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  NAL Catalog (AGRICOLA)Over 5 million records encompassing all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines and covers current literature to printed works as far back as the 15th century.

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              Ag Data CommonsA data catalog and repository helping the agricultural research community share and discover USDA-funded research data and meet Federal open access requirements.

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  National Agricultural Library Thesaurus (NALT)NALT 2022 is a state-of-the-art multischeme concept space with added structural features for enhanced scalability and machine readability.

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              Food Safety Research Projects DatabaseLocate food safety projects funded by federal, non-federal, private, and non-profit food safety organizations.

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              NAL GeoDataA catalog of location-based agricultural research data, imagery, research location context, and more.

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