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Agris: An Fao Information Resource For The Agricultural Journalist, Joe Zumalt Nov 2007

Agris: An Fao Information Resource For The Agricultural Journalist, Joe Zumalt

Joseph R. Zumalt

A review of AGRIS.


Agrovoc: A Multilingual Resource For Agricultural Journalists, Joe Zumalt May 2007

Agrovoc: A Multilingual Resource For Agricultural Journalists, Joe Zumalt

Joseph R. Zumalt

A review of AGROVOC.


Hidden Resources Agricultural Journalists Can Find At Google, Joe Zumalt Dec 2006

Hidden Resources Agricultural Journalists Can Find At Google, Joe Zumalt

Joseph R. Zumalt

Resources within Google for agricultural journalists.


Identifying The Core Periodical Literature Of The Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Joseph Zumalt Dec 2006

Identifying The Core Periodical Literature Of The Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Joseph Zumalt

Joseph R. Zumalt

Agricultural communications" is an emerging field which is naturally both part of the "agriculture" and "communications" literature. However, it is much broader than just a subset of each. The coverage of standard databases such as CAB Abstracts and Communication Abstracts, while a good start, does not sufficiently cover the field. The Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has, over the last quarter century, worked to help define and collect this literature, by identifying relevant documents and entering them into a Web-searchable Microsoft Access database. An analysis of this database reveals important clues concerning the …