Small Farm Business
A listing of resources for small farm management and marketing.
Library Resources - UMass, State, and BPL
Finding Articles using UMass Library Databases (restricted to UMass affiliates)
- AGRICOLA This link opens in a new window
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Covers agriculture; plant and animal sciences; forestry; entomology; soil and water resources; agricultural economics and engineering; alternative farming; nutrition, 1970-present.
The following subscription databases are remotely accessible for UMass affiliates only.
Community members are welcome to use these and other resources at the public terminals at the Du Bois Library
or the Science and Engineering Library.
Find articles from journals, magazines, newspapers, and other reliable materials:
- Gale OneFile: Agriculture This link opens in a new window
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Articles, some full text, from 600+ journals, magazines, newsletters, newswires, plus some book chapters about farming, food, horticulture and related fields. - AGROVOC Thesaurus This link opens in a new windowAn open access list of controlled, multilingual terms for research in agriculture, forestry, fisheries, food, and the environment. Contains more than 16,600 descriptors and numerous (10,758 in English) non-descriptors (synonyms).
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CAB focuses on international development - providing access to the world’s applied life sciences literature, 1973 to present.
UMass Libraries' subscription includes: CAB Abstracts Archive; VetMed Resource. - Gale OneFile: Gardening and Horticulture This link opens in a new window
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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. - GreenFILE This link opens in a new window
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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. - Plant Management Network This link opens in a new window
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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. - Turfgrass Information Center This link opens in a new window
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Journals, monographs, fact sheets, pamphlets, images, and web documents related to turfgrass culture, science and management. - Web of Science This link opens in a new window
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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. - Zoological Record This link opens in a new window
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Citations to periodical articles and other scholarly literature on zoology, biochemistry, behavior, ecology evolution, and genetics, 1864-present.
Where is the article located?
When searching for articles, look for the UMLinks button. It will find the full text of your article online if it's available through the UMass Libraries. Or, it will search the Library Catalog to see whether the print version is at the UMass Libraries--or let you request it via Interlibrary Loan.
Publicly Accessible Databases
- Boston Public LibraryRegister online for an "e-card" and get access to an array of databases.
- Databases - No password neededPublicly accessible databases.
- Public Library databases (Western and Central Mass.)Use the barcode from your public library card to access these resources.
Business Resources
Mike Davis, UMass Business Library, maintains this Business Guide. Access to market research reports, data compilations, news articles; government resources.
