Natural resources

A list of essentiel resources divided into:

E-books

Article databases and other scientific information sources

Handbooks

Dictionaries 

Statitiscs

Legislation

 

E-books

CAB ebooks

Includes subject areas in Agriculture, Animal & Veterinary Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Human Health, Food & Nutrition, Leisure & Tourism, and Plant Sciences

 

Article databases and other scientific information resources

CAB  Abstracts  Source: CABI Publishing (Centre for Agricultural Bioscience International). Life sciences, specific subjects: Agronomy

 

CAB Reviews  Source: CABI Publishing. Review articles (fulltext).

 

Agricola Source: US National Agricultural Library

 

Agris  Source: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

 

Biosis Source: Thomson Scientific, Inc.  - Research databases that provide the most current sources of life sciences

 

Web of Science Source: Thomson Scientific, Inc. - Bibliographic and citation information in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities

 

EconLit Source: American Economic Association - Regional, agricultural, and urban economics; country studies; economic development

 

Geography Source: a subset of GEOBASE the Elsevier/Geo Abstracts database - Human and physical geography; development studies

 

International Bibliography of the Social Sciences Source: International Political Science Association - Behavioral & Social Sciences

 

FAO Waicent Information Finder is part of FAO's commitment to improve access to timely and relevant technical information on agriculture and food security

 

Handbooks

Online: 

 

Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria

For plant pathologists and veterinary and medical mycologists - more than 1600 sheets have been issued, each devoted to a single species (CABI).

 

Distribution Maps of Plant Diseases 

The distribution of plant diseases of economic or quarantine importance - over 1000 Disease Maps (CABI).

 

Distribution Maps of Plant Pests 

The distribution of plant pests of economic or quarantine importance – over 690 Pest Maps (CABI)

 

 

Print 

 

Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops, except ornamentals, Peter Hanelt, eds. Illustrations. 2001. Shelfmark: L (E afgrøder) MANS

 

The new Oxford book of food plants, J.G. Vaughan and C. Geissler, illustrated by B.E. Nicholson. 1997. Shelfmark: L (E generel) NEW ; E10 NEW

 

Russell's soil conditions and plant growth, 11. ed., edited by Alan Wild. 1988. Shelfmark: L (E generel) RUSS ; 1988-1493

 

Soils and soil fertility, 6. ed.,Frederick R. Troeh, Louis M. Thompson, Shelfmark: E20 SOIL

 

The nature and properties of soils, 13. ed., Nyle C. Brady, Ray R. Weil , Shelfmark: E20 NATU,

 

A handbook of tropical soil biology, sampling and characterization of below-ground biodiversity, edited by Fatima M.S. Moreira, E. Jeroen Huising and David E. Bignell

 

 

Dictionaries

 

Gyldendals røde ordbøger (Gyldendal's red dictionaries)

Danish to English/German/Spanish/French and English/German/Spanish/French to Danish

 

Recommended Scientific and Danish Plant Names

The Danish Plant Directorate

 

Eurodicautom

Multilingual term bank (the European Commission)

 

Danish and Latin names of the most common crops, weeds, trees and shrubs, plant diseases and pests of plants (Hundsballe frø)

 

 

 Statistics

 

Denmark
Links	Description
Statistikbanken, Danmarks Statistik	contains detailed statistical information on the Danish society.
EU
Eurostat	Agriculture and fisheries statistics covering EU-member countries.
International
FAOSTAT	Provides access to statistical data relating to food and agriculture. FAOSTAT contains data for 200 countries and more than 200 primary products and inputs.
SourceOECD	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development -  Statistical databases, books and journals.

 

  Legislation

                    

 

Denmark

RetsInformation 
The official online legal information system of the Danish society.

 

Landbrugsinfo 

Legislation and rules.

 

LovText Miljø (Environmental legislation)

Updated regulations, plus other relevant information, eg EU regulations, judgments and administrative decisions.

Topics: Waste and recycling, genetic engineering, marine environment, soil and groundwater, contaminated soil, chemicals, agriculture, animal husbandry, forestry, air, environmental management, green accounting, environmental protection (general), environmental labeling, environmental support, environmental taxes, EIA and SEA, streams, effluents, handling, noise, water companies (plants).

Lovguide Miljø (Legislation Guide Environment)

Support Tools, which provides a broad overview of environmental law. Contains among other things, a case officer oriented subject entry within waste and raw materials, nature, industry, agriculture and water. The continous updating includes both national and new European directives, with references to related legislation.

 

LovText Plan og Natur (Planning and nature legislation)
Legislation and decisions on planning and nature conservation. Updated regulations, plus other relevant information, eg EU regulations, judgments and administrative decisions.
Topics: Land use, housing, urban development, infrastructure, nature protection and nature conservation, planning, public access to nature, experiments etc.

 

Lovguide Plan og Natur (Legislation Guide Plan and Nature)

A support tool that provides a broad overview of planning rules in Denmark. Contains among other things, a case officer oriented subject entry with legislation guide reports within municipal and local planning, urban areas, the open country, nature and transversal topics such as expropriation. The continoius updating includes both national and new European directives with references to related legislation. 

 

 

EU

EUR-Lex

EUR-Lex provides free access to European Union law. Here you can consult the Official Journal of the European Union as well as the treaties, legislation, case-law and legislative proposals.