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AGRICOLA
Agricultural database with nearly 3.5 million bibliographic references from
the National
Agricultural Library (USA), since 1970.
AGRI2000
Agricultural megadatabase of Latin America and the Caribbean, with nearly 1 million
bibliographic references from more than 100 databases and library catalogs.
AGRIS
Database of the International Information System for Agricultural Sciences and Technology,
established by FAO. Contains more than 3
million bibliographic references, since 1975.
AIDA
Contains descriptive information on over 400,000 planned, current and completed projects.
AIDA facilitates access to the web sites of organizations in developed countries.
Information from the IMF and the USAID is also available.
BAC (in
Spanish)
Bibliographic databases of the Colombian Agricultural Library (BAC). Contains
bibliographic references and abstracts of the agricultural literature produced in
Colombia.
BDPAWeb -
EMBRAPA (in Portuguese)
Bibliographic databases of the research units of the Brazilian Agricultural Research
Enterprise (Embrapa).
BIOTEC (in Spanish)
Databases on fruits, industrial application of biotechnology, and related topics, compiled
by the BIOTEC Corporation.
CARIS
Information system on ongoing agricultural research, established by FAO in 1975, to facilitate the exchange of
information on agricultural research projects in developing countries.
CENICAFE
(in Spanish)
Database with more than 21,000 references to documents on coffee, compiled by the
Colombian National Coffee Research Center (Cenicafé).
CENICAÑA (in Spanish)
Database with more than 22,000 references with abstracts on cultivating and processing of
sugarcane. This database is produced by the Colombian Sugarcane Research Center
(CENICAÑA).
GREY
Literature on Natural Resource Management
Database with 20,000 references to “grey literature” on the conservation and
management of natural resources, and sustainable agriculture in tropical America.
Bioversity (in
Spanish)
The Library catalog of the Bioversity Regional Office for the Americas. Contains nearly 3,000
bibliographic references on plant genetic resources, conservation, biodiversity, American
fruit trees, Andean grains, ecology, natural resources, sustainability, and other related
topics.
MEDLINE
Search service of the US National Library of Medicine, providing access to more than
12 million bibliographic references in medical, biological, and related life sciences
topics.
POPLINE
(POPulation information onLINE) provides citations with abstracts of the worldwide
literature on population, family planning, and related health issues.
SINGER
The System-wide Information Network for Genetic Resources (SINGER) provides access to
information on the collections of genetic resources held by the CGIAR centers.
All together
these comprise over 500,000 samples of crop, forage, and tree germplasm of major
importance for food and agriculture.
TROPILECHE
(in
Spanish)
This database of the Tropileche Consortium contains bibliographic references on animal
production systems in dual-purpose cattle farms in tropical Latin America. Includes
nutrition and feeding, forages, genetic improvement and reproduction, animal health,
economics, extension, transfer, and technology adoptions. |
