Agriculture Collection

The Agriculture Collection Database available through the Florida Electronic Library has a collection of more than 400 titles is focused on agriculture and its related fields: from practical aspects of farming to cutting edge scientific research in horticulture. In addition, over 20 Delmar reference titles provide in-depth coverage on a variety of agricultural related topics.

What can it answer?

• All kinds of questions about pesticides, soil conservation, mammal physiology, agricultural economics, poultry science, health foods and more are easily answered with instant access to over 3.5 million articles.
• The cow farmer can evaluate statistics related to the impact of new management information systems on the production of calves.
• The agricultural historian can discover when ornamental plants became widely popular in midwestern states.
• The student of agronomy can find out what crops grow well in volcanic soils.
• The food-science student can report about the bacterial infections that sickened spinach consumers in 2006.

How do I get there? Click on the links above or:

• Go to http://flelibrary.org/
• Click on "view all resources"
• Scroll to Agriculture Collection and click on the link.

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