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Databases for Environmental Horticulture, Horticulture, and Landscape Architecture Resources
- Web of ScienceScholarly/peer reviewed journals in all areas of natural resources, agriculture, sciences, and more. (Note: Don't use IE, use another web browser.)
- CAB Abstracts (1973 - present)Provides access to research and development literature in the applied life sciences, including agriculture, forestry, human nutrition, veterinary medicine and the environment.
- AGRICOLA (EBSCO)Coverage: 1970 to present
Indexes resources from the USDA's National Agricultural Library. Includes citations to journal articles, book chapters, theses, patents, and more. - JSTORCoverage: Varies
A digital library for scholars, researchers, and students. Access more than 10 million academic journal articles, books, and primary sources in 75 disciplines.
Temporary access to: JSTOR Business IV, Hebrew Journals, Ireland, Jewish Studies, Lives of Literature, 19th Century British Pamphlets, World Heritage Sights: Africa, Struggles for Freedom: Southern Africa. Ends July 1, 2021 - Agricultural & Environmental Science Database (Proquest)This database includes A&I resources covering topics as the effects of pollution on people and animals and environmental action and policy response. This database includes the AGRICOLA, TOXLINE, Environmental Sciences and Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) databases and provides full-text titles from around the world, including scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, and government publications.
- ScienceDirectCoverage: 1995 to present
Collection of scientific, technical and medical (STM) literature.
An additional suggested database for Environmental Horticulture includes:
- Environmental Sciences & Pollution ManagementProvides citations and abstracts to the literature of the environmental sciences. Includes access to multiple databases including Ecology Abstracts, Sustainability Science Abstracts, and more.
Additional suggested databases for Landscape Architecture include:
- Building GreenDatabase to help building-industry professionals design and build construction projects that minimizes ecological impact and maximizes economic performance.
- DAAI: Design and Applied Arts IndexProvides citations to design and craft journals and newspapers, and data on designers, craftspeople, studios, workshops, firms etc
- Avery Index to Architectural PeriodicalsA comprehensive listing of journal articles on architecture and design.
- ARTstorSearchable database of more than 1 million images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and social sciences applicable to different times, cultures, and disciplines.
Selected Web Resources
- Arid Zone TreesA resource for landscape professionals involved in the design, construction and maintenance of arid landscapes. Includes color photos and extensive information about each tree.
- Botanical BookmarksAccess to hundreds of botanical and horticultural links on plants, cacti and succulents, nurseries and seed sources, gourds, forestry, orchids, plant conservation and biodiversity, plant genetics, herbaria and botanic gardens, etc.
- Harvard University HerbariaAccess to several searchable plant databases including the Gray Herbarium of New World Plants.
- InteriorscapeSite of the publication, Interiorscape. Includes a discussion group, industry news, a list of interiorscapers, as well as a feature on new web sites in the field.
- Irrigation and Green IndustryA Business Magazine for Landscape, Irrigation and Maintenance Contractors.
- Master ComposterProvides "information on how to compost, how to use finished compost, the benefits of composting, what to compost, and many other topics related to home composting."
- National ArboristsIncludes information on tree care for consumers and professionals.
- Plant FactsAn international knowledge bank and multimedia learning center.
- Plant Information OnlineFrom University of Minnesota.
- Plant Talk ColoradoResearch-based gardening information.
- Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education (SARE)A USDA funded initiative that sponsors competitive grants for sustainable agriculture research and education. Includes access to SAN, the Sustainable Agriculture Network.
- Sustainable Urban Landscape Information Series (SULIS)Information on design, plant selection, implementation, and maintenance.
- The Dirt (ASLA blog)A blog covering the latest news on the built and natural environments and features stories on landscape architecture.
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zone MapDiscover hardiness zones for plants by looking at different regions and states.
- World Landscape ArchitectureA webzine providing landscape architects with news and information about the profession by the profession
- World Resources InstituteInstitute that focuses on six critical issues at the intersection of environment and development: climate, energy, food, forests, water, and cities and transport.
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