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Information resources on this subject can be found in the following locations.| 630 | Agriculture |
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Jenni - Tairāwhiti
ph| (06) 8693138
email| jrobinson@eit.ac.nz
Jadwiga - Hawke's Bay
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email| asmith@eit.ac.nz
Glen - Auckland
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email| studysupportak@eit.ac.nz
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email| asmith@eit.ac.nz
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AGRICOLA
Database of citations from the U.S. National Agricultural Library (NAL). Covers all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines. Contains links to full-text documents online.
AGRIS
The international information system for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Covers all aspects of agriculture from participating countries. Limited full-text.
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Credo Reference
An online library of hundreds of reference books including encyclopaedias, dictionaries, thesauri, atlases, biographies, quotations and subject-specific titles. There are millions of entries, including thousands of images and audio pronunciation files. Contributing publishers include Routledge, SAGE, Cambridge University Press, Wiley, Elsevier and many others. Additional features include Mind Map and Topic Pages, plus links to the EIT library catalogue and databases.
GreenFILE
Is a collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.
PubMed
Provided by the US National Library of Medicine. Includes biomedical articles back to the 1950's with citations from MEDLINE and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full-text articles and other related resources. Includes veterinary medicine.
ProQuest Central
ProQuest Central is a large multidisciplinary research resource combining more than 47 databases and covering more than 20,000 periodicals plus many other scholarly resources. Content is from scholarly journals, trade publications, company reports, dissertations, newspapers, newsletters, and newswires.
Science Direct Health and Life Sciences Journals Collection (College Edition)
Provides access to peer-reviewed full-text journals not available elsewhere online. Subjects include Nursing, Medicine, Pharmacology, Environmental and Biological Sciences. Full-text coverage is from 1995. To limit your search to find full-text only, go to Advanced Search and select Subscribed publications and Open Access articles.
Scopus
SciVerse Scopus is a very large multidisciplinary abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and quality web sources, containing over 40 million records including over 6 million conference papers and 100% Medline coverage. It covers research in the scientific, technical, medical, social sciences, and arts and humanities fields and provides tools such as Author Identifier, Affiliation Identifier, Citation Tracker, and Journal Analyser to track and analyse research. NB: Full-text documents cannot currently be downloaded from Scopus. Click on the SFX button in Scopus to link to where the full article is located in another database.
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Jenni - Tairāwhiti
ph| (06) 8693138
email| jrobinson@eit.ac.nz
Jadwiga - Hawke's Bay
ph| (06) 830 1033
email| jkozyniak@eit.ac.nz
If you require further help with finding information please contact:
Adam - Hawke's Bayph| (06) 8301067
email| asmith@eit.ac.nz
Glen - Auckland
ph| (09) 979 9448
email| studysupportak@eit.ac.nz
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S-map Online
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Landcare Research - Manaaki Whenua
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Massey University New Zealand weeds
Massey University pasture plant identification
Glossary of Agricultural Terms
National Agricultural Library Glossary is a collection of definitions of agricultural terms developed in the USA
NZ Department of Conservation plant, animal and bug identification
Organic Dairy and Pastoral Industries
Pasture pest hazard identification
Plant & Soil Sciences eLibrary
Worksafe New Zealand
Includes 1080 guidelines, chainsaw safety, mobile elevated work platforms, quad bikes, tractors, shearing etc.
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Jenni - Tairāwhiti
ph| (06) 8693138
email| jrobinson@eit.ac.nz
Jadwiga - Hawke's Bay
ph| (06) 830 1033
email| jkozyniak@eit.ac.nz
If you require further help with finding information please contact:
Adam - Hawke's Bayph| (06) 8301067
email| asmith@eit.ac.nz
Glen - Auckland
ph| (09) 979 9448
email| studysupportak@eit.ac.nz
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