Last revised: August 2007
Biological Resources Engineering
Scope: This guide covers resources related to Biological Resources Engineering. Agricultural engineering, a term traditionally used for the application of engineering princles to agriculture, is included here, however Biological Resources Engineering also includes such diverse topics as maintaining and improving farm equipment, land and resource management, and genetic engineering. Email the subject area specialist at daustin (@umd.edu) or call (301)314-0014 for more information.Table of Contents
- Locating References using the library Catalog
- Handbooks, Guides and References
- Indexes, Abstracts and Databases
- Internet Sites
Locating References using the library Catalog
To locate books, search the CatalogBooks in the Catalog can be searched by subject, author, title, call
number or keyword. Some subject headings that you can use to find
materials on Bioresources Engineering are:
| Agricultural biotechnology Agricultural engineering Agricultural engineers Agricultural mechanics Agricultural processing Animal housing - environmental engineering Aquacultural engineering Biochemical engineering Biomedical engineering Biomedical Materials Biotechnological process control Biotechnological process monitoring Biotechnology Dairy engineering Drainage Electric power plants - environmental aspects Environmental auditing Environmental engineering |
Environmental geotechnology Environmental impact consultants Environmental impact statements Environmental monitoring Environmental testing Farm equipment Forestry engineering Greenhouses - environmental engineering Human engineering Irrigation engineering Life Sciences engineering Petroleum chemical industry - environmental aspects Phytotron - environmental engineering Water Quality Managemnet Water resources development Water resources - environmental aspects Water resources - system engineering Wineries - environmental engineering |
Handbooks, Guides and References
International Commission of Agricultural Engineering. CIGR Handbook of Agricultural Engineering c1999.
Volume. 1. Land and water engineering / volume editor, H.N. van Lier
Volume. 2. Animal production & aquacultural engineering / volume editors, El Houssine Bartali [and] Frederick Wheaton
Volume. 3. Plant production engineering / volume editor, Bill A. Stout
Volume. 4. Agro-processing engineering / volume editor, F.W. Bakker-Arkema
Volume. 5. Energy & biomass engineering / volume editor, Osamu Kitani.
LOCATION: Engineering Library's Reference Section:
CALL NUMBER: S675.C54 1999
Carl W. Hall and Wallace C. Olsen, (eds.)The Literature of
Agricultural Engineering
LOCATION: Engineering Reference
Stacks
CALL NUMBER: S674.3.L58 1992
ASTM.Selected ASTM standards for agricultural engineering
students 1981.
LOCATION: EPSL Reference
CALL NUMBER:
S675.S454 Noncirculating* (*does not check out of the library)
UM only: because of licensing agreements, most
of these databases can be used only by current faculty, staff and students
of the University of Maryland, College Park or by onsite library users.
UMCP faculty, staff and students can access them through the campus
network or Research Port. Read
more about remote
access.
Agricola
(1970-present) UM only. Index of
journals and other items received by the National Agricultural Library
and cooperating institutions. Covers all aspects of agriculture
and contains some abstracts. A list of subject category codes that
may be used for searching the database can be found at http://agricola.nal.usda.gov/.
Additional subject terms can be found in the NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
at http://agclass.nal.usda.gov/agt/agt.shtml
Agricultural and
Environmental Biotechnology Abstracts UM
only. ASFA-Aquatic
Sciences & Fisheries Abstracts UM only.
Biotechnology
Abstracts UM only. Abstract of articles, books
patents, etc. related to biotechnology.
CAB Abstracts (1973-present) UM
only. Ecology Abstracts UM
only.
Environmental Engineering
Abstracts UM only.
Water Resources
Abstracts UM only
The American Society for Agricultural
and Biological Engineers (ASABE) [http://www.asae.org/]
The International Commission of Agricultural
Engineering (CIGR) [http://www.cigr.org/]
Natural Resource, Agricultural, and Engineering
Service (NRAES), [http://www.nraes.org/] NRAES is an interdisciplinary,
issue-oriented program sponsored by cooperative extension of fourteen
member land grant universities whose mission is to assist faculty and
staff at member universities in increasing the public availability of
research- and experience-based knowledge.
The Biological Resources Engineering
Department at the University of Maryland [http://www.bre.umd.edu/home.html]
Agricultural Engineering
Publications, Newsletter from the Maryland Cooperative Extension Service.
[http://www.agnr.umd.edu/MCE/Publications/]
The CIGR Journal of Agricultural
Engineering Scientific Research and Development , Full text articles
from CIGR's E-Journal. [http://cigr-ejournal.tamu.edu/]
Canadian
Biosystems Engineering, Online journal of the Canadian Society for
Engineering in Agriculture, Food, and Biological Systems (CSAE). [http://www.engr.usask.ca/societies/csae/journal.html]
Agricultural
Engineering publications, from the Missouri University Extension Service
[http://muextension.missouri.edu/xplor/agguides/agengin/]
Indexes, Abstracts and Databases
Covers agricultural research involving plants, aminals, food, genones
and the environment. For help finding subject terms, search the
thesaurus found under the Search Tools link at the bottom of the front
page of the database.
Index
of articles on all agricultural related topics. CAB Abstracts has a
more international focus than Agricola.
Internet Sites
Associations, Academic Departments and Organizations
Online Publications
Other Online Guides of Interest
