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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.

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.

Ecology Abstracts (ProQuest)

A database that focuses on how organisms of all kinds interact with their environments and with other organisms. Included are relevant papers on evolutionary biology, economics and systems analysis as they relate to ecosystems or the environment.

External Resources

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
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

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Soils / Soil Science     S590 - S599.9

  • Age     S592.185
  • Biochemistry     S592.7 - S592.85
  • Chemistry     S592.5 - S592.6.Z55
  • Classification - General     S592.16 - S592.17Z
  • Climate     S599+
  • Crops / Soil-Plant Relationships     S596.53
  • Ecology     QH541.5.S6
  • Formation     S592.2
  • History     S590.7 - S590.73.Z
  • Nutrition     S596.5596.53
  • Physics (texture, color)     S592.3 - S592.4
  • Pollution     TD878+
  • Remote Sensing     S592.135
  • Structure     S593.2
  • Subsoils     S593.27
  • Surveys, Profiles, and Mapping     S592.14 - S592.147
Last updated: 11/6/2017