Publishers of Soil Information
A book distributor that does a good job of handling books in Israel and
a list of the major publishers of soils information. Several publish journals
as well as books. Some provide search engines to allow you to search for
publications by subject. Others provide hierarchical menus; "soil"
is most often found under "agriculture," "environment,"
or "earth sciences."
Israel
To find books about soils that have been published in Israel, contact:
Email: info@booksinternational.com
Books about soils are published in Israel by universities, and by governmental,
scholarly, and professional organizations. Books International is a book
seller which provides a great service by identifying and making these
books available for purchase. Books on soils are included in the "Science
& Technology" section of their catalog. Or send an email request
for titles. They are quick and helpful in responding to queries.
Publishers of Books or Journals
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A.A.Balkema
- A.A.Balkema, which is based in the Netherlands, publishes a wide
variety of books, including many which are translations of books orginally
published in other languages. Particularly good source for engineering
books relating to soils, which are under the section heading "Soil
& granular mechanics/Landslides/Foundation engineering".
Other relevant section headings for soils are "Geology/Geochemistry"
and "Agriculture/Aquaculture/Soil science."
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Academic Press - AP Catalog allows
searching for books, each title links to purchasing information, a
description and the table of contents. "IDEAL" searches
nearly 250 Academic Press journal titles, retrieving abstracts and
full-text. Articles on soils appear in quite a range of AP journals.
Two of particular relevance to researchers of soils in arid regions
are Journal of
Arid Environments and Journal
of Agricultural Engineering Research.
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American Chemical Society - The
Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) provides
organized access to its journals, books, and CD-ROMs. There are links
to pages for each ACS journal title, which includes a table of contents
for recent issues. Most soil related articles were found in Journal
of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, but visitors to the site
will find it easy to explore other titles which may be relevant to
their interests.
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Annual Reviews, Inc.
- Annual Reviews, a non-profit scientific publisher, publishes 27
series in biological and medical sciences, physical sciences, and
social sciences. Two titles which feature articles particularly relevant
to soil scientists are Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences
and Annual Review of Energy and the Environment, but articles
appear in other series also. When exploring this site, visitors should
use the search
capability to identify all relevant chapters from all series.
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Blackwell Science, LTD
- Blackwell Science provides search access to parts of its web site
covering publications. Searching Books and CD-ROMs gives a list of
titles relevant to your search topic; each title links to purchasing
information, description, and table of contents. Searching Journal
Keywords retrieves Blackwell Science journal titles with a paragraph
description and access to the table of contents for recent issues.
e.g. European
Journal of Soil Science. Searching TOC Keywords retrieves
a list of articles from the table of contents sections of the Blackwell
Science Journal pages.
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CAB INTERNATIONAL - CAB INTERNATIONAL
(CABI) publishes books
and journals
about soils and related topics. CABI also produces the CAB ABSTRACTS
database and CD-ROM subsets of the database, including SOILCD.
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CRC Press - CRC Press provides
an online catalog for searching CRC publications. Searching for a
keyword in titles provides a list of titles, each linking to further
information, including table of contents.
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CSIRO Publishing - Commonwealth
Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is not only
a research organization, but it is Australia's major science publisher
of books,
journals, videos, software, and CD-ROMs. Of the many journal titles
CSIRO publishes, the Australian
Journal of Soil Research is of particular relevance to soils
scientists concerned with arid regions.
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Elsevier Science - Elsevier
provides a search
capability that allows you to choose to search book and journal titles
or by choosing "advanced search" and then selecting "contents
search," you can search for words in the titles and abstracts
of journal articles. Or you can narrow the search by type of publication
or by broad subject area. Since Elsevier publishes so many important
titles in soil science, it is best to visit the site and conduct searches
on your topic. Some of the Elsevier journals of interest to soil scientists
are, Applied Soil Ecology, CATENA, Geoderma,
Soil Biology & Biochemistry, Soil & Tillage Research.
Elsevier also has published a wall chart, Soils
of the World, which presents detailed information and color
photographs of 106 soil profiles.
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc. -
Wiley's site offers not only the capability to search its catalog
of book and journal titles, but by selecting the option to search
the web site, you will gain access to the full text of textbook chapters.
(Example: Chapter
19, Soil Systems, Strahler & Strahler Physical Geography Student's
Companion). Wiley publishes not only scholarly works, but also
good science books for children.
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Kluwer Academic Publishers - Kluwer
is a scholarly publisher covering a broad range of sciences, social
sciences, and humanities. The web site provides online sample issues
of many of its journal
titles and tables of contents for all of them. Kluwer provides
a good search
capability for searching all publications, or for limiting the search
to a type of publication: books, journals, or book series.
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Marcel Dekker,
Inc. - The Marcel Dekker site provides a helpful menu
for searching their catalog of books, journals, encyclopedias
and textbooks. At the bottom of the the search page is an option to
search the abstracts for a limited number of Dekker journals.
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National Academy of Science
- searchable full-text is available for The
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Online
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Soil and Water Conservation Society
- The Soil and Water Conservation Society is an non-profit association,
which includes among its many activities, publishing the Journal
of Soil and Water Conservation.
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Soil Science Society of America
- Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) publishes the journals Soil
Science Society of America Journal and Soil Survey Horizons.
It also publishes books
and audiovisual
materials.
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Springer-Verlag
- Springer-Verlag publishes scholarly books and journals.
The journals of particular interest to soil scientists are Biology
and Fertility of Soils and Irrigation
Science. Connecting to these gives you the option of selecting
"Contents," which takes you to a list of issues. Each entry
links to the table of contents for that issue; each article listed
links to its abstract.
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Taylor & Francis
- Taylor & Francis publishes books and journals. This web site
allows searching both books and journals at the same time. Journals
of interest to soil scientists are Arid Soil Research and Rehabilitation
and Geomicrobiology
Journal.
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United Nations Food
and Agriculture Organization - FAO allows searching
by broad category; publications on soils are included in section titled
"Land and Water Development." FAO also has produced a CD-ROM,
Digital
soil map of the world and derived soil properties.
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