Posted by eleres on 16th May 2012
The Libraries now have a trial for CAB e-books published by CABI since 2000. The entire CAB collection includes over 500 titles covering the applied life sciences, with collections of titles in agriculture; animal and veterinary science; environmental life sciences; human health, food and nutrition; leisure and tourism; and plant sciences.
The trial goes through June 15th. Contact Naka Ishii, ISEL Reference Librarian, at 413-545-1656 with questions or comments.
Posted in Agriculture, Database Trial, Environmental Resources, Health & Medicine, Natural resources, New e-books, Plant & Soil Science, Uncategorized | No Comments »
Posted by eleres on 5th April 2010
The Plant Management Network includes four journals, a collection of images of pests, proceedings of agriculture meetings, Insect Management Tests, Plant Disease Management Tests, and other plant and crop resources produced by a non-profit network of societies and institutions. You can search across journals or subject collections of resources.
If you have questions or would like assistance using this resource, contact Madeleine Charney, liaison librarian for the Stockbridge School, at 413-545-0784.
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Posted by eleres on 19th March 2010
The Libraries have recently added Environment Resource Handbook to our online reference collection. This directory provides contact information, website, organization type, executives and description for over 7,000 associations, organizations & government agencies, awards & honors, conferences & trade shows, goundations & charities, national parks & , wildlife refuges, research centers & educational programs, legal resources, etc. You can easily browse, search and download data from the directory.
Contact Madeleine Charney, Agriculture Library Liaison at 413-577-0784 with questions or comments about this resource.
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Posted by eleres on 19th March 2010
The Gardening, Landscaping and Horticulture Collection within Academic Onefile consists of indexing, abstracting and some full-text from 100 subject-related periodicals.
Contact Madeleine Charney, Agriculture Library Liaision, at 413-577-0784 with questions or comments.
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Posted by eleres on 5th June 2009
The USGS Publications Warehouse provides a catalog of older publications and a source for downloading newer ones. You may search for warehouse contents, or browse for maps, aerial photographs, real time data (wildfires, landslides, volcanoes and … Pintail Duck Migration), satellite imagery, software and biology publications (by U.S. region and research stations).
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Posted by eleres on 13th March 2009
GreenFILE covers multidisciplinary research on the interaction between humans and the natural environment, including the topics of green building, pollution, recycling, renewable energy and sustainable agriculture. It offers abstracts and indexing for scholarly, government and general interest publications, as well as full-text for open access titles.
For assistance using this database, contact a reference librarian at 413-545-0150.
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Posted by eleres on 25th April 2008
The library now has online access to following journals published by AGU in 2008:
These journals are also available through the UMass Amherst Library Catalog and the E-journals List.
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Posted by eleres on 21st September 2007
BuildingGreen Suite collects articles on sustainable design, U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) rating system and GreenSpec Guideline Specifications; case studies of high performance buildings; and a directory of green products from windows and doors, to paints & coatings, sitework and landscaping, insulation and lighting. It also includes issues of Environmental Building News back to 1992. The database is designed for browsing, though simple search is also available.
Posted in Art & architecture, Engineering, Natural resources, New online reference source | 2 Comments »