Agricultural, food sciences

These databases (selection) support you in your studies and research:

• external page CAB Abstracts – Bibliographical entries and abstracts from journals, books and conference proceedings in the field of agricultural and environmental sciences – Further information
• external page Food Science and Technology Abstracts (FSTA) – The world’s largest bibliographical database in the fields of food sciences and nutrition – Further information
• external page AGRIS – Very important database for all aspects of agricultural sciences, maintained and run by the FAO – Further information
• external page AGRICOLA – Database of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, catalogue of the U.S. National Agricultural Library, global database on agricultural research – Further information
• external page Web of Science – Comprehensive bibliography for journal articles on the humanities and social and natural sciences; includes the Science Citation Index Expanded – Further information
• external page Scopus – Interdisciplinary, the most comprehensive bibliographic database with respect to the number of journals covered, particular focus on non-anglophone literature, enables citation analyses and includes unique author IDs – Further information
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Analog or digital, the most important reference works are available for you:

• external page Encyclopedia of Agricultural, Food, and Biological Engineering – Very comprehensive reference work for the fields of agriculture, food and biotechnology
• external page Encyclopedia of Food Sciences and Nutrition – Classic reference work published by Elsevier for the fields of food and nutrition
• external page Encyclopedia of Forest Sciences – Comprehensive reference work, covers aspects of forestry sciences
• external page Encyclopedia of Plant and Crop Science – Covers all areas of plant sciences, with special focus on crops
• external page Encyclopedia of Animal Science – Reference work for all aspects of animal husbandry and its products
• external page Encyclopedia of Soil Science – New reference work, covers all aspects of soil science
• external page FOODnetBASE – Comprehensive electronic portal for simultaneously searching the e-books of CRC/Taylor & Francis on all aspects of food sciences
• external page Handbook for food chemists – Important and comprehensive reference work on aspects of food safety and control

• external page Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) – The World Food Organisation deals with all aspects of agriculture and nutrition
• external page Agroscope – the Swiss agricultural research centre hosted by the Federal Office for Agriculture (FOAG) is the centre of excellence in the domains of agriculture and nutrition
• external page Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) – Network of 16 international agricultural research institutions
• external page International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS) – Global organisation for soil sciences, comprehensive data and information about soil science and soil research worldwide
• external page American Phytopathological Society (APSnet) – Comprehensive online platform for plant pathology and plant protection