Online Databases Relevant to Agricultural Economics

AMERICAN CIS D, S 1973 on, Indexes statistical content of all major fedSTATISTICS 102,000 eral statistical publications, especially from INDEX Bureau of the Census, BLS, and various agencies of the USDA, and publications about statistics. BIOSIS Biosciences B, D, S 1969 on, Excellent source for the biological side of PREVIEWS Info. Ser. 3,200,000 agriculture. Dates of coverage vary by vendor. CAB CAB D 1973 on, Abstracts from over 25 CAB journals includABSTRACTS 1,350,000 ing 17 specialist journals. Worldwide, broad coverage of agriculture, including agricultural economics, veterinary medicine, agronomy, nutrition, education, etc. CHEMICAL Chemical B, D, S 1967 on, International coverage of all areas of ABSTRACTS Abstracts (B: 1977 on) chemistry, including agricultural applicafamily Service 5,600,000 tions. Related databases contain chemical names, formulas, and structures. CIS/INDEX CIS D, S 1970 on, Congressional proceedings, hearings, and 154,000 committee prints. COMPENDEX El B, D, S 1970 on, Agricultural engineering information, among 960,000 other topics. COMPREHENXerox B, D 1861 on, Subject, title, and author guide to 99% of SIVE DISSERUniversity 755,000 U.S. dissertations, selective indexing of TATION ABMicrofilms masters theses since 1962, and some nonSTRACTS U.S. papers. CRECORD Capitol Info. D, S 1976 on, Summaries of all congressional proceedings System 270,000 published in the Congressional Record. CRIS NAL/USDA D last 2 yrs., Research progress reports on work done for 25,000 or sponsored by USDA, state universities, agricultural experiment stations, or other grant recipients. Citations contain research resume, progress report, publications, cooperating institution, and investigator. DICIS Doane Agr. S 1977 on, References to trade, practice-oriented, and Service 34,000 scientific literature in agriculture. 60% is relevant to primary production practices. ECONOMICS Learned D 1974 on, Abstracts from worldwide economic literaABSTRACTS Information, 117,000 ture, including market trends, management, INT'L Ltd. economic development, and theory. EIS IRP B 1977 on, Digests of Environmental Impact State11,000 ments filed with the U.S. government. This content downloaded from 157.55.39.44 on Sat, 24 Sep 2016 04:34:10 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms 764 November 1982 Amer. J. Agr. Econ. Table 2. (Continued) Coverage/ Title Source Vendors Citations Description ENERGYLINE EIC B, D, S 1970 on, Worldwide coverage of energy policy, re55,000 sources, economics, and consumption. ENVIRONESI D 1973 on, Worldwide coverage of energy, land and MENTAL 208,000 water resources, and nutrition and health BIBLIOG. from an environmental standpoint. ENVIROLINE EIC 1970 on, Interdisciplinary coverage of energy, envi93,000 ronmental, land use, and resource management topics. ERIC Nat. Inst. of B, D, S 1966 on, Good coverage of published and unpubEduc. 450,000 lished materials on agricultural education, rural community development, and disadvantaged peoples. FEDEX USDE B, S 1977 on, Government publications, especially from 5,500 the Energy Information Administration, and statistics on energy, including agricultural applications. FOODS K&M D 1974 on, Information on food technology and packagAD LIBRA 51,000 ing, world food economics, marketing (statistics and situation on various commodities). Very current. Includes patents, references to the Federal Register, congressional bills, OSHA inspections, and FTC antitrust actions. FOOD IFIS D, S 1969 on, Coverage of all types of food technology, SCIENCE & 218,000 with abstracts, and patents. TECHNOLOGY