Key resources
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CABI Digital LibraryArticles, ebooks, and data sheets on agriculture, animal health, crop protection, forestry, global health, human nutrition, horticulture, and natural resources management. Includes Cab Abstracts & Global Health databases.
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GeoRefComprehensive database of international research literature on geology and the geosciences.
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SEARCHUSDA National Agricultural Library’s main search tool to search AGRICOLA, PubAg, and the NAL Digital Collections (NALDC), together from a single place.
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ScopusSearch citations and abstracts for journal articles, conference proceedings, and other resources in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. Can also be used for cited reference searches, citation analysis of research and searching by affiliation.
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Web of Science Core CollectionMultidisciplinary database of journal articles and conference proceedings, used for citation analysis of research. Includes access to EndNote Basic, a web-based version of EndNote.
Online background information
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Digging into Canadian Soils: An Introduction to Soil Science
An introduction to the core disciplines of soil science and the Canadian System of Soil Classification. -
Encyclopedia of Soil Science (2007)
Acomprehensive, alphabetical treatment of basic soil science in a single volume. It constitutes a wide ranging and authorative collection of some 160 academic articles covering the salient aspects of soil physics, chemistry, biology, fertility, technology, genesis, morphology, classification and geomorphology. -
Soil Genesis and Classification
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soil formation and classification. Featuring a color plate section containing multiple soil profiles, this text also includes information on new classification systems and emerging technologies and databases -
Soils: Principles, Properties and Management
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Aimed at taking the mystery out of soil science, Soils: Principles, Properties and Management is a text for undergraduate/graduate students who study soil as a natural resource. It leads the reader from the basics of soil science through to complex situations, covering such topics as: the origin, development and classification of soil physical, chemical and biological properties of soil water and nutrient management management of problem soils, wetland soils and forest soils soil degradation.
More background information
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BC Soil Information Finder Toolaccess to soil survey data, reports and maps.
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Canadian Soil Information ServiceIncludes: National Soil DataBase, Soil Interpretations, Soil Survey Reports and Printed Maps, The Canadian System of Soil Classification
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SoilWeb200Graphical, interactive, and text web-based information to connect soil management concepts and issues
