Carrascal, Maria J. (author), Pau, Louis F. (author), Reiner, Ludwig (author), and Institute for Arable Crops and Informatics, Technical University of Munich, 85350 Freising, Germany; Digital Equipment Europe, PO Box 06901 Sophia Antipolis, France; Institute for Arable Crops and Informatics, Technical University of Munich, 85350 Freising, Germany
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1995-03
Published:
UK: Elsevier Science
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 99 Document Number: C08337
search through journal, The use of hypermedia techniques in agriculture is analyzed in view of its possibilities to make access to knowledge and information more comprehensible, and to accelerate and disseminate their transfer. A survey of hypermedia applications in agriculture is provided and the characteristics of such systems are reviewed in terms of information structure, contents, system architecture, user information browsing and support. Requirements, future possibilities, and limitations are finally discussed. (original)
AGRICOLA IND 87022206, This work briefly describes the AGRICOLA, AGRIS, CAB ABSTRACTS, and CRIS databases, indicates some new developments in agricultural databases and database use, and discusses some characteristics of agricultural databases and computerized systems developed by Extension Services, Land-Grant Institutions and Experiment Stations in the United States.
