Library User's Guide to Soil and Soils

Library User's Guide to Soil and Soils - Soil Geography (Dahms)

Library User's Guide

Soil

University of Northern Iowa

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Customized Soil Resources Webpage	Internet Resources
Find Articles	Reference Resources (Print)
Find Books	Soil Maps and Soil Surveys
Government Documents	What’s Up in the Stacks - (Books on the Third & Fourth Floors)
Locating USGS Publications

FIND ARTICLES

AGRICOLA (agriculture)	GeoRef (geology)
Applied Science Technology (some full text)	Google Scholar
Biological Abstracts	G.P.O. (government publications)
Biological and Agricultural Index (some full text)	HighWire Press (some full text)
Engineering Index (print index) UNI Index/Abstract TA1 .E58378	Ingenta ConnectComplete (sciences) (some full text)
Engineering Village 2	ScienceDirect (sciences) (full text)
Academic OneFile (InfoTrac) (full text)	SpringerLink (sciences) (full text)
GEOBASE (physical geography)	Wiley InterScience (full text)

FIND A BOOK

UNISTAR - The UNI Rod Library Catalog - is used to locate the books, journals (but not articles), and sound and video recordings found in this library.	UNISTAR - can be used to access or identify materials placed on reserve by an instructor.
UNISTAR - offers Interlibrary Loan - a service that allows students and faculty to order both books and articles not owned by the Rod Library.	OhioLink and Mobius - the shared catalogs of many libraries in Ohio and Missouri respectively, can be used to find books on soils not owned by the Rod Library. These systems will often search the titles of book chapters. Use Interlibrary Loan via UNISTAR.

GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS

Agricultural Irrigation and Water Use UNI Documents A 1.75:638	Soil Surveys of Iowa Counties UNI Documents A 57:38:
Agricultural Statistics (1936 – present) UNI Documents A 1.47: 936 Also - http://www.usda.gov/nass/pubs/agstats.htm	Soil Taxonomy (1975) UNI Documents A 1.76:436
Climatological Data – Iowa UNI Documents 1926 – 1998 Also - http://www5.ncdc.noaa.gov/pdfs/cd/iowa/	U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin UNI Documents I 19.13:
Geological Survey Professional Paper Series UNI Documents I 19:16: Indexed in Geographical Abstracts	Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin (current) archives 1971-present
Guide to USGS Publications UNI Reference QE 75 A11 G85 1996	Yearbook of Agriculture - 1894 - 1993 UNI Documents A 1.10:

	There are over 1200 Government Documents in the Rod Library dealing with Soils! To find these resources search UNISTAR and limit Location to UNI-Documents.

HOW TO LOCATE U.S.G.S. PUBLICATIONS

Search GeoRef - GeoRef includes a large number of USGS references

Search the USGS Library Catalog - http://library.usgs.gov

Visit - "How to Find USGS Publications Online" - an overview on locating resources from USGS.

SOIL MAPS AND SOIL SURVEYS

The Rod Library has over 150 maps
and atlases dealing with soil.

To find these resources search UNISTAR
and limit Location to UNI-MAP.

The Rod Library has over 190 Soil Surveys. Search UNISTAR by Keyword using the phrase "soil survey"

Iowa County Soil Surveys are found in the Government Documents collection at A 57:38

INTERNET RESOURCES

ASSOCIATIONS
Canadian Society of Soil Science	Soil and Water Conservation Society
International Permafrost Society	Soil Science Society of America

BIBLIOGRAPHIES, DIRECTORIES, AND SEARCH ENGINES
AGRICOLA	Scirus.com (search engine for the sciences)
A Compendium of On-Line Soil Survey Information (compiled by D. G. Rossiter)	Soilweb

	DICTIONARIES
	Glossary of Soil Science Terms (Soil Science Society of America)

IOWA RESOURCES
General Guide for Crop Nutrient and Limestone Recommendations in Iowa Iowa State University Extension	Soil Management and Conservation Practices Iowa State Agronomy Extension
Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship	Soil Temperature Maps (4 inch) Iowa State Agronomy Extension
Iowa Soil and Land Use Iowa State University Extension	U.S.G.S. Iowa District

INTERNATIONAL RESOURCES
Canada – National Soil Database	Keys to Soil Taxonomy
Global Soil Moisture Data Bank Rutgers University	National Resources Conservation Service – World Soil Resources (United States Department of Agriculture)
ISRIC – International Soil Reference and Information Centre	Soil Landscapes of Canada

NATIONAL RESOURCES
AGRICOLA (Agriculture Database) National Agricultural Library	Soil Texture Univ. of Florida Cooperative Extension Service
Climatological Data – by State	Twelve Soil Orders Univ. of Idaho Soil Science Division
National Resources Conservation Service - Soils (United States Department of Agriculture)	U.S. Drought Monitor
National Soil Tilth Laboratory	U.S. Soil Moisture Monitoring National Weather Service
NSSC Soil Survey Laboratory Soil Characterization Database

REFERENCE RESOURCES (Print)

ASTM Standards – 2001 Volumes – 4.08 & 4.09 Soil and Rock UNI Reference – TA 401.A653 2001 SECT. 4	Principal Soils of Iowa UNI Reference – S544.3 .I8 .I68
Dictionary of Geotechnics UNI Reference – TA706 .S65	Soil and Environmental Science Dictionary UNI Reference – S592 .S59 2001
Dictionary of Soil Mechanics UNI Reference – TA706 .A15 .B37	Thesaurus of Rock and Soil Mechanics UNI Reference – Z695.1 .R63 J45 1984
Handbook of Agriculture UNI Reference – S493 .Y88 1999

What's Up in the Stacks (Books on the Third and Fourth Floors)

Thousands of books on a wide array of soil topics can be found
on the top two floors (third and fourth floors) of this library:

GB 641 – GB 648	Permafrost and Frozen Ground	over 20 books

S 589.8 - S 591	Potting Soils and General Soil Science	over 70 books

S 592 - S 595	Soil Surveys, Soil Classification, Soil Physics, and Soil Chemistry	over 110 books

S 596 - S 598	Soils and Crops	over 20 books

S 599	Soil Descriptions by Geographic Location	over 30 books

S 622 – S 627	Soil Conservation and Protection	over 70 books

S 631 – S 667	Fertilizers and the Improvement of the Soil	over 30 books

TA 710 – TA 787	Soil Mechanics, Earthwork and Foundations	over 70 books

TD 878 – TD 880	Soil Pollution and Soil Remediation	over 20 books

Stacks - Third Floor
call numbers A-K

Stacks - Fourth Floor
call numbers L-Z

Last Revised: 30 July 2004 CN