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AGR 109 - Introduction to the Agricultural Industry

Research guide for students in AGR109 - Introduction to the Agricultural Industry.

Find Career Information in Library Databases

The Agricola database is especially helpful for finding articles and book chapters about agricultural careers.

To find information about Agricultural careers in Agricola:

  • In the search box enter (career OR vocational) to focus on articles and books about careers.
  • Next enter AND followed by the type the career you are interested in.
  • On the results list, you use options under the search box to further narrow your results:
    • Choose Peer Reviewed to get only articles reviewed by other experts in the field to make sure they are accurate.
    • Change the older date to be more recent, for example last 5 years.

Here is an example search for (career OR vocational) AND food science.

Screenshot of example search for career information about food science in Agricola

You can try this same search strategy in other Milner Library databases, including other Agriculture databases.

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