Miller, Jefferson D. (author) and West, Lindsay M. (author)
Format:
Research paper
Publication Date:
2006-02-04
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 149 Document Number: C24009
Notes:
22 p. Paper presented at the Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists' 103rd annual meeting in Orlando, Fla. [Agricultural Communications Section].
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 146 Document Number: C23302
Notes:
Nature Biotechnology via Meridian Institute, "Food Security and Ag-Biotech News. 1 page., Cites trends in numbers of published articles about genetically modified crops, 1973-2003, and in publication trends, by geographic area.
Author compared seven life sciences databases against the primary agriculture journals.Found the most comprehensive coverage to the least coverage in: CAB Abstracts, Web of Science, AGRIS, BIOSIS, Agricola, CSA Life Sciences, and Biological and Agricultural Index.
Urges scientists (described as by nature reductionists) to pay attention to broader environmental health issues revealed in popular literature. Silent Spring (Carson, 1962) cited as an example.