| Producer | United States Department of Agriculture (USA) |
|---|---|
| Languages | English |
| Access | |
| Providers | United States National Agricultural Library, United States Department of Agriculture |
| Cost | Free and Subscription |
| Coverage | |
| Disciplines | Agriculture |
| Record depth | Index, some abstracts |
| Format coverage | Journals, Books, Audiovisual, other |
| Temporal coverage | 17th century - present |
| Update frequency | Daily |
| Links | |
| Website | agricola |
| Title list(s) | [1] (defunct) |
AGRICOLA (AGRICultural OnLine Access) is anonline database created and maintained by theUnited States National Agricultural Library of theUnited States Department of Agriculture.[1]
The database serves as the catalog and index for the collections of the United States National Agricultural Library. It also provides public access to information onagriculture and allied fields.[2]
Agricola is aLatin word which translates tofarmer, fromager 'field'and-cola '-tiller' or '-cultivator'.
AGRICOLA indexes a wide variety of publications covering agriculture and its allied fields, including, "animal andveterinary sciences,entomology,plant sciences,forestry,aquaculture andfisheries,farming and farming systems,agricultural economics,extension andeducation,food andhuman nutrition, andearth andenvironmental sciences."[2] Materials are indexed using terms from theNational Agricultural Library Glossary and Thesaurus.[3]
A related database, PubAg, was released in 2015 and is focused on the full-text publications from USDA scientists, as well as some of the journal literature.[4] PubAg was designed for a broad range of users, including farmers, scientists, scholars, students, and the general public.[5]
The distinctions between AGRICOLA and PubAg include:
