• Survey Questions
  • Which of the following resources have you used?
  • Which of the sources in the above list do you utilize most frequently?
  • Survey Results

II. Parks Library Resources for Animal Science (all are listed in the "Indexes & Abstracts" section of the Library's website)

• NOTE: You may request books, journal articles, conference proceedings, etc. that the Library does not own from Interlibrary Loan. From Library homepage: Service Areas >>>>Request Forms>>>>Click on "Interlibrary Loan" form. (Fast and free!!)
• Off-campus Access: All of the resources mentioned below are available off-campus. You will need a Library PIN number.

A. FoodnetBASE

• What: Collection of food science full-text scientific handbooks published by CRC Press. There are currently 282 titles!!
• Several titles under "Meats"
  • Advanced Technologies for Meat Processing; Food Safety Control in the Poultry Industry; HACCP in the Meat Industry; Halal Food Production; Improving the Safety of Fresh Meat; Lawrie's meat science, Seventh Edition; Meat Processing: Improving Quality; Meat products handbook: Practical science and technology; Meat Refrigeration; Meat Science and Applications; Poultry Meat Processing; Poultry Products Processing: An Industry Guide; Sausage Manufacture: Principles and Practice.

B. Search Examples and Number of Results (AGRICOLA, CAB Abstracts, Food Science & Technology Abstracts, Web of Science, Web of Knowledge-All Databases)

C. CAB Abstracts (stands for Commonwealth Agricultural Bureau)

• What: Comprehensive database that covers: agriculture; animal and veterinary sciences; environmental sciences; human health, food and nutrition; leisure and tourism; microbiology and parasitology; plant sciences. It is the most comprehensive database for agriculture.
• Coverage: Covers over 9,000 journals, books and conference proceedings. Includes international publications.
• Dates: 1910 - present
• Other: Current license only allows 8 simultaneous users. Can easily export records to EndNote.
• Search tips:
  • Consider alternate spellings (e.g. color or colour, behavior or behaviour).
  • Use the thesaurus to identify additional search terms and look at the descriptors/identifiers in the complete record. For example:
    • (pigmeat or pork) and meat quality retrieves 2526 records
    • pork and meat quality retrieves 2441 records
• Can search simultaneously with AGRICOLA.

D. Web of Knowledge (Note: The Web of Knowledge interface changed on February 3, 2008!)

• What: A suite of databases (The ISU subscription includes: Web of Science, Current Contents Connect, ISI Proceedings, Biosis Previews, Journal Citation Reports). It also includes two analytical tools: Journal Citation Reports, Essential Science Indicators). Also, click on "Additional Resources" to see links to other websites.
• Features: Create an account to save searches and set up citation alerts.

1. Web of Science

• What: Consists of the Science Citation Index Expanded (ISU subscription covers 1945-present. Do not have access from data from 1900-1944); Social Sciences Citation Index (1956-present); Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1975-present)
• Indexes over 6,650 major journals across 150 scientific disciplines.
• The Thomson Scientific Journal Selection Process - At the bottom of this essay, there is information about how to recommend a journal for coverage in the Web of Science or submit a journal for evaluation.
• Recorded training for the Web of Science - http://scientific.thomson.com/support/recorded-training/wos/
• Searching the Web of Science
  • topic searching or cited reference searching
  • use the "author index" to find variations of author name (e.g. Sebranek, J and Sebranek, JG)
  • Default sort is "latest date". Can change to "publication year"
  • Refine results allows you to narrow your results by a variety of ways.
  • Click on article title to view abstract. Note the links to: References, Related Records, and the journal's impact factor in the Journal Citation Reports.
  • Can "Analyze Results" and "Create Citation Report"
  • More information about cited reference searching - Cited Reference Searching Guide - by Lorrie Pellack
  • Can easily export records to Endnote.

2. Web of Knowledge (all database search)-- CAUTION: It isn't clear how the database interprets search terms in an "all databases" search. For example, "food additives" retrieves records without this phrase. Yet, specific food additives are mentioned in the record.

• An "all databases" search will search:
  • Web of Science, Current Contents Connect (1998-present), ISI Proceedings (1991-present), and Biosis Previews (1980-present).
• Utilize the "author index" to identify variations of author name (e.g. LONERGAN S M OR LONERGAN SM OR LONERGAN STEVEN OR LONERGAN STEVEN M)

3. Current Contents Connect (1998 - present)

• Complete tables of contents and bibliographic information from the world's leading scholarly journals and books; also includes relevant, evaluated Web sites and documents. (Note: This portion of our subscription will be discontinued sometime in 2008.)

4. ISI Proceedings (1991 - present)

• Proceedings of international conferences, symposia, seminars, colloquia, workshops, and conventions.

5. BIOSIS Previews (1980 - present)

• Life sciences and biomedical research covering pre-clinical and experimental research, methods and instrumentation, animal studies, and more.
• Indexes journal articles, books, book chapters, patents, and meeting reports.

6. Journal Citation Reports (1999 - 2006)

• Can search journals by subject category or search for a specific journal. (Subject categories: Agriculture, Dairy, Animal Science; Food Science & Technology)
• View impact factor and other performance metrics.

E. AGRICOLA

• What: Published by the National Agriculture Library
• Coverage: A new indexing policy went into effect on January 1, 2007.
  • Titles Recommended for Indexing - 2007 (PDF file)
• Free version available: http://agricola.nal.usda.gov/, but strongly recommend searching AGRICOLA using the Silverplatter interface via the Library's website.
• Can search simultaneously with CAB Abstracts.

F. Food Science & Technology Abstracts (FSTA)

• What: "world's leading database of information on food science, food technology and nutrition." Produced by the International Food Information Service (IFIS).
• Coverage: indexes journals, conference proceedings, patents, books. Serial publications indexed for 2008 (PDF)
• Dates: 1969 - present
• Search tips:
  • Must click "Login" in the left-hand sidebar.
  • Quick Search is the default. Date Range default is last 12 months.
  • Use Advanced Search feature to build more specific searches.
  • The keywords in FSTA are very different from the descriptors/identifiers used in CAB Abstracts. Use the keyword selector to identify terms.
  • Restricting a search to the keywords field results in the following:
    • KW = 'pork' AND KW = 'quality' retrieves 1766 records (Compare to "meat quality" and pork which searched all fields and retrieved 1634 records.)

G. PubMed

• Access via "Indexes & Abstracts" - choose PubMed - ISU Affiliate link. This has the "Get it@ISU" feature.
• What: indexes biomedical journals and other life science journals.
• Indexes the following:
  • Journal of Food Protection, March 1996 - present
  • Journal of Food Science, 2007 - present
  • Journal of Animal Science, 1949 - present
  • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 1970 - present
  • Journal of Food Protection, March 1996 - present
• MyNCBI Account - can save searches and receive email alerts

H. Google Scholar

• Access via "Indexes & Abstracts" for the "Get it@ISU" feature.
• Will not find the most current and up-to-date information in Google Scholar!!

I. Dissertations and Theses

• Indexes dissertations at United States and some foreign universities in all subject areas.
• For most Iowa State University Ph.D. dissertations published since 1916, citations and abstracts, a 24-page preview, and the option to download the full text are available. (Note: You can also search the Library catalog for ISU Ph.D. dissertations and M.S. theses.)

J. Scirus http://www.scirus.com/

• What: science-specific search engine
• Coverage: reports, peer-reviewed journal articles, patents, pre-prints, extension publications, dissertations, other websites. Complete list of sources.

Last updated 2/12/2008