Top Databases

• UF's Digital Collection: USDA Soil Surveys
• Agricola (CSA) - Agriculture (Primarily U.S.)
• CAB Abstracts - Agriculture (International)
• Science Citation Index (Web of Science) - Sciences
• GEORef - Geology
• GPO - Government Printing Office/Soil Surveys
• Plant Management Network - Agronomy
• Plant Science - Agronomy
• Biological & Agricultural Index Plus - Agriculture & Biology
• Canadian Soil Database - Soil data for Canada
• NRCS - Web Soil Survey - By county. GIS map.
  
  
  Remote Logon to use databases from off-campus

Top Journals

• HortScience (Science Library  -- Periodicals -- SB317.5 .H673)
• HortTechnology (Science Library  -- Periodicals -- SB317.5 .H68)
• International Turfgrass Society (ITS) Research journal
  (SCIENCE LIBRARY -- -- SB433 .I58)
• Plant molecular biology
• Weed Technology
• Crop Science (last year in print)

Top Internet Resources

• Soil Science Society of America
• USDA-NRCS Soil Surveys In Print By State
• USDA-NRCS Web Soil Surveys
• Florida Geological Survey
• US Geological Survey

Top Reference Resources

• Soil and environmental science dictionary
  SCIENCE LIBRARY -- Reference -- S592 .S59 2001
• The Encyclopedia of soil science
  SCIENCE LIBRARY -- Reference -- S 592 .E53x 2002
• For additional information on soil surveys, please see “ The Nature and Use of a Soil Survey , “ by R. E. Caldwell and R. B. Brown. Fact Sheet SL-11, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Publication date: January 1990. Revised: June 1996. Reviewed: September 2003.

Related Subject Guides

• Agriculture Guide
• Agricultural Education & Communication Guide
• Agricultural Statistics
• Animal Science Guide
• Family, Youth & Community
• Food Science & Human Nutrition Guide
• All Subject Guides & Specialists

Related Services

• Services for Off-campus IFAS
• Internet Resources for Agricultural Sciences
• New UF Books on Crop & Soil Science