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AGRIS International is the international information system for agricultural sciences and technology. The AGRIS International database serves as a comprehensive inventory of worldwide agricultural literature which reflects research results, food production, and rural development to help users identify problems involved in all aspects of world food supply. Emphasis in AGRIS International is non-U.S. This file corresponds in part to the printed publication, Agrindex, published monthly by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.

AGRIS is a cooperative, decentralized system in which over 100 national and multinational centers take part. It collects and makes available current information on the agricultural literature of the world appearing in journals, books, reports, and conference papers. Each country which participates in AGRIS does so by submitting information about documents published within its own territories. All contributing sources are of non-U.S. origin. FAO acts as a coordinating agency within this global information system, facilitating the exchange of agricultural information to its member countries.

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Subject Coverage [top]

AGRIS includes coverage of the following main subject groups:

• Administration and Legislation
• Animal Production
• Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries
• Economics, Development, and Rural Sociology
• Education, Extension, and Advisory Work
• Food Science
• Forestry
• General Agriculture
• Geography and History
• Home Economics
• Human Nutrition
• Machinery and Buildings
• Natural Resources
• Pollution
• Plant Production
• Protection of Plants and Stored Products
• Transgenics

Print Counterparts [top]

• Agrindex

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Database Content [top]

• Bibliographic Records

Document Types Indexed [top]

• Bibliographies
• Conferences, Symposia, Meetings
• Journal Articles
• Theses and Dissertations
• Patents
• Statistics

Geographic Coverage [top]

• International

Geographic Restrictions [top]

• None

Special Features [top]

• ERA Available
• Graduate Education Program
• KWIC and HILIGHT Available
• DIALOG Alert Available
• Remove Duplicates (RD, ID) Available
• CURRENT Feature Available
• Abstracts Available for a small percentage of records

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Terms and Conditions [top]

The contents of the AGRIS Database are compiled from a variety of United States Government, foreign government, and non-government sources. Many of the materials contained within the Database have been copyrighted by these other sources, who have granted the National Agricultural Library (NAL) of the United States Department of Agriculture permission to include their copyrighted materials in the Database. You are responsible for complying with all applicable copyright, export control or other laws that may affect your use of any information contained within the Database. Records originating with the National Agricultural Library are copyrighted outside the U.S.A.

The Database is licensed "as is" without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.

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¹ Abstracts present in only a small percentage of the records.

² Also /DF.

³ Not present for all records.

⁴ Descriptors include Commodity Names and Geographic Names.

⁵ Also /IF.

⁶ Conference Titles searchable with either /TI or CT=.

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⁷ Journal Name may be searched using either JN= or SO=.

⁸ Display includes Journal Name, Volume, Issue, Year Pagination, and textual patent information.

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