SUBJECT AREA: S - AGRICULTURE
Purpose (major target group and interdisciplinary relationships): Serves students studying in courses in economics, biology, environmental studies/science and biochemistry. Not directly related to any particular area of the curriculum.
Existing Collection Strength: S-SB-SD-SH Representative and SF-SK Basic.
Current Collecting Intensity: S[general]-SB[plant]-SD[forestry]-SF[animal]-SH[aquaculture]-SK[hunting] Basic.
Geographic focus: North America.
Chronological focus: Current.
Languages collected: English.
Formats collected: Paper.
Access to Journal Articles: Waves and Agricola can be used as indexes to the journal literature. Both are free over the Internet. Other CD-ROM indexes do not directly relate to this area. ProQuest Direct Research Library does not adddress this area. Current Contents, WEB of Science* and CarlUncover may be used by faculty and students as additional resources. None of the products acquired through CNSLP address this subject area directly. [*available via CNSLP]
Date: April 8, 1996 Revised: January 29, 1998; May 4, 1999; June 15, 2000
Selector Responsible: Brian McNally
| 1996 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | |
| S - general | 172 | 172 | 188 | 199 | 204 |
| SB - plant | 93 | 103 | 125 | 147 | 156 |
| SD - forestry | 45 | 61 | 71 | 81 | 88 |
| SF - animal | 47 | 50 | 54 | 58 | 60 |
| SH - Agriculture | 153 | 177 | 192 | 209 | 216 |
| SK - hunting | 23 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 26 |
| Total | 533 | 588 | 655 | 720 | 750 |
| Increase | 10.3% | 11.4% | 9.9% | 4.2% |