Sources for your Literature Review
- University of Minnesota Libraries Home PageFind books, scores, recordings, magazines, journals, movies, and more in the University of Minnesota Libraries catalog.
For Books, use "Search for books, journals, articles, media and more, and limit to Books
For Journal Articles, try these databases
- AgEcon Search - economics and policy, international coverage
- Agricola - from USDA
- Agris - from FAO, good international coverage
- BIOSIS - biological literature
- CAB - the biggest ag database
- Garden, Landscape & Horticulture Index - scholarly and trade publications
- Web of Science - many subjects covered
- Google Scholar - Under Setting/Library links, include U of M Find It
Find them using the Databases A-Z link or Resources by Subject box under Horticulture
Tips for searching
- Be creative and flexible in your language
- Find one good article and reuse its terms
- Combine and recombine
- Try more than 1 index
Alaska sources
- Flora of Alaska and adjacent parts of CanadaFree full text of this 1959 book by Jacob Peter.Anderson
- Vegetation of Amchitka Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska.Free full text of this 1969 US Geological Survey publication by . Shacklette
Studebaker, S. 2010. Wildflowers and other plant life of the Kodiak Archipelago. A guide for the flora of Kodiak and Southcentral Alaska. Sense of Place Press, Kodiak, AK. (At Magrath Library)
Hulten, E. 1968. Flora of Alaska and neighboring territories. A manual of the vascular plants. Stanford University Press, CA. (At Magrath Library)
Examples of info on horticulture by country
United States
- USDA - Economics, Statistics and Market Information Service
- USDA 2012 Census of Agriculture - Special Studies: Census of Horticultural Specialties
- USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service - Search by "floriculture" or "horticulture" or Browse by "Crops and Plants"
Sites covering many countries
Searching for books
For books at the U of M, use "Search for books, journals, articles, media and more" on the U Libraries Web site, and limit to Books
National libraries or large university libraries in regions where your plant grows
Evaluating what you find
The CRAAP test - Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, Purpose
Organizing your references
Citation Managers - background on Zotero, Mendeley, EndNote
Helpful Library services
Arrange for an Interlibrary Loan - Free service for getting books and articles we don't have at the U
Check out earlier HORT 4141W papers in the University Digital Conservancy
Earlier HORT 6141 NC SARE New Crop Grants are also in the University Digital Conservancy
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