Thomas, Sarah E. (author / Chief, Technical Services Division, National Agricultural Library) and Chief, Technical Services Division, National Agricultural Library
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1988
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 70 Document Number: C03100
cited reference, Agdex is an indexing service to the intermediate literature of agriculture providing a current awareness and retrieval service primarily for agricultural advisers in Scotland. The development of Agdex from 1973 and the progress made from a manual index using optical co-incidence cards to an online bibliographic database is described. The processes involved in its production from the selection of material through indexing to searching the database are explained. Since 1973 the market for the service has expanded to include students involved in agricultural education and training throughout the UK. With the needs of users in mind plans for the future include coverage from a wider spectrum of material using co-operative input and the addition of information abstracts. Long term, Agdex may become a national bibliographic database for the agriculture industry. (original)
Thorpe, P. (author / Royal Tropical Institute, Dept of Agricultural Research, Agricultural Information and Documentation Section, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.) and Royal Tropical Institute, Dept of Agricultural Research, Agricultural Information and Documentation Section, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1982
Published:
Netherlands
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 52 Document Number: C00615
Describes the "Farm, Field and Fireside" repository of digitized farm newspapers published in the U.S. Identifies the 12 farm papers digitized to date. The repository is located online at http://www.library.illinois.edu/dnc/fff/
Maru, Ajit (author) and International Association of Agricultural Information Specialists
Format:
Commentary
Publication Date:
2009-01-16
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 171 Document Number: C28709
Notes:
IAALD web site. 4 pages., Author describes the diminishing "value added" role of the "brick and mortar" library. "The Libraries and Centers as they are now may not exist."
