Subject Guides: Plant & Soil Sciences: Recommended Databases

Indexes and Databases

AACC International approved methods of analysis
From the Cereals & Grains Association (formerly AACC International, American Association of Cereal Chemists). Updated, current protocols for analysis of grains and cereals. The 11th Edition includes enhancements designed to help users understand or perform specific methods better or more quickly, including built-in calculators, videos, spreadsheets, co-lab reports, audio PowerPoints, and color images

Agricultural & Environmental Science Collection
This database includes the renowned AGRICOLA, ESPM, and EIS databases and provides full-text titles from around the world, including scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, government publications, and more. For those researchers who need to conduct comprehensive literature reviews, this database includes specialized, editorial-controlled A&I resources for discovery of relevant scholarly research and technical literature critical to the discipline.

AgEcon Search: Research in Agriculture and Applied Economics
A searchable database of full-text papers on agricultural economics topics. Papers indexed include those delivered at conferences, working and staff papers, and government reports. Papers from over 30 academic institutions, institutes, centers, associations, and consortia are included.
AgriXiv Preprints
Preprints for Agriculture and allied sciences. Launched in 2017.
Current Research Information System
A searchable database of U.S. Department of Agriculture funded research. Search by keyword, investigator, agency, institution, state, and project status and type. Many records include a list of publications resulting from the research.
Encyclopedia of Life
An online database of all 1.8 million species on Earth.
National Agricultural Library Digital Collections
Access to digitized publications, a majority being USDA material. Searchable by keyword (Boolean - "and" or "or"), publication title, and date. A search on Maine finds over 20,000 documents.
Plantfacts - Factsheet Database
A searchable database of horticultural and crop science information from 46 U.S. and Canadian institutions. Maintained by the Ohio State University Department of Horticultural and Crop Science.

Springer Nature Experiments
Springer Nature Experiments is a collection of protocols and methods for life sciences research. It comprises Protocols Exchange (an open access repository); and subscription titles Nature Methods; Nature Protocols; and Springer Protocols, including Methods in Molecular Biology.

USDA Crop Profiles
A database that provides detailed pest information, including controls, and general and production information on over 100 crops. Searches can be limited by crop (labeled commodity) and/or state. Searches can also be conducted on the following sections within each crop profile: Cultural practices, insect control, disease control, nematode control, weed control, vertebrate control.

Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Web of Science includes Science Citation Index from 1900-present. Search by word in the title, keyword, and abstract. Perform cited reference and related records searches. Limit by author affiliation and document type. Over 4,000 journals are indexed.

World Bank - Documents & Reports
A searchable database of over 180,000 World Bank documents, many available in full-text. Searches can be done by author, title, keywords, country or region, sector (agriculture, economic policy, environment, etc.), document type, year, and report number. This database includes country economic and sector work documents, project documents, and research & working papers. Browsing is possible by country, document type, and sector.