Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics Research: Books, Ebooks, and OER

If a book-type item you're looking for is not held by MSU Libraries or is checked out, try Uborrow, the consortium of Big 10 libraries. You can access Uborrow though either our catalog [Check other Libraries button] or directly at this link. If the item is there, you will be prompted to log into your Illiad account to place the request. Uborrow books generally arrive in about 5 business days, with a 12 week checkout period. One 4 week renewal is permitted. Checkout periods vary for other types of materials.

ILLIAD is the Interlibrary loan system for articles, books, government documents, and other materials. It is used to process MARS and UBorrow requests, and for items not held at MSU Libraries. For questions about ILLIAD and placing requests, please consult the ILLIAD FAQs. First-time requesters will need to register and create a password, about a 2-3 minute process, after which you can begin immediately to place requests.

When an item you want has the location 'Remote Storage', use this form to have the item brought to you on campus. You will need to type or cut&paste the item's information into the form, so it may be easier to have the form and item record open ins separate tabs or windows..

Because the Gull Lake Library is not located at MSU in East Lansing, you may request to have materials delivered to the main campus. In order to retrieve materials from Gull Lake, you will need to read through the lending criteria and fill out the following form, one for books the other for articles - choose wisely.

If a book-type item you're looking for is checked out, is not held by MSU Libraries and unavailable through Uborrow, try MelCat, a consortium of Michigan academic and public libraries. You can access MelCat though either our catalog [Check other Libraries button] or this link. You will need your library barcode to process the request. Community user patrons may use MelCat and have the items delivered to the Main Library Circulation Desk.

The American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSA), and Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) publishes peer-reviewed books on the topics of agricultural, soil, and environmental science. Our offerings reach a wide audience with all levels of experience and knowledge, and include textbooks, professional guides, special topics books, multimedia presentations, and more.

“With roughly 20 volumes of new content that have been digitalized, Annual Plant Reviews online covers a spectrum of topics relating to pure and applied aspects of plant and crop science.”

Since 1932, Annual Reviews has offered comprehensive, timely collections of critical reviews written by leading scientists. Annual Reviews volumes are published each year for more than 41 focused disciplines within the Biomedical, Life, Physical, and Social Sciences including Economics. Each year, Annual Reviews critically reviews the most significant primary research literature to guide researchers to the principal contributions of their field and help them keep up to date in their area of research. Each article is its own search engine, providing a gateway to the essential primary research literature referenced within each topic. Platform: Annual Reviews.

77+ APS ebooks including the popular ‘Compendium of …. Pests and Diseases’ series (newest edition). We also have electronic access to all of the APS journals.

"All major lawn and garden companies in America use the National Gardening Survey to increase revenues, reduce costs and improve effectiveness. The systematic analysis and market intelligence contained in the report are keys to better planning, budgeting and goal setting.”

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A series of 10 volumes on the ecology of forest fires across regions of North America. Books are on different platforms.

Includes the previous titles Fungicide and Nematicide Tests and Biological and Cultural Tests for Control of Plant Diseases

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