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Web of Science: Core Collection (Clarivate Analytics)

Current and retrospective coverage in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities, with coverage to 1900. Content covers over 12,000 of the highest impact journals worldwide, including Open Access journals and over 150,000 conference proceedings.

Scopus (Elsevier)

Scopus is a bibliographic database containing abstracts and citations for academic journal articles. It covers nearly 22,000 titles from over 5,000 publishers, of which 20,000 are peer-reviewed journals in the scientific, technical, medical, and social sciences.

CAB Abstracts (CAB Direct)

Covers the significant research and development literature in the applied life sciences, including agriculture, forestry, human nutrition, veterinary medicine and the environment. Coverage dates back to 1913.

Agricola (ProQuest)

AGRICOLA, produced by the National Agricultural Library, is a catalog and index of literature pertaining to all aspects of agriculture. Contains information on journal articles, books, conference proceedings, theses, patents, technical reports, and more. Includes or links to full-text when possible.

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Soil Surveys and Maps

Web Soil Survey (U.S. Government - Natural Resources Conservation Service)

WSS provides soil data and information produced by the National Cooperative Soil Survey. It provides access to the largest natural resource information system in the world. NRCS has soil maps and data available online for more than 95 percent of the nation’s counties and anticipates having 100 percent in the near future. The site is updated and maintained online as the single authoritative source of soil survey information.

Official Soil Series Descriptions (OSDs)

USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) Soil Series Classification Database. Contains a searchable file of the official series names, classifications, and soil descriptions of each soil series identified in the U.S.

Soil Survey - USDA NRCS

How to use a soil survey; listing of soil surveys by state; history of soil survey

Soil Surveys by State

Provides links to soil surveys of the U.S., listed alphabetically by state.

Soil Survey Manual (USDA)

"...provides the major principles and practices needed for making and using soil surveys and for assembling and using related data." -- Soil Science Division Staff. 2017. Soil survey manual. C. Ditzler, K. Scheffe, and H.C. Monger (eds.). USDA Handbook 18. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.

Government Information

NRCS Soils

Soils is part of the National Cooperative Soil Survey, an effort of Federal and State agencies, universities, and professional societies to deliver science-based soil information.

North Dakota Soil Resources (USDA-NRCS)

Resources on North Dakota Soils: databases, soil health, soil quality, soil surveys, and soil education

Soils: Terminology and Taxonomy

The Dictionary of Physical Geography

This fully-revised comprehensive fourth edition covers the whole field of physical geography including climate and atmosphere, geomorphology, biogeography, hydrology, oceans, Quaternary, environmental change, soils, remote sensing and GIS.

Glossary of Soil Science Terms (SSSA)

Browse or search this glossary of soil science terms from the Soil Science Society of America

Keys to Soil Taxonomy (NRCS)

Includes: Keys to Soil Taxonomy, 12th ed. 2014, Illustrated Guide to Soil Taxonomy version 2.0, Spanish version of Keys to Soil Taxonomy, and Ordering Keys to Soil Taxonomy (English or Spanish)

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