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MEL’s Database of the Week for 5/7/10

May 7th, 2010

Welcome to Database of the Week — a feature from the Management & Economics Library (MEL).  These weekly database snapshots will give you basic information about our most relevant and beneficial online resources.

Database name: AgEcon Search, from the University of Minnesota Department of Applied Economics and University Libraries, and the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.

Link: www.lib.purdue.edu/mel, in the pull down Quick Access to Business Databases alpha list right below the Libraries’ search box.

Description/focus: AgEcon Search is an open access database of full-text papers and articles on applied economics.

Start with this hint: AgEcon Search home page displays the search box.  Fill in your subject of interest, Purdue for example, and the results are displayed.  On the left on each page are links to browse the contents by institution, journal, author, date, or subject category.  Results include working papers, conference papers and posters, and journal articles.  AgEcon Search, covers the fields of agricultural, consumer, energy, environmental and resource economics. The subjects range from agribusiness to farm management, to marketing, to teaching.

Why you should know this database: By completing a simple registration process, you can submit your own papers and articles to be added to AgEcon Search, similar to the process of adding your papers to Purdue’s institutional repository, e-Pubs. As an open access database, AgEcon Search does not require a Purdue login and password, so the research you have done can be shared with anyone who has an Internet connection.

How this database can be integrated into the curriculum: With a simple search in AgEcon Search students can get results that are international in scope, with results from academic institutions, government agencies, and professional organizations.

Cost: There is no cost for access to AgEcon Search.

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