National Agricultural Library Services: I Want to Find USDA Publications

I Want to Find USDA Publications




	I Want to Find USDA Publications

There is no single place to obtain publications produced by USDA. Many publications produced in recent years are available for free on the Web, some are available in microfiche or on CD-ROM, and many are only available in print.

	USDA Publications on the Web Search AGRICOLA, the National Agricultural Library's online catalog and article citation database. Many publications cited there are available online in full-text. If a document is available online, you will see a hypertext link in the Electronic Resource field of the publications record. Select this link to view the document. (Note: You can limit your search in AGRICOLA to electronic resources only. See AGRICOLA's Search Limit Help Page for details.) Search the NAL Digital Repository (NALDR). The NALDR provides access to publications either digitized by NAL or through NAL's partnerships with other institutions. The majority of the publications available in the NALDR were published by the USDA. Search for the publication title in a general search engine, such as AltaVista or Google, or a more focused one, such as Science.gov. Browse the following indexes to USDA serial publications: Agricultural Economic Reports Agriculture Handbooks Agriculture Information Bulletins Farmers' Bulletins Foreign Agricultural Economic Reports Home & Garden Bulletins Marketing Research Reports Miscellaneous Publications Technical Bulletins Search or browse the Web pages of the various USDA agencies. Search the Government Printing Office's (GPO) Catalog of U.S. Government Publications or the National Technical Information Service (NTIS). These catalogs contain records for print and electronic publications created by or for the Federal government. If a publication is available online, a link to the full-text of the publication is provided.
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	USDA Publications in Print Purchase the publication from either the GPO or NTIS. (Note: Not all USDA publications are available from GPO or NTIS. The NTIS catalog goes back to 1990. For publications older than 1990 you can contact NTIS to verify availability.) Borrow the item, or obtain a photocopy of it, from a library, including USDA's National Agricultural Library. Contact your local library for assistance in borrowing or obtaining a photocopy of the item you need from another library. Visit a Federal Depository Library (FDL). Many USDA publications are available for free public use in the many FDLs located throughout the United States. To determine if a FDL near you owns the publication you are interested in, search the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications, locate your item in the results list, select the "Locate Libraries" link, and type in one or more state abbreviations to locate the FDL's that own the publication. (Note: The Catalog of U.S. Government Publications goes back to 1994. For publications older than this you may try searching the online catalog of your FDL or contact the FDL for assistance. To locate website and contact information for your FDL refer to the GPO FDL locator page.) Purchase a copy from a commercial bookseller. Try among others Abebooks, Alibris, and Fetchbook.info. This may be particularly useful for older, out-of-print USDA material.
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	USDA Agencies and Publication Offices The following links may serve as resources for locating USDA publications. The main page of the agency is listed on the first line followed by a direct link to the agency's publication department (if available) on the second line. Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services Farm Service Agency (FSA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) Publications and Publications2 Risk Management Agency (RMA) Publications Food Safety Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) Natural Resources and Environment Forest Service (FS) Publications Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Publications Rural Development Rural Development (RD) Publications Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (CNPP) Publications Marketing and Regulatory Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Publications Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Publications Grain Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards Admin (GIPSA) Publications Research, Education, and Economics Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Publications Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service (CSREES) Economic Research Service (ERS) Publications National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) Publications National Agricultural Library (NAL) See also Information Centers
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