Introduction to Resources in Agriculture

For Baldwin Library policies and procedures, read the  “Introduction to the Baldwin Library.”  For additional information call the library reference desk at 1-229-391-4990 or or online at asklib@abac.edu.

Library Resources

Books
Books in the Baldwin Library are arranged according to the Library of Congress Classification System.

Library of Congress schedule  for Agriculture:

GIL ( ABAC’s on-line catalog) allows users  to  search  by subject, author, or keyword search.

In addition to traditional books in the library collection, there are over 25,000 e-books!!!  GIL gives access to digital books through NetLibrary. In order to read these books off campus, a student  must set up a NetLibrary account while on campus.

Journals
ABAC subscribes to a number of agricultural journals Back issues of these and many other publications are found in the reference area of the library. Some of the available titles include:

GALILEO DATABASES:

Academic Search Complete – largest full text database.

ProQuest Agriculture Journals – An excellent choice.  Many full text articles and the database is geared especially for agriculture.

AGRICOLA – A database devoted to agriculture.

JSTOR - has a small collection of core agricultural journals. This database's strength is that it offers the complete text of individual issues of  journals.
The Tifton campus of the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Science is available for our students use. They have access to many specialized databases and resources ABAC does not offer.

Web Resources
Southern Research Station Headquarters - USDA Forest Service publications.

INFOMINE: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections - Limited free access.

AgNIC The Agriculture Network Information Center – a voluntary alliance and partnership of.member institutions and organizations working to offer agricultural information and sources.

National Agriculture Library – US Department of Agriculture database

 

Study rooms
There are seven open  study rooms located on the second floor of the Baldwin Library.  Each of these rooms is equipped with a dry erase board..  Rooms are available for use by our patrons on a first come, first served basis Room 308 Is the Honors Study room and is reserved for students in the Honors Program.  Honors students should sign in at the reference  desk to obtain a key to this room and must return the key when leaving the library.

Copies and Printouts
Photocopies are made on the self service copier in Room 206.  They are 10¢ each.
Change for $5 dollars or smaller may be obtained at the front desk.