This publication is designed
to help you find materials in
the library on the topic of
horticulture. If you have any
problems locating the resources
or using them, please ask a
Reference staff member for assistance.
Books
Use the Voyager Online
Catalog to locate books in
the library. You may search with
general subject terms such as
gardening, horticulture, plants,
vegetable gardening, landscape,
etc., or you may choose to conduct
precise keyword searches that
combine more than one subject.
For example, you may conduct an
advanced keyword search such as
apples AND diseases.
Use the Universal
Borrowing function of Voyager to search
for and request materials from
other University of Wisconsin
libraries.
WORLDCAT,a
link on the library web page under
“Books
and...,” allows you
to search for and request books
and other materials available
in libraries worldwide.
Reference Materials
The American Horticultural Society Encyclopedia of Plants and Flowers
REF SB403.2 .A438 2002
Illustrated encyclopedia with practical information for gardeners.
The Andersen Horticultural
Library’s Source List
of Plants and Seeds
REF SB44 .I831 1996
Listing of sources for over
59,000 plants commercially available
from 450 North American nurseries.
Dictionary of Landscape Architecture and Construction
REF SB469.25 .C48 2005
Brief definitions of terms, techniques and concepts.
Dirr's Hardy Trees and Shrubs
REF SB435.5 .D556 1997
Richly-illustrated encyclopedia of woody landscape plants adapted to cooler environments of northern gardens.
Encyclopedia of
gardens : history and design
REF SB465 .E63 2001
History and design of major
gardens around the world
Encyclopedia of Perennials
REF SB434 .W66 1992
Nontechnical information on herbaceous perennials
Encyclopedia of Plant and Crop Science
REF SB45 .E486 2004
In-depth, scholarly articles on a wide range of topics.
Encyclopedia of Water Garden Plants
REF SB423 .S62 2004
Illustrated articles on water plants, fertilizers, pots and soil, and pests
and diseases.
Hortus Third
REF SB45 .B22 1976
A dictionary of plants cultivated
in the United States and Canada.
The National Gardening
Association Dictionary of Horticulture
REF SB317.58 .D53 1994
A user-friendly gardening dictionary
written for the layperson.
The New York Botanical
Garden Illustrated Encyclopedia
of Horticulture
REF SB317.58 .E94 1980
A multivolume set of books providing
comprehensive coverage of the
subject of horticulture.
The New Royal
Horticultural Society Dictionary
of Gardening
REF SB450.95 .N48 1992
A highly acclaimed four volume
dictionary that consists largely
of plant descriptions.
North American
Horticulture: A Reference Guide
REF SB317.56 .U6 N67 1992
A directory of horticultural
organizations, government programs,
regulations, special libraries,
gardens, awards, shows, reference
books and periodicals.
The RHS Encyclopedia
of House Plants, Including Greenhouse
Plants
REF SB419 .B334 1987
A comprehensive encyclopedia
intended for the serious collector
of plants for the home, greenhouse
or sunroom.
Trees and Shrubs
for Northern Gardens
REF SB435.5 .S65
Provides information on trees,
shrubs and woody vines that
can be grown in northern climates.
Turfgrass Management
Information Directory
REF SB433 .T87 1997
Lists materials that can be
used in turfgrass management
educational/training programs.
Electronic
Resource:
Associations
Unlimited
(or navigate from the Library
web page under Reference Sources)
A searchable database of local,
state, national and international
associations.
Online Databases
These databases provide citations
and some abstracts and full-text
from scholarly and popular journals.
Here's a link to the primary Plant Sciences databases available
via SuperSearch. If you need help selecting
or searching the databases,
try the SuperSearch Tutorial or see a Reference Librarian.
Biological
and Agricultural Index Plus
Provides citations from approximately
330 journals in the biological
and agricultural sciences.
BIOSIS
(Biological Abstracts)
Provides citations and informative
abstracts to articles from the
world=s literature in biological
and related sciences. Includes
references to major horticultural
journals, but does not include
references to trade journals
(e.g., American Fruit Grower,
Grower Talks)
General
Science Full Text
Provides citations and selected
full text articles from approximately
300 general science journals.
Includes full-text coverage
of the journal Horticulture
from 1995 to the present.
Agricola
This database provides extensive indexing of agriculture related journals; it
also provides access to conference proceedings, books, pamphlets, federal and
state documents, and extension publications.
Environmental
Sciences and Pollution Management
Includes abstracts and citations
from over 4000 scientific journals
and
thousands of other sources including
conference proceedings, reports,
monographs, books and government
publications.
Science
Citation Index ISI Web of Knowledge
Multidisciplinary database covering
journal literature of the sciences.
Allows cited reference searches.
Art
FullText
Provides citations and abstracts
to articles in major art journals
that are useful for researching
topics related to landscape
architecture.
Business
Source Elite
Provides citations, abstracts,
and selected full-text of articles
from important business journals
that are useful for research
on the business aspects of horticulture.
Business Full Text
Provides citations, abstracts,
and selected full-text of articles
from important business journals
that are useful for research
on the business aspects of horticulture.
ABI/Inform
Global
Provides citations, abstracts,
and selected full-text of articles
from important business journals
that are useful for research
on the business aspects of horticulture.
Reader’s
Guide Full Text
Provides citations, abstracts,
and selected full-text of articles
from popular magazines.
Academic
Search Premier
Provides citations, abstracts,
and selected full-text of articles
from 3000 magazines and journals
in all subject areas. In the
area of horticulture, primarily
covers popular magazines. The
Biological and Agricultural
Index and Agricola cover horticulture
journals more comprehensively.
Paper Journals
Below is a partial list of journals
that may be of interest of horticulturists
available in the library. Articles
in these journals and many others
can be located by browsing the paper
journals, or by electronic searching
via the databases detailed above.
American Fruit Grower
American Nurseryman
American Vegetable Grower
Crop Research
Crop Science
Fruit Varieties
Greenhouse Grower
Grower Talks
Harrowsmith Country Life
HortScience
Journal of the American Society
for Horticultural Science
Journal
Landscape Architecture
Landscape
Management
Minnesota Horticulturist
Northern Gardener
Organic
Gardening
Interlibrary Loan
If you need an article from
a journal that we do not have, we
can send for a photocopy of the
article through Interlibrary Loan.
Interlibrary Loan forms are available
on the Library web page.
Interlibrary Loan requests for books
can also be placed from within WorldCat.
Please see the Research Help Desk
for more information.
Government Documents
Government
Documents are materials that
are printed under the authority
of governmental agencies. Our
library receives a portion of
these publications. The Documents
collection contain booklets, reports,
and books dealing with horticulture.
Most of these materials are published
by the Department of Agriculture
and are housed in the A 17 through
A 77 area of the Government Documents
stacks. Current documents that
the library receives can be identified
in the Voyager Online Catalog.
To access older titles, use the
GPO computerized index on Infostations
in the Documents Reference Area
Web Resources
Search the following web sites
for high quality horticulture
information.
AgNIC:
Agriculture Related Information
Systems, Databases, and Datasets
AgDB is a database directory
of quality agriculture related
databases, datasets, and information
systems. It describes and links
to more than 1,100 information
resources. Informative resource
descriptions guide users directly
to relevant, quality information
resources ranging from "technical"
to "practical." AgDB
is maintained by the National
Agriculture Library.
INFOMINE
Scholarly Internet Resource Collections;
Biological, Agricultural and Medical
Sciences
Provides links to a large number
of websites providing scholarly
information related to horticulture;
includes informative summaries
of each site.
State
Partners, USDA
Hosts the directory of land
grant universities which are
state partners of the Cooperative
State Research,Education, and
Extension Service. Use for easy
access to extension services
from all 50 states.
Google
The recommended general search
engine for searching the free
internet.
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