Soil & Crop Sciences Research Resources  Tags: agriculture natural_resources soils crops  

Instead of wikipedia, use the  following online sources for science topics and credible references.

This box is still under construction, check back later for a list of resources.

Handbooks and Encyclopedias

Most of these books are located in the Morgan Library Reference collection:

• AGRICOLA Subject Category Codes useful for more advanced searching in the database
• Dictionary of agriculture / editor, Alan Stephens. 2nd ed. S411 .D573 1998 REFERENCE SOUTH
• Dictionary of agriculture : from abaca to zoonosis / Kathryn L. Lipton. S411 .L55 1995 REFERENCE
    Online - Dictionary of agriculture: from abaca to zoonosis 
• Dictionary of soils = Dictionnaire des sols / G. Plaisance and A. Cailleux. A 1.2:S 683/3 DOCUMENTS
• Glossary of crop science terms / [Robert F. Barnes and James B.Beard, ed.] SB45 .G57 1992 REFERENCE SOUTH
• Handbook of plant and crop stress / edited by Mohammad Pessa. 2nd ed. SB112.5 .H363 1999 REFERENCE
• Handbook of soil science / editor-in-chief, Malcolm E. Sumner. S591.H23 2000 REFERENCE
• Nutrient deficiencies and toxicities in crop plants / edited by William F. Bennett. SB742 .N86 1993 REFERENCE
• Practical pedology : studying soils in the field / Stuart G. McRae. S591 .M38 1988
• Full text from Natural Resources Conservation Service (in PDF format)
  • Soil Taxonomy, 2nd. ed.
  • Keys to Soil Taxonomy, 9th ed, 2003
    • Errata Sheet for "Keys to Soil Taxonomy", 1998

Morgan Library Reference books may be used in the library. Below is a list of a few selected titles.

• Encyclopedia of hydrological sciences  GB655 .E527 2005 REF.
• Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences. GC9 .E58 2001 REF. 6 vol set
• Encyclopedia of Environmetrics.  GE45.S73 E53 2002 REF. 4 vols.  
• Encyclopedia of the Biosphere : a guide to the world's ecosystems. GF75.B5613 1999 REF  
• Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Change. GE149 .E443 2002 REF 5 vols.   
• Great events from history II. Ecology and the environment series. GE150 .G72 1995  REF
• Encyclopedia of geology. QE5 .E516 2005 REF 5 vol.  
• Beacham's guide to the endangered species of North America /  edited by Walton Beacham, Frank V. Castronova, Suzanne Sessine. QH77.N56 B43 2001.REF      
• Rivers of North America  QH102 .R58 2005 REF   
• Encyclopedia of biodiversity / editor-in-chief, Simon Asher Levin. QH541.15.B56 E53 2001. REF 
• Insects and diseases of woody plants of the Central Rockies. Colorado State University Cooperative Extension. S41 .Z22 no.506A 2000 REF  
• Encyclopedia of water science. Edited by B.A. Stewart, Terry A. Howell.  S494.5.W3 E54 2003 REF also electronic.
• North American wildland plants : a field guide. James Stubbendieck, Stephan L. Hatch, L.M. Landholt. SB193.3.N67S88 2003 
• North American Range Plants / James Stubbendieck, Stephan L. Hatch, and Charles H. Butterfield. ; illustrated by Kelly L. Rhodes, Bellamy Parks Jansen, and Debra Meier.  5th ed.  SB193.3.N67 S88 1997 REF      
• Range Plant Handbook /  prepared by United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service.   SB193.3.U5 R36 1988 REF 
• Weeds of the West / [authors, Tom D. Whitson, editor ; Larry C. Burrill ... [et al.] SB612.W3 W44 2000 REF