Agriculture - Research Guide
UMass Extension website
Areas covered on the website of the Center for Agriculture, Food, and the Environment
- Agriculture and
Commercial Horticulture - Environmental & Water Conservation
- Nutrition Education
- 4-H Youth Development
Extension does more than what is on the website!
Getting the Article
UM Links
This button is in most article databases. Use it to find the articles's full text online, if the libraries have access.
It also searches the library catalog to see what we have of the title in paper format.
If we don't have access, it links you to Interlibrary Loan - a free service to get it elsewhere.
Library Databases for Extension Staff
UMass Extension staff have full access to the Libraries' services and resources. For example, you can use these subscription databases from anywhere using your OIT username and password.
Use databases for finding articles from journals, magazines, newspapers, and other reliable sources. If you need information on other areas, though there are dozens of other choices. If you need recommendations or help to use them, don't hesitate to contact us.
- AGRICOLA This link opens in a new windowCovers 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.
- Gale OneFile: Agriculture This link opens in a new windowArticles, 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.
- BuildingGreen Suite This link opens in a new windowDirectory of green builders. Articles, case studies and product listings for sustainable building, green design, and land use. 1992-current. Also: peer-to-peer discussions, blogs, RSS feeds and the online version of Environmental Building News newsletter.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 Abstracts This link opens in a new windowCAB 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.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. - Environment Index This link opens in a new windowCitations to articles on the environment from scientific, legal, and popular journals, 1950s- 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.
- Gale OneFile: Gardening and Horticulture This link opens in a new windowIndexes 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. - GeoRef This link opens in a new windowCovers the geology of North America from 1669 to the present and the geology of the rest of the world from 1933 to the present. Includes references to all publications of the U.S. Geological Survey. Masters' theses and doctoral dissertations from U.S. and Canadian universities are also covered.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.
- JSTOR Global Plants This link opens in a new windowNearly two million high-resolution specimens from herbaria from around the globe.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.
- GreenFILE This link opens in a new windowScholarly, 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.
- PAIS International This link opens in a new windowArticles, government documents, reports in the fields of political science, public and social policy, international relations 1915-.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.
- Plant Management Network This link opens in a new windowCooperative 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.
- Turfgrass Information Center This link opens in a new windowJournals, monographs, fact sheets, pamphlets, images, and web documents related to turfgrass culture, science and management.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.
- Web of Science This link opens in a new windowIndex 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.
- Zoological Record This link opens in a new windowCitations to periodical articles and other scholarly literature on zoology, biochemistry, behavior, ecology evolution, and genetics, 1864-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.
Ag Extension publications by state
Each state has an Agricultural Extension Service, and publishes materials for their specific audiences. These documents can be hard to locate, but many of them can at least be identified using the Agricola database, which is the catalog of the U.S.D.A.'s National Agricultural Library in Beltsville, MD.
States have some publications available for purchase on an Extension website. These websites are not consistent or maintained reliably.
Alabama | Alaska | Arizona | Arkansas | California |
Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | Florida | Georgia |
Hawaii | Idaho | Illinois | Indiana | Iowa |
Kansas | Kentucky | Lousiana | Maine | Maryland |
Massachusetts | Michigan 1 or 2 | Minnesota | Mississippi | Missouri 1 or 2 |
Montana | Nebraska | Nevada | New Hampshire | New Jersey |
New Mexico | New York | North Carolina | North Dakota | Ohio |
Oklahoma | Oregon | Pennsylvania | Rhode Island | South Carolina 1 or 2 |
South Dakota | Tennessee | Texas 1 or 2 | Utah | Vermont |
Virginia | Washington | West Virginia | Wisconsin | Wyoming |
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