chronographic
Links and Calendars
Dictionaries
and Translators
Electronic
Libraries
- Avalon
Project (Yale)
Documents in Law, History, and diplomacy from four
centuries.
- Bartleby
Includes an extensive collection of literary and reference
works. Among the more popular items:
· Columbia Encyclopedia
· The World Factbook
· Presidential Inaugural
Addresses
· Robert's Rules of
Order
· Strunk's Elements
of Style
· Oxford's Shakespeare
· Bartlett's Quotations
· Roget's Thesauri
- Berkeley
Digital Library (UCB)
Includes catalogs and indexes, collections, teaching
and training and much more.
- Bibliothèque
Universelle
Access to public domain French language publications.
- Digital
Collections (NYPL)
Digital collections from the New York Public Library.
- Electric
Eclectic
A vast collection of over 1,500 links to web sites
around the world that can truly be said to constitute a virtual
library in its own right. As the name implies, a wide range of
subject areas are covered.
- Electronic
Text Center (UV)
Offers 42 collections of works, such topics as art,
race, design, etc.
- EServer
Over 51,000 on and off-line humanities texts in 12
languages.
- Humanities
Text Initiative (UM)
Provides access to texts in the Arts and Humanities.
- Kentucky
Virtual Library
Offers links to a variety of resources throughout Kentucky,
including state government sites and the Kentuckiana Digital Library.
- Papyrus
Archive (Duke)
Access to nearly 1,400 papyri from ancient Egypt.
- Project
Gutenberg
Collection of non-copyrighted classic works.
- refdesk.com
The virtual reference desk. Searches websites on
the Internet.
- Shakespeare
(MIT)
Complete
works of William Shakespeare.
Encyclopedias
Extension
Publication Links
- Cooperative
ExtensionServices Gardening Publications
-Horticultural extension resources arranged state.
- Cooperative
Extension Wildlife, Fish, and Forest Resources Bibliography
Produced by the University of Wisconsin, the bibliography is a
searchable database of hundreds of Extension publications from
a variety of Land Grant institutions around the country.
- CTAHR
Databases of Publications
Searchable databases of University of Hawaii theses and dissertations
in agriculture, journal series, and extension and research publications
with links to PDF files when available.
- CYFERnet
CYFERnet is a national network of Land Grant university faculty
and county Extension educators working to support community-based
educational programs for children, youth, parents and families.
- Directory
of State Extension Service Directors and Administrators (U.S.)
Contact the Cooperative Extension Service Directors and Administrators
in your area.
- E-answers
A searchable Web site that provides research-based information
on a wide range of Extension subjects, including: agriculture,
forestry, fishing, family/consumer issues, lawn and garden, child
development, 4-H/youth, environment, public policy, economics,
water quality and communities.
- Extension
and Agricultural Experiment Station publications and video tape
presentations
Links by state to publication catalogs and full-text document,
compiled by Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station
and Cooperative Extension Service.
- Extension
en Espanol
A National clearinghouse for Spanish-language educational resources
operated by and for Extension professionals.
- Extension
Forestry
"Best Extension
Forestry Sites in the US" compiled by About.com, which provides
links to many state sites which include publications.
- Extension
Information about Alternatives
Links to Extension Guidesheets organized by topic, compiled by
Missouri Alternatives Center.
- Extension
Information Resources Index
Full-text publications by Texas A&M University organized by broad
category.
- Journal
of Extension (JOE)
1970 - present.
- PEOPLE
(Portable Extension Office for Program Literature Exchange)
from the
University of Guam links to full-text documents on topics related
to tropical agriculture.
- Plant
Facts Database
Horticulture and crop science information from 46 different colleges,
universities, and government institutions across the United States
and Canada. This searchable site by Department of Horticulture
and Crop Science, The Ohio State University provides access to
over 20,000 pages of Extension fact sheets and bulletins.
- PubsOnline
University of Kentucky Research and Extension Publications.
- Querri
A Multi-state Extension Materials Database, compiled by Iowa State
University.
Farm
Safety and Other Safety Links
- Child
Farm Safety Links
Contains links to National Children's Center for Rural and
Agricultural Health and Safety, Farm Safety 4 Just Kids, Progressive
Farmer Farm Safety Day Camps, and many more.
- Laboratory
Safety
Describes fire extinguishers to use for different types of
chemical fires.
- Material
Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
Homepage that links to over 60 sites for MSDS Sheets.
- MSDS
training, software etc.
MSDS sites and where to find them on the Internet.
- National
Education Center for Agricultural Safety
A joint project of the National Safety Council and Northeast Iowa
Community College to reduce the level of preventable illnesses,
injuries, and deaths among farmers.
- National
Safety Council Fact Sheets
NSC fact sheets are handy resource guides offering stats,
tips, and suggestions for making your world safer. Each fact sheet
is available by clicking on the title or as a downloadable pdf
format file.
- National
Safety Council web site
Non-profit public service organization focusing on occupational
health and safety, traffic safety, first-aid and home safety,
and environmental health.
Handbooks,
Standards & Manuals
- APA
Publication Manual Crib Sheet
Provides a summary of rules from the APA Publication Manual.
- ASABE
Standard
Contains 223 articles about farm safety standards by the ASABE.
- Capital
Community College's MLA Style Guide
A Guide for Writing Research Papers based on Modern Language
Association (MLA) documentation.
- Chicago
Manual of Style Citation Guide
Provides examples of citations for books, journals, newspapers,
interviews, documents, and Internet sources.
- Citing
Cyberspace
The American Psychological Association has established a website
that, among other things, explains its method for citing internet
sources.
- Citing
electronic resources (UNB Saint John Ward Chipman Library)
The Library of UNB Saint John offers a full slate of services
including searches, search tips, links, and standards that have
been proposed for citing electronic resources.
- MLA
Style Guide Website
A non-profit membership organization that promotes the study
and teaching of language and literature.
- NAL
Agricultural Thesaurus
NAL Agricultural Thesaurus is for anyone describing, organizing
and classifying agricultural resources such as: books, articles,
catalogs, databases, patents, games, educational materials, pictures,
slides, film, videotapes, software, other electronic media, or
websites. It is a work initiated by the Thesaurus Group of the
National Agricultural Library, Agricultural Research Service,
U.S. Department of Agriculture.
- Nutrient
Requirements of Domestic Animals
Contains a catalog of many books from the National Academies Press.
- St.
Martin's Guide to Writing
Designed to help students review key concepts from the textbook
through interactive exercises and learning tools.
- Writing
and Editing Resources
Provides editing, proofreading, and document consulting services
to produce professional papers.
History
- Appalachianpower
Appalachian Studies and oral history web site.
- Best
of History Web Sites
A portal created for students, history educators, and general
history enthusiasts. Here you'll find sites, rated for usefulness
and accuracy, that will help you study or teach a wide variety
of topics and periods in History.
- Biography.com
Includes magazine and TV channel site with celebrity features
and clips of upcoming shows. Also contains short biographies of
famous people, ranging from actors and actresses to political
leaders and historical figures.
- History
Channel web site
Makes the past come alive online. Contains historical information
ranging from great speeches (in audio) to facts about this day
in history.
- Library
of Congress' American History site
Consists of primary source and archival materials relating
to American culture and history.
- Louis
Edward Nollau F Series Photographic Print Collection
The collection contains over 7,000 photographic images, primarily
taken by Louis Nollau, UK's first official photographer. The majority
of images in the collection are of sites, scenes, events and people
at the University of Kentucky, circa 1885 - 1966.
- W3C's
A Little History of the World Wide Web
A chronology of the development of the World Wide Web from
1945 to 1995 produced by the World Wide Web Consortium.
Images
- Breeds
of Livestock
Provides images history and characteristics of various breeds
of beef cattle, dairy cattle, donkeys, goats, horses, swine, and
sheep.
- Butterflies
of North America
Produced by the Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, a science
center operated by the Biological Resources Division of the U.S.
Geological Survey, the site contains a wide range of graphical
information including images of species at various stages of development
and distribution maps for each county in the U. S. and state in
northern Mexico. Companion site to Moths
of North America.
- HortiPlex
Contains plant images and data as well as links to information
sources, images, and vendors at other sites.
- Insects
and Their Relatives
A collection of images by the Department of Entomology, University
of Nebraska-Lincoln.
- Kentucky
Snake Identification
Designed to allow county extension agents, educators, homeowner,
gardener, camper, birdwatcher, students, tourists, and other interested
individuals to make field identification of snakes easier.
- Moths
of North America
Provides distribution maps for moth species. User selects either
an overall US presentation or presentation by a particular state;
then the particular moth species of interest. Companion site to
Butterflies
of North America.
- National
Plants Database
Provides standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses,
liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories.
- Plant
Image Gallery
Contains about 5,000 pictures of plants native to several parts
of the world.
- Special
Collections of the National Agricultural Library
A selection of images and exhibits from varied collections of
the Special Collections of the NAL that document the history of
world agriculture, the contributions of key agricultural figures
from sixteenth century herbalists to twentieth century scientists,
and the development of the United States Department of Agriculture.
- TimePix
This collection features
a searchable database of over 22 million photographs and other
images from Time, Life, Sports Illustrated, and other Time, Inc.
publications.
- University
of Tennessee Herbarium
Contains a database of Tennessee vascular plants along with a
checklist and diversity map split into counties.
- Visual
Gallery of Images of Tree Fruit Insect Pests
A collection of images by the Kearneysville Tree Fruit Research
and Education Center, West Virginia University.
- Wildflowers
In Bloom
Contains images of many of the most showy wildflowers. Maintained
by the staff of the Horticulture Program, Texas Agricultural Extension
Service.
International
Information Sources
- CGIAR
Centers
Sixteen autonomous institutions funded by the Consultative Group
on International Agricultural Research dedicated to building support
for International Agricultural Research. Each Center produces
its own publications.
- CIA
World Factbook
Includes facts and statistics about countries and geographical
features from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.
- CountryReports.org
Country information from around the world. A resource for business,
tourists, students and teachers.
- Europa:European
Commission
Agricultural Issues from a European perspective.
- Global
Legal Information Network
Offers a searchable database of document summaries in English
with links to the corresponding full text in the language of the
country of origin.
- International
Monetary Fund (IMF)
The IMF is an international
organization of 184 member countries. It was established to promote
international monetary cooperation, exchange stability, and orderly
exchange arrangements; to foster economic growth and high levels
of employment; and to provide temporary financial assistance to
countries to help ease balance of payments adjustment.
- National
Ministries of Agriculture
Listing of Departments of Agriculture from the North American
and European Countries.
- Organisation
for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
The OECD groups 30 member
countries sharing a commitment to democratic government and the
market economy. With active relationships with some 70 other countries,
NGOs and civil society, it has a global reach. Best known for
its publications and its statistics, its work covers economic
and social issues from macroeconomics, to trade, education, development
and science and innovation.
- Portals
to the World
Created by the Library of Congress, contain selective links
providing authoritative, in-depth information about the nations
and other areas of the world.
- World
Bank
The World
Bank Group’s mission is to fight poverty and improve the
living standards of people in the developing world. It is a development
Bank which provides loans, policy advice, technical assistance
and knowledge sharing services to low and middle income countries
to reduce poverty. The Bank promotes growth to create jobs and
to empower poor people to take advantage of these opportunities
and more.
- World
Trade Organization (WTO)
The World
Trade Organization (WTO) is the only global international organization
dealing with the rules of trade between nations. At its heart
are the WTO agreements, negotiated and signed by the bulk of the
world’s trading nations and ratified in their parliaments.
The goal is to help producers of goods and services, exporters,
and importers conduct their business.
Legal
Resources
Maps
& Atlases
- CIA
World Factbook
Includes facts and statistics about countries and geographical
features from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.
- Color
Landform Atlas of the United States
Includes satellite information for states and counties, 1895 state
maps, and other useful information.
- CropMap
Produced by Purdue University, provides crop and plant production
maps for each state.
- Kentucky
County Maps
On-line versions of maps for all of Kentucky's counties by the
Kentucky Transporation Cabinet.
- Kentucky
Official Highway Map
Produced by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet's Division
of Planning, map can be downloaded in two forms; the "official"
version and a plain version that excludes such items as the mileage
chart, indices, contact info and other assorted information.
- MapQuest.com
Explore interactive maps for cities and towns worldwide, generate
detailed door-to-door driving directions with TripQuest, and customize
and save maps.
- National
Atlas of the U.S.
Design color-coded maps of agriculture farms and commodities.
Explore interactive multimedia maps of the country's natural and
socio-cultural landscapes.
- National
Geographic
Locate nearly any place on Earth, find country facts, and
search and print historical, weather, and population maps, and
more with this dynamic atlas.
- National
Soil Survey Center
An effort of Federal and State agenices, universities, and professional
societies to deliver scientifically based soil informtion. A site
for "Helping People Understand Soils".
- Quick
Maps of the World
Small GIF maps of the countries of the world. Includes the
flags of all countries and the World Fact Book.
- TerraFly
A project of The High Performance Database Research Center (HPDRC),
which is associated with the School of Computer Science at Florida
International University, and funded by government agencies and
industry. TerraFly contains a massive database of satellite imagery
of the United States down to 1 meter resolution.
- USGS
Glaciers of the World Map
U.S. Geological Survey Satellite Image Atlas of Glaciers
of the World.
- World
Atlas.com
Has overview maps of each continent and country-level maps.
Map collection and free cartographic images for internet web pages
and business applications.
- World
Flag Database
Includes drawings from the Flag Institute. Includes pictures of
flags from around the world. Large collection of information and
pictures of each country in the world. Also features historical
flags.
Newspapers
Online
Note:
Some sites require registration before full-text of articles can
be accessed. In most cases, registration is free or free on a trial
basis.
Organizations
- Agriculture
Canada
A gateway to Canadian agriculture and food realted information
including policies and activities of the department, access to
databases, publications, etc.
- Agriculture
In the Classroom
A grassroots program coordinated by the United States Department
of Agriculture. Its goal is to help students gain a greater awareness
of the role of agriculture in the economy and society.
- Community
Farm Alliance
Works to preserve the vitality of rural communities since 1985.
- Farm
Foundation
Provides leadership and risk funding in rural and agriculture
related endeavors.
- Food
and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Working to alleviate poverty and hunger by promoting agricultural
development, improved nutrition, and the pursuit of food security.
- Kentucky
Department of Agriculture
Provides information for consumers and farmers on state services,
initiatives, and programs.
- Kentucky
Farm Bureau
Lobbying on behalf of farmers and farming communities in the Commonwealth
of Kentucky.
- National
Council for Agricultural Education
The Council promotes success for students and teachers who participate
in the formal agricultural education instructional programs offered
in grades seven through adult throughout the 50 states and three
U.S. territories.
- National
Farmers Union
National Farmers Union is a general farm organization with a membership
of nearly 300,000 farm and ranch families throughout the United
States.
- National
Gardening Association
National Gardening Association provides educational programs and
resources to gardeners, teachers, and parents across the country.
- National
Grain Trade Council
The National Grain Trade Council is a national trade association
whose regular, policy-making members are grain exchanges, boards
of trade, and national grain marketing organizations. The Council's
associate members represent a broad cross-section of the grain
industry and related businesses.
- National
Meat Association
National Meat Association is a non-profit trade association with
over 600 members throughout the United States, as well as internationally.
- National
Onion Association
NOA is the official organization representing growers, shippers,
brokers, and commercial representatives of the U.S. onion industry.
- Technical
Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry
TAPPI is the leading technical association for the worldwide pulp,
paper, and converting industry. Features industry news, events
information, community outreach programs, educational resources,
and more.
- U.S.
Agricultural Agencies
Includes links to land grant institutions, Federal agencies, and
their publications.
- U.S.
Department of Agriculture
Official web site of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
- U.S.
Patent and Trademark Office
Search patent and trademark databases for free online.
- Women
Involved in Farm Economics (WIFE)
The Kansas chapter of WIFE has created CyberSpace Farm,
a family-oriented web site providing agricultural information.
Patents
- United
States Patent & Trademark Office
This agency continues to enhance an already well-designed
Web site, with "how to" pages, databases to search for
patents and trademarks, forms and much more.
Search
Engines, Search Tools, and Related Links
- Basic
tutorial for web searching
Includes definitions, search strategies, and specific information
about top directories and search engines.
- Evaluating
the Content of Web Sites
The Environmental Education Training
and Partnership (EETAP) is a consortium of leading education
and environmental education organizations working to advance education
and environmental literacy. In addition to creating the above
guide (in PDF format) to evaluate web resources, the EETAP has
also created a handy brochure summarizing the information in the
guide called, "What's
In a Web Site?".
- Evaluating
web resources
Modules for evaluting all manner of sites. Includes questions
and criteria lists.
- Extreme
Searchers' Links to Engines
Features links to most major search and meta-search engines.
- Google
Government Search
You may know about the Google
Search engine, but Google also has a feature that allows you
to do a targeted search concentrating exclusively on US Federal
and state government web sites.
- Google
UncleSam
Most folks know that Google is a great Web search engine. Try
Google UncleSam for the same inclusive, reliable, and fast searching
for U.S. government information.
- Internet
searching tools
The How to Search the Internet provides useful tools to
learn about internet searching.
- Metacrawler
Searches the major search engines, throws out the duplicates
and summarizes the results.
- Ohio
Wesleyan University's Libraries and Research page
Contains many directories and search engines.
- Search
all in one
Below you will find a compact but comprehensive list of search
engines ranging from academic to sports
- Search
Engine Showdown
Detailed analysis of internet search engines, their features,
databases, and strategies.
- Specialist
search engines and topic guides
Selective collection of over 3,000 specialist search engines and
topical guides.
- Web
Based Reference Engine
Building on the unique concept and technologies behind the web's
reference engine, xreferplus offers libraries of all types and
sizes access to an unparalleled digital reference collection.
- Web
search strategies tutorial
This turtorial presents an easy-to-follow process on using
search engines and subject directories for finding what you need
on the World Wide Web.
Statistical
Sources
- American
FactFinder
The U.S. Census Bureau plans to use the "American FactFinder"
site to make available the Census 2000 figures (and other valuable
statistics) in an easy-to-find fashion.
- American
Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE)Technical
Library
ASABE Technical Library includes ASABE Standards, conference proceedings
and society journals & technical documents.
- Bureau
of Labor Statistics
Principal fact-finding agency for the Federal Government in
the broad field of labor economics and statistics.
- CIA
World Factbook
U.S. government profiles of countries and territories around
the world.
- CIS
Statistical Universe
Produced by Congressional Information Service and provided by
Lexis-Nexis. Includes statistical data from U.S. Department of
Agriculture and a variety of other sources.
- ERS
Situation and Outlook Reports
Reports from the U.S. Economic Research Service.
- Kentucky
Agricultural Statistics Service
Includes County estimates from 1996 onwards.
- Kentucky
Center for Ag Information
From the Kentucky Department of Agriculture, includes Kentucky
Livestock Market Reports, and Kentucky Livestock &
Grain Report.
- Kentucky
State Data Center
Provides training and technical assistance in accessing and
using Census data for research, administration, planning, and
decision making by the government, the business community, university
researchers, and other interested data users.
- Kentucky
Stats
Provide a collection of links to web-based sources of statistical
information about Kentucky from local, state, federal, and non-governmental
sources.
- National
Agricultural Statistics Service
Includes crop and livestock statistics for 140 crops and 45 livestock
items.
- Population
Reference Bureau DataFinder
Database contains data on 85 demographic variables for 221 countries,
28 world regions and sub-regions, the world as a whole, the United
States as a whole, and the U.S. states.
- SNARL
(Social 'N Agricultural Resource Library) Website
Features a number of Kentucky Cooperative Extension publications,
including Kentucky: By the Numbers, a series of data sheets
providing recent county-level data, trends, and information for
each of Kentucky's 120 counties.
- STAT
USA
Includes business trade and economic information.
- State
Fact Sheets
Produced by the Economic Research Service of the U.S. Department
of Agriculture, provides information on population, employment,
income, farm characteristics, and farm financial indicators for
each state in the United States.
- Statistical
Abstract of the United States
The National Data Book - a collection of statistics on social
and economic conditions in the U.S.
- Statistical
Sources On the Web
From the University of Michigan Documents Center, organized by
subject.
- United
Nations Statistics Division
The Statistics Division compiles statistics from many international
sources and produces global updates, including the Statistical
Yearbook, World Statistics Pocketbook and yearbooks
in specialized fields of statistics.
- U.S.
Census Bureau
Includes all data for the 1990 Census of Population and Housing.
Provides access to the first results of the 2000 Census.
- U.S.
Census of Agriculture
Includes the full 1992 Census and report guides and forms for
the 1997 Census.
- U.S.
Economics and Statistics System
Over 140 data sets on U.S. crops, livestock,trade and prices.
Reports are in ASCII text and data sets are is Lotus 1-2-3 format.
Virtual
Calculators
Weather
and Climatology
- Intellicast
Provides weather information from around the world, including
radar and satellite imagery. Also contains the allergy alert forecasting
pollen conditions for cities throughout the U.S.
- National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
A fabuluous guide to the science of the atmosphere from USA
Today.
- National
Weather Service
Provides current official weather warnings, observations, and
forecasts.
- University
of Kentucky Agricultural Weather Center
Information about Kentucky's weather and climate, including
severe storms.
- Weather
Bug Storm Display
Has a clickable map of the United States graphically displaying
severe weather warning throughout the country. Additional features
include a hurricane tracker, and "Stormopedia", a glossary
of weather conditions and National Weather Service advisories
definitions.
- Weather
Channel
Provides weather information for locations worldwide that helps
users plan for everyday life.
Worldwide
Agriculture
- agbios.com
Agriculture & Biotechnology Strategies Inc. (AGBIOS)
is a Canadian company based in the Ottawa area that is dedicated
to providing consulting expertise to the agricultural biotechnology
industry, government departments and agencies, non-governmental
organizations, and producer groups and associations.
- agInfo
Worldwide Meat Sites
New global exchange and trade online to reach the meat industry
worldwide.
- agrimine.com
Agricultural information in 4 languages.
- Australian
Farming Virtual Library
This virtual library aims to provide information on various
topics that relate to Australian and New Zealand farming industries.
- BeanRef
BeanRef is a collection of external links and references from
literature to different aspects of research on beans (Phaseolus
and Vigna).
- Compendium
of On-Line Soil Survey Information
Extensive collection of on-line information on soil survey
activities, institutions, datasets, and research.
- Farm
China.com
Provides a platform to connect buyers and sellers in China
with global agriculture companies.
- Food
Biotechnology Communications Network
Canada's information source for balanced, science-based facts
about food biotechnology and its impact on the food system.
- Oryza
Oryza Corporation is an Internet based e-market system focused
on automating the vertical supply chain for the global rice industry.
Its web site contains industry-related news and information from
around the world.
- Russian
Agro Web
Created in aim to collect and provide information on agricultural
institutions and other important agriculture related subjects
to help users to find information and contacts in Central and
Eastern European countries and former USSR.
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