5/18-22: Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries, Seattle, WA

The 42nd annual meeting of the Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries (CBHL) will be held in Seattle, May 18-22, 2010. The meeting, "Are You Being Served? The Art and Science of Providing Service in a Plant Library,” will be hosted by the Elisabeth C. Miller Library at the University of Washington Botanic Gardens.

A pre-conference workshop focusing on disaster preparedness will launch this annual meeting. During the week, several local Seattle speakers with interesting plant science library connections will share their perspectives. In addition, members’ papers and panels will explore a variety of library topics and projects.

Study tours throughout the meeting will explore the resources of the Seattle area with site visits to the Central Branch of The Seattle Public Library (designed by Rem Koolhaas), University of Washington Libraries, Washington Park Arboretum, Bloedel Reserve, Center for Urban Horticulture and Union Bay Natural Area. The conference will close on a high note with dinner at the top of the Columbia Center; Seattle’s tallest building. Join us at this remarkable meeting! For more information, please visit http://cbhl2010-seattle.wikispaces.com

The Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries is the leading professional organization in the field of botanical and horticultural information services. It recognizes the critical importance of collecting, preserving, and making accessible the accumulated knowledge about plants for present and future generations. For more information about CBHL, visit its web site at http://www.cbhl.net.

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NEW! Full text articles in CAB Abstracts

The UW-Madison Libraries have activated access to over 45,000 full text articles via CAB Abstracts.

These come from about 250 journals and about 400 conference proceedings & reports - around 12,000 new articles will be added per year. See this Powerpoint from CABI to learn how to limit a search to full text.

Conferences & reports include:

• Annual Conference of the Plant Growth Regulation Society of America


• Annual Meeting of the Interamerican Society for Tropical Horticulture


• Arab Conference for Applied Biological Pest Control


• Australian weeds conference


• Congress of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa


• European Association for Potato Research (EAPR) Virology Section Meeting


• European Weed Research Society Symposium


• International Bacterial Wilt Symposium


• International Safflower Conference


• International Symposium on Biological Control of Arthropods


• International Symposium on Biological Control of Bacterial Plant Diseases


• International Symposium on Fruit Flies of Economic Importance


• International Symposium on New Crops and Uses


• International Symposium on the Biosafety of Genetically Modified Organisms


• New Zealand Plant Protection Conference


• Report of a Working Group on Solanaceae


• Report on a Working Group on Curcubits


• Sustainable Grassland Productivity

Journals include:

• Acta Scientiarum - Agronomy (2003+)


• Agronomia Mesoamericana (2005+)


• Agronomijas Vestis / Latvian Journal of Agronomy


• Agro-Science (2005+)


• Anais do Instituto Superior de Agronomia (1995+)


• Annals of Medical Entomology (2003+)


• Asian Journal of Horticulture (2007+)


• Australian Journal of Crop Science (2008+)


• Buletinul Universitatii de Stiinte Agricole si Medicina Veterinara Cluj-Napoca. Seria Horticultura (2007+)


• Crop Breeding and Applied Biotechnology (2005+)


• Current Nematology (2004+)


• Folia Horticulturae (2005+)


• Folia Parasitologica (2005+ with 6 month embargo)


• Garcia de Orta - Serie de Botanica (2006+)


• Garcia de Orta - Serie de Estudos Agronomicos


• Haryana Journal of Horticultural Sciences (2006+)


• Horticulture, Environment and Biotechnology (2006+)


• Insect Environment (2008+)


• International Journal of Sustainable Crop Production (2006+)


• Iranian Journal of Plant Pathology (2006+)


• Journal of Crop and Weed (2006+)


• Journal of Horticultural Sciences (2006+)


• Journal of Mycopathological Research (2005+)


• Journal of Phytological Research (2005+)


• Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology (2005+)


• Journal of Plant Biotechnology (2005+)


• Journal of Plant Pathology (2005+ with 6 month embargo)


• Journal of Plant Protection and Environment (2007+)


• Journal of Soils and Crops (2005+)


• Journal of Spices and Aromatic Crops (2005+)


• Journal of the Korean Society for Horticultural Science (2005+)


• Korean Journal of Crop Science (2005+)


• Korean Journal of Horticultural Science & Technology (2005+)


• Lucrari Stiintifice - Universitatea de Stiinte Agronomice Bucuresti. Seria B, Horticultura


• National Journal of Plant Improvement (2005+)


• Nematologia Brasileira (2005+)


• New Zealand Plant Protection


• Notulae Botanicae, Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca (2007+)


• Pakistan Journal of Weed Science Research (2005+)


• Philippine Journal of Crop Science (2005+)


• Phytopathologia Polonica (2005+)


• Plant Archives (2006+)


• Plant Omics (2008+)


• Plant Pathology Bulletin (2005+)


• Plant Production Science (2005+)


• Proceedings of the Interamerican Society for Tropical Horticulture (2004+)


• Revista Brasileira de Horticultura Ornamental (2008+)


• Revista de Ciencias Agroveterinarias / Journal of Agronomy and Veterinary Sciences (2002+)


• Sodininkyste ir Darzininkyste / Horticulture and Vegetable Growing (2005+)


• South Indian Horticulture


• Soybean Genetics Newsletter (2005+)


• Udyanika: A Journal of Horticultural Sciences


• Vegetable Crops Research Bulletin (2005+)

Try it: Conference Proceedings Citation Index, Springer E-books

Each year, the UW-Madison Libraries explore potential database purchases by signing up for free trial access. Some of these are only available to library staff, while others are open to all patrons.

Please let me know what you think about the following resources:

Conference Proceedings Citation Index (1990+)

• Trial period: through 4/23/09
• Interface: ISI Thomson Reuters Web of Knowledge / Web of Science
• Content: an index of conferences, symposia, seminars, colloquia, workshops, and conventions in the sciences and social sciences, including: Acta Horticulturae, Communications in Soil Science and Analysis, Crop Science, Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, Functional Plant Biology, Seed Science Research, and Weed Science
  

Springer E-books (1997+ book series, plus all content from 2005-2009)

• Trial period: through 4/30/09
• Interface: SpringerLink
• Content: 20,000+ books, including: Abiotic stress tolerance in plants, Advances in Molecular Breeding Toward Drought and Salt Tolerant Crops, Agricultural Biotechnology in China, Agricultural Research Management, Agrobacterium: From Biology to Biotechnology, Allelochemicals: Biological Control of Plant Pathogens and Diseases, Allelopathy in Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry, An Ecological and Societal Approach to Biological Control, Applications of Plant Metabolic Engineering, Breeding Plantation Tree Crops: Temperate Species, Cell Biology of Plant Nematode Parasitism, Cereal Genomics, The Ecophysiology of Plant-Phosphorus Interactions, Encyclopedia of Entomology, Field Manual of Techniques in Invertebrate Pathology, Flower Breeding and Genetics, General Concepts in Integrated Pest and Disease Management, Genetic Improvement of Bioenergy Crops, Genetics and Genomics of Soybean, Genomics-Assisted Crop Improvement, Handbook of Maize: Its Biology, Haploids in Crop Improvement II, Improvement of Crop Plants for Industrial End Uses, Induced Plant Resistance to Herbivory, Integrated Management and Biocontrol of Vegetable and Grain Crops Nematodes, Integrated Management of Diseases Caused by Fungi, Phytoplasma and Bacteria, Invasive Plants: Ecological and Agricultural Aspects, Liquid Culture Systems for in vitro Plant Propagation, Micronutrient Deficiencies in Global Crop Production, Molecular Marker Systems in Plant Breeding and Crop Improvement, Multiplication of RNA Plant Viruses, Organic Crop Production – Ambitions and Limitations, PGPR: Biocontrol and Biofertilization, Plan Tissue Culture Engineering, Plant Cryopreservation: A Practical Guide, Plant disease epidemiology: facing challenges of the 21st Century, Plant Proteomics, Plant Responses to Air Pollution and Global Change, Plants and Climate Change, Protocols for Micropropagation of Woody Trees and Fruits, Westcott's Plant Disease Handbook