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Introduction

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Welcome to this research guide!

This guide will help you get started in finding sources for your Plant Science research.

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Recommended Databases

AGRICOLA Agriculture, animal science, foods & nutrition, and landscape architecture. Look for the "Find IT!" button after clicking on the title of the desired article.
Biological Abstracts Journal articles in the life sciences and biomedical research.
Biological and Agricultural Index Plus Contains citations to articles from more than 250 journals. Subject coverage includes all of the biological sciences with about 45% of the focus on agriculture.
Garden, Landscape & Horticulture Index Garden, Landscape & Horticulture Index is the premier resource for access to articles about gardens and plants. Topics include horticulture, botany, garden and landscape design & history, ecology, plant and garden conservation, garden management, and horticultural therapy. A highlight of the database is its focus on environmentally sustainable horticultural and design practices. This index and abstract product is designed for gardening enthusiasts, professionals, and students of horticulture and of garden and landscape design & history. Garden, Landscape & Horticulture Index covers a wide range of serial titles including general gardening titles of national, international, and regional interest, and titles devoted to specialty gardens and plant groups.
PubAg PubAg is the National Agricultural Library (NAL) portal to USDA-authored and other agricultural research. It covers core topics of the agricultural sciences including nutrition, food safety, food quality, animal and crop production and protection, natural resources, sustainable agricultural systems, rural development, agricultural economic and policy issues, agricultural imports and exports, agricultural statistics, extramural research, and extension education. See the PubAg FAQ to learn more about PubAg and how it augments AGRICOLA, also from NAL. Search tips can be found on the Advanced Search page.
ScienceDirect Peer-reviewed scholarly journals, articles, book chapters, and open access content, primarily STM; also covers physical sciences, engineering, life sciences, health sciences, social sciences, and the humanities. Read more about this resource or watch a how-to video. Access to the Earth and Planetary Sciences Focus Collection and Environmental Science Focus Collection also available.
Scopus Scopus is Elsevier's abstracting and indexing database that indexes content from thousands of scholarly books, journals, and conference proceedings over a wide range of disciplines. Scopus also provides access to detailed author profiles and analytical tools to compare journals, citation impact, and citation trends.
Turfgrass Information File Websites, articles and other publications dealing with turfgrass. Not all items listing in this product are available. This product allows only 3 simultaneous users. We not do have the Find It! button in this product: use document delivery for items that we do not have.
Web of Science Core Collection Provides seamless access to Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Science Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index. Over 10,000 journals are indexed in this multidisciplinary database. Web of Science also provides a unique search method, cited reference searching. 1991 to present. Read more about this resource or watch an introductory how-to video.

See other recommended databases for Plant Science at the Library's Databases page.

Recommended Journals

This is a sample list of peer-reviewed journals related to Plant Science research.

Use these links to work with the list of journal titles:

Agricultural Systems
Agricultural Water Management
Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment
Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems
Agronomy Journal
Agronomy for Sustainable Development
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry
Golf Course Management
HortScience
HortTechnology
Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science
Plant Disease
Precision Agriculture
Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems
Soil Science Society of America Journal
Trends in Plant Science

Also See

Agriculture research guide
Guide to Agriculture Research in the Cal Poly Pomona Library. Covers Animal Science, Agribusiness & Food Industry Management, Agricultural Education, Food Science, Human Nutrition and Plant Science.

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