Frierson, Eleanor (author), Lindsey, Georg (author), and Frierson: Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, Washington, D.C.; Lindsey: CGNET Services International, Palo Alto, CA
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1990
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C04945
AGRICOLA FNI 92000457, This article will provide an overview of database searching for the nutrition professional. The intent of the article is to introduce nutrition professionals to database searching and help them choose appropriate and feasible methods of searching. The types of databases discussed will be primarily bibliographic. First, a description and comparison of on-line versus Compact Disc Read Only Memory (CD-ROM) searching will be presented. This will be followed by guidelines for developing a search strategy. Last, an overview of databases containing food and nutrition information will be presented. A list of database vendors is provided as an Appendix. (original)
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 97 Document Number: C07845
Notes:
James F. Evans Collection, Mimeographed, 1994. 4 p. Paper presented at the International Agricultural Communicators in Education Conference, Moscow, ID/Pullman, WA, July 16-20, 1994.
Brown, M. M. (author / Cooperative Extension Administration, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa)
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1994
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 97 Document Number: C07914
Notes:
Abstracted from a Ph.D. thesis; search through volume, In: Jacquelyn Deeds and Demetria Ford, eds. Summary of Research in Extension (1992-1993). Mississippi State, MS: Department of Agricultural Education and Experimental Statistics, Mississippi State University, July 1994. p. 19
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/
