Why Reference?
Reference works are an excellent first stop in your research and are incredibly useful for:
- Getting an overview of a topic
- Facts--Data, physical and chemical properties, formulae, procedures, definitions, etc.
- Getting ideas or narrowing your scope
- Identifying core works on the subject and expert authors
Encyclopedias and dictionaries, while useful, are not usually cited in your research. Ask your librarian or instructor about citing a reference work to be sure.
(Conventional irrigation sprinkler system on a field, Lance Cheung. CC Public Domain Mark 1.0 Universal https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/.)
Reference Titles Include:
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CIGR Handbook for AgriculturalA comprehensive collection of agricultural engineering reference material.
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Encyclopedia of Biotechnology in Agriculture and Food (part of T&F EBA program) byCall Number: Available onlinePublication Date: 2011The Encyclopedia of Biotechnology in Agriculture and Food provides users with unprecedented access to nearly 200 entries that cover the entire food system, describing the concepts and processes that are used in the production of raw agricultural materials and food product manufacturing. So that users can locate the information they need quickly without having to flip through pages and pages of content, the encyclopedia avoids unnecessary complication by presenting information in short, accessible overviews....
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Encyclopedia of Digital Agricultural Technologies byCall Number: Available onlinePublication Date: 2023Digital agriculture is an emerging concept of modern farming that refers to managing farms using modern Engineering, Information and Communication Technologies (EICT) aiming at increasing the overall efficiency of agricultural production, improving the quantity and quality of products, and optimizing the human labor required and natural resource consumption in operations....
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National Field Manual for the Collection of Water-Quality Data (NFM)US Geological Survey
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OER's on AgricultureUniversity of New Hampshire, Open Educational Resources - Agriculture