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Sociological Abstracts Star
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References to scholarly journal articles, dissertations, and conference papers on sociology and related disciplines, 1960-present.
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Agricola Star
Covers agriculture; plant and animal sciences; forestry; entomology; soil and water resources; agricultural economics and engineering; alternative farming; nutrition, 1970-present.
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CAB Abstracts Star
Source for journal articles and other material on land use: agriculture, forestry, biotechnology, agricultural economics, tourism, nutrition, etc., 1910-present.
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Additional Databases in Natural Resources > Resource Economics

AGROVOC Thesaurus
A multilingual, structured and controlled list of terms to use for research in agriculture, forestry, fisheries, food, and the environment.
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Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts
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Articles from serial publications, books, reports, and conference proceedings published in the field of aquatic science, 1965-present.
Also known as: ASFA
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Biological and Agricultural Index
Articles in about 300 scholarly journals on agriculture, food production, nutrition, forestry, marine biology and plant pathology, 1984-present.
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Business Source Premier
Largest collection of business journals in the world. Includes market, industry, and SWOT reports. 1965 to present.
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Current Index to Statistics
Citations to articles in 111 key journals for the study of statistics and related fields, 1975-present; earlier for a few journals.
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Environment Index
Citations to articles on the environment from scientific, legal, and popular journals, 1950’s- present.
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Food Science and Technology Abstracts
Articles in 1,800 food science journals, plus other scholarly material, on all aspects of food science, nutrition, and processing, 1969-present.
Also known as: FSTA
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Plant Management Network
Research material on agricultural and horticultural crops: journal articles, proceedings, reports, and an image-based pest database.
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PsycINFO
Citations and abstracts for psychology journal articles, books, book chapters, and dissertations, 1800’s-present.
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Socrates
The database measures the ecological impact of corporations.
Also known as: Global Socrates
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Web of Science
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Provides a search by cited reference, topic, author, and more for articles in almost all important English-language journals. Arts and Humanities covers 1975-present; Social Sciences 1956-present; and Science 1900-present.
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