Soil

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• HighWire Press (some full text)
  
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Find Books

• 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.
  

• Google Book Search - Online books prior to 1923.  Partial view of recent books.
  (Set search to "Limited preview and full view")

• HathiTrust Digital Library
  (Set catalog serach to "Full view only").

• OhioLink and Mobius - the shared catalogs of many libraries in Ohio and Missouri respectively, can be used to find books on botany not owned by the Rod Library. These systems will often search the titles of book chapters. If you find a book the library doesn't own - use Interlibrary Loan via UNISTAR.

• WorldCat - The catalog of catalogs!

Government Documents

Agricultural Irrigation and Water Use
UNI Documents A 1.75:638

Agricultural Statistics (1936 – present)
UNI Documents A 1.47: 936
Also - http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS1063

Climatological Data – Iowa
UNI Documents C55.214/14 1926 – 1998
Also - http://www.weather.gov/view/states.php

Geological Survey Professional Papers 
UNI Documents I 19:16:
Indexed at USGS Publications Warehouse http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/
Older publications indexed by the Guide to USGS Publications
UNI Reference QE 75 A11 G85 1996

Iowa Soil Regions
ftp://ftp-fc.sc.egov.usda.gov/IA/technical/soilregionsmap.pdf

Soil Surveys of Iowa Counties
UNI Documents A 57:38:
Also - http://soils.usda.gov/survey/online_surveys/iowa/

Soil Taxonomy (1975)
UNI Documents A 1.76:436

Soil Taxonomy (1999) (USDA)  pdf
http://soils.usda.gov/technical/classification/taxonomy/

U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin
UNI Documents I 19.13:

Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin (current)
archives 1971-present

Yearbook of Agriculture - 1894 - 1993
UNI Documents A 1.10:
Yearbook of Agriculture 1894-1937  1938-1992
Continued by Agricultural Statistics Annual 1993-present

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.
 

Locating U.S.G.S. Publications

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

USGS Publications Warehouse - http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/

Try Google UncleSam - http://www.google.com/unclesam --- use advanced search and set "Search within a site or domain" to particular agency - e.g. usgs.gov

Alternatively, limit Google searches to the specific agency web addresses using the "site" command.

e.g.   The web address of the U.S. Geological Survey is http://www.usda.gov  

So to search documents on the paleosols within the USGS try the following Google Search:

                                    paleosols and site:usgs.gov

Locating U.S.D.A. Publications

Search the National Agriculture Library

Try Google UncleSam - http://www.google.com/unclesam --- use advanced search and set "Search within a site or domain" to particular agency - e.g. usda.gov

Alternatively, limit Google searches to the specific agency web addresses using the "site" command.

e.g.   The web address of the U.S. Department of Agriculture is http://www.usda.gov

So to search documents on the "chernozem" within the USDA try the following Google Search:

                                    chernozem and site:usda.gov

Soil Surveys

Many soil surveys are available online:

• Black Hawk County Soil Survey  (2006)
• Iowa Soil Surveys
• Soil Surveys by State
  

The Rod Library has over 160 county soil surveys in print.  To locate a "soil survey" for a particular county search UNISTAR by Keyword using the phrase "soil survey" and the name of the county of interest.

e.g.   "soil survey" and Dubuque

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

For more options try the Web Soil Survey   USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service
 

Internet Resources

Associations

Canadian Society of Soil Science

International Permafrost Association

Soil and Water Conservation Society

Soil Science Society of America

Bibliographies, Directories, and Search Engines

AGRICOLA

Compendium of On-Line Soil Survey Information
(compiled by D. G. Rossiter)

Scirus.com (search engine for the sciences - use advanced search)

USGS Publications Warehouse (use advanced search)

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

Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship

Iowa Soil and Land Use
Iowa State University Extension

Soil Management/Environment
Iowa State Agronomy Extension

Soil Temperature Maps (4 inch)
Iowa State Agronomy Extension

U.S.G.S. Iowa District

National Resources

AGRICOLA National Agricultural Library

Climatological Data – by State
Univ. of Idaho Soil Science Division 

Keys to Soil Taxonomy
(11th edition, 2010)
(USDA and Natural Resources Conservation Service)

National Resources Conservation Service - Soils
(United States Department of Agriculture)

NSSC Soil Survey Laboratory:
Soil Characterization Database

Soil Orders - The Twelve Soil Orders
University of Idaho

Soil Texture
Univ. of Florida Cooperative Extension Service

U.S. Drought Monitor

International Resources

Canada – National Soil Database

Global Soil Moisture Data Bank
Rutgers University

ISRIC – International Soil Reference and Information Centre

National Resources Conservation Service – World Soil Resources
(United States Department of Agriculture)

Soil Landscapes of Canada

Reference Resources (Print)

ASTM Standards – 2001
Volumes – 4.08 & 4.09 Soil and Rock
UNI Reference – TA 401.A653 2001 SECT. 4

Dictionary of Geotechnics
UNI Reference – TA706 .S65

Dictionary of Soil Mechanics
UNI Reference – TA706 .A15 .B37

Handbook of Agriculture
UNI Reference – S493 .Y88 1999
Index to the Handbook of Agriculture (links to some in full text)

Principal Soils of Iowa
UNI Reference – S544.3 .I8 .I68

Soil and Environmental Science Dictionary
UNI Reference – S592 .S59 2001

Thesaurus of Rock and Soil Mechanics
UNI Reference – Z695.1 .R63 J45 1984

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:

 
Floor maps of the Rod Library showing call number areas of Stacks.