Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
Services and Resources for Graduate Study
Circulation
Priviledges For Graduate Students
Links
to Library Catalogs
Online index providers:
Internet Resources
Current Awareness Services
Acquiring Articles
Selected SPIRS Databases (WinSPIRS, WebSPIRS,
MacSPIRS)
All SPIRS databases listed below are available for searching
in the NDSU Libraries, campus computer clusters, and campus
locations with ethernet connections. Some databases are also
available for searching off-campus; log-in is required for off-campus
use. WebSPIRS is easily accessible using any web browser; WinSPIRS
and MacSpirs require appropriate SPIRS
software which can be downloaded from the library's SPIRS
page.
Quick guide for searching
WebSPIRS
Quick guide for searching
WinSPIRS.
AGRICOLA Indexes about 2000 U.S. and foreign journals
covering all aspects of agriculture. Produced by the National
Agricultural Library. Especially good for US publications including
USDA, state agricultural experiment stations and extension services.
CAB (Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International)
CAB produces a "family" of abstracting journals for
every branch of agricultural science; indexes journal published
around the world. Included are Agricultural Engineering Abstracts,
and Irrigation & Drainage Abstracts.
Current Contents Indexes tables of contents of major journals
in all disciplines. Abstracts are available for most citations.
Current Contents is issued weekly, making it a very good way to
keep current on new research.
Food Science and Technology Index (FSTA) Indexes about
1200 foreign and U.S. journals, as well as patents and books.
Subjects covered include all areas of food science technology
and packaging.
GeoRef Online equivalent to the U.S.Geological Survey
index entitled Bibliography and Index to Geology. Excellent resource
for geology, GIS, and related areas.
INSPEC (Physics Abstracts, Computer Control Abstracts, Electrical
& Electronics Abstracts) INSPEC is probably the major
database for physics, electronics, computing, and information
technology. Coverage is worldwide including journals, conference
proceedings, and some books, reports and dissertatons; most citations
include abstracts.
Selected FirstSearch databases
FirstSearch
databases are available for web searching from all campus
locations. Off campus access is also available to NDSU students,
faculty and staff; registration is required.
WorldCat Books and other materials in libraries thoughout
the world
Dissertation Abstracts Indexes American doctoral dissertations
accepted at accredited institutions since 1861.Canadian and some
international dissertations are also indexed. Abstracts are available
for most entries. Some masters theses are also included.
Sected DIALOG Indexes
DIALOG is a fee-based service available for librarian assisted
searching only. Hundreds of additional databases are available.
Consult the Agricultural Sciences Librarian for an appointment
(Kathie Richardson: phone 1-8879; email Kathie.Richardson@ndsu.edu
) . Among the hundreds of indexes are:
Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts
Energy Science and Technology
Foods Adlibra
ISMEC (Information Service in Mechanical Engineering)
Pollution Abstracts
Water Resources Abstracts
WATERNET
Other Index sources
ASAE Technical Library
This site includes both abstracts and full-text of all 2001+ ASAE
technical publications, periodicals, and current standards. Everyone
can search and access the abstracts. Access to the full-text
requires an ASAE member password; NDSU Library does not have
access to the full text. A comprehensive print index to
ASAE technical papers and periodicals is available in the NDSU
Reference collection (REFERENCE S671 .A48)
ASCE Civil
Engineering Database. Provides electronic information retrieval
service to all ASCE publications published since 1973. NDSU faculty,
students and staff also have online access to full text for their
materials published 1999-present.
CRIS web site The
USDA Current Research Information System (CRIS) contains information
on ongoing and recently completed projects sponsored or conducted
primarily within the USDA and State university research system.
Publicly available from the USDA CRIS web site.Some 30,000 project
summaries, including latest progress reports and lists of recent
publications coming out of the research, are maintained in the
file on an ongoing basis. (Similar databases from other countries
are available on the web as well; check with the Agricultural
Sciences librarian for URLs)
CSA Engineering Databases
(Engineering Abstracts) CSA Engineering Databases is a comprehensive index of
worldwide research in all major areas of engineering and technology.
Indexes more than 2,600 engineering journals, technical reports,
and conference proceedings.
NTIS Government Reports Announcements
and Index. Produced by the National Technical Information Service
(NTIS), this database provides access to results of U.S. government-sponsored
research . The database is publically available for searching;
reports can be purchased from NTIS, or requested from our Interlibary
Loan office.
SCIENCE CITATION INDEX Access at the Main Library only;
ask for disks at the Circulation desk.. Science Citation Index
(SCI) is multidisciplinary, covering the international literature
of science and technology. SCI is mainly used to find out who
has cited a particular journal article, or author. In this
way, you can search forward in time. 1996 to present is available
on CD-Rom. years prior to 1996 available in print format (REF
Q158 .S365). Quick
guide to SCI cited reference searching
Internet Resources
Check our library Agricultural
Engineering page for links to agricultural engineering and
biosystems sites and other enginering information; our Engineering
and Technology page is also a good way to find agriculture
and biosystems resources on the web. Among the links from these
two sites are:
Company and Business
Information
Agricultural
Statistics
Patents
Laws and Regulations
Standards
Current awareness
Check the "current
awareness" page for numerous systems and methods are
available to keep up to date on currently published journal literature.
Acquiring journal articles
Follow the steps outlined on our "How
to get articles" page.
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Last Updated: March 11, 2008