Free databases for gardening enthusiasts, professional botanists, horticulturists, and researchers. Includes plant and seed sources; directory of seed and nursery firms; plant image; selective links for growing plants in your region.
Covers agriculture; plant and animal sciences; forestry; entomology; soil and water resources; agricultural economics and engineering; alternative farming; nutrition, 1970-present.
Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password
Articles, some full text, from 600+ journals, magazines, newsletters, newswires, plus some book chapters about farming, food, horticulture and related fields.
Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
CAB focuses on international development - providing access to the world’s applied life sciences literature, 1973 to present. Coverage includes agriculture, environment, veterinary sciences, applied economics, food science and nutrition.
Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
Indexes citations, abstracts, and full-text journal articles, conference proceedings, reviews, books, and recipes. 1901-present.
Full text available in PDF and HTML. You can limit to peer-reviewed sources.
Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
Scholarly, government, and general-interest articles on climate change, renewable energy, green building, sustainable agriculture, green building, pollution, recycling, education, law, health, and technology. Covers 1973-current.
Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
Search by topic and/or geography: agriculture, food, energy, pollution, economic development, social factors and in journals, magazines, newspapers, encyclopedias as well as primary sources.
Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
Cooperative resource for the applied plant sciences. Offers research material on agricultural and horticultural crops: journal articles, proceedings, reports, and an image-based pest database. 2000 - present.
Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
National Library of Medicine's comprehensive database of citations to medical journal articles, with links to UMass-subscribed full text, 1966-present
NOTE: Particularly useful for medicinal plant searches.
Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
Index to articles from peer-reviewed journals in all disciplines.Search by cited reference, topic, author, and more. Arts and Humanities covers 1975-present; Social Sciences 1900-present; and Science 1900-present.
Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
The latest information on high profit grassland ideas from all over the world. Each month offers profiles of leading farmers and ranchers and details how and why they are so successful. A major editorial emphasis is the need to structure the grassland farm or ranch so that it makes money 10 years in 10.
