Databases: Horticulture

Acta Horticulturae Online Library
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Contains the "Acta Horticulturae" of the International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS).
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Agris - International System for Agricultural Science and Technology
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Bibliographic database
Contains references of international literature on agricultural technology, biotechnology, nutrition science and plant production, compiled by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

AMI-informiert.de - Serviceportal Forschung & Lehre
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Factual database
Contains facts, information, news and analyses of international agri-food markets, compiled by Agrarmarkt Informations-Gesellschaft mbH (AMI).

Annual Reviews (Archive)
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Full text database
Contains critical scientific reviews of current research in biology, chemistry, medicine and physics, published by Annual Reviews.

beck-online
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Contains reference works, journals, case law, commentaries and formularies of all fields of law.
Modules licensed to Geisenheim are labor law,  planning and building laws and regulations, law of local government (Hesse), legal protection of industrial property, law of foodstuffs, environmental law, administrative law and civil law.

CAB Abstracts
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Bibliographic database, full text database
Contains literature references and abstracts of agricultural fields such as cultivation of plants, soil science, biotechnology, forestry, environmental science, nutrition and food science compiled by CABI (Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International), including the journal CAB Reviews in full text.

 

CABI Horticulture Compendium
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Bibliographic and factual database
This database contains data sheets and full texts about horticulture crops. It also provides pictures and additional references.

DOAJ - Directory of Open Access Journals
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Contains articles from high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals.

Documentation nature and landscape online
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Bibliographic database
Contains references of literature on biology, energy, environment and nature conservation, based on the library and documentation center of the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN).

Ebook Central from ProQuest
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Full text eBooks
On Ebook Central you will find selected eBooks that you can read online or download for a limited time. A free Adobe ID is required to download.

EconBiz
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Portal
Contains facts, bibliographic records and full texts in the fields of economics, business studies and business practice. Sources are important German and international databases. The service is provided by ZBW Leibniz Information Centre for Economics.

FSTA - Food Science and Technology Abstracts
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Bibliographic database
FSTA is a bibliographic database with information relating to food, beverages, and nutrition.

Garden-Cult
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Bibliographic database
Contains references of literature on garden culture, garden design and open space development in the 20th century, including botanical, biographical, and other related information, compiled by Institut für Geschichte und Theorie der Gestaltung der UdK Berlin. 

GBDL
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Full text database
Contains digitized literature about agriculture, mostly dated from the 19th century.

Google Scholar
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Citation index
Contains literature references of journals and repositories of scientific publishers and societies, with citation analyses and well-known Google ranking.

HeBIS- Portal
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Portal
The Hessische BibliotheksInformationsSystem is the electronic information and service union of academic libraries in Hessen and parts of the Rhineland Palatinate with one central catalog and national research options.

Hortigate
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Full text database
Contains technical information and warning services for fruit and vegetable growing and professional gardening, as well as free access to test reports.

Horticultural Science Abstracts (via CAB-Abstracts)
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Bibliographic database
Contains references and abstracts of international scientific publications about horticultural crops, from genetic resources to gene expression, and propagation to storage, updated weekly.

KTBL
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Supports different web applications for agriculture (e.g. culculators for diesel requirement).
Covers the subjects animal husbandry, crop farming, horticulture, viticulture, organic crop farming, energy and management.

Langenscheidt Online-Wörterbücher
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Dictionary, full text database
Contains eight volumes of "Duden" and 50 general, technical and specialised dictionaries in 21 different languages. 

Livivo
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Portal
Contains references of literature, research information and full texts in the fields of medicine, healthcare, nutrition and agri-food sciences. Sources are catalogs, databases, journals and websites. The service is provided by ZB MED Leibniz Information Centre for Life Sciences.

 

NAL Catalog (AGRICOLA)
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Bibliographic database
Contains references of literature on agricultural science, entomology, plant production, forestry, food technology, environmental protection and geosciences, compiled by National Agricultural Library (United States Department of Agriculture). 

Names of woody plants and perrenials
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Factual database
Contains the preferred botanical names and common synonyms and trade names of woody nursery plants and herbaceous perennials available in Europe, compiled by the ENA -European Nurserystock Association. 

OpenAgrar
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Bibliographic database
Contains references of publications of research centers and departments related to the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture. 

Organic eprints
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Full text database
Contains references and full texts of international scientific publications and research information on organic food and farming, provided by the International Centre for Research in Organic Food Systems (ICROFS).

Rosetta Stone
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Language learning program
Rosetta Stone is an online language course that covers learning content from beginner to advanced levels. There are courses in 24 languages, 7 of which go up to level C1. Included are English and German as a foreign languags.

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ScienceDirect von Elsevier
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Full text database
The database offers extensive access to full texts from journals published by Elsevier.

Springer Link
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Bibliographic database, full text database
Contains literature references, abstracts and some full texts of journals, series, books, protocols, reference works of Springer Publishing, concerning science, technics and medicine.

Statista
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Factual database
Contains statistical data and market and economic data in the fields of agriculture, administration, social issues, etc., provided by Statista GmbH.

vifabio - Virtuelle Fachbibliothek Biologie
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Portal
Contains references of literature and information specialized in biology. Sources are catalogs, databases, journals and websites, compiled by the University Library "Johann Christian Senckenberg".

Web of Science
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Bibliographic database, citation index
Contains references of international literature on sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities and comprehensive citation analyses, provided by Thomson Reuters Publishing.

wiso-net.de
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Full text database, bibliographic database
Contains references of literature on economics and social sciences, e-books and journals in full text (see source list), as well as company profiles and market data, provided by GBI-Genios Wirtschaftsdatenbank GmbH.

 

Zander Files (biographical part)
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Biographical database
Contains references of biographical data of gardeners and horticultural scientists (1783-1920), compiled by Dr. Robert Zander, author of "Dictionary of Plant Names".