THE “AGRICULTURAL INDEX."

New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume XVIII, Issue 6, 20 June 1919, Page 381

THE “AGRICULTURAL INDEX."

Recognizing the vital need of a guide to agricultural literature, the American agricultural colleges, in 1916, co-operated in establishing a central clearing-house of information. The .result was the “ Agricultural Index,” a current, cumulative indexing service. During the first year fifty-three journals were indexed, and the service was issued in five numbers. Since that time there have been indexed regularly seventy-eight journals of the United States and ten foreign countries, and the publication is issued ten times a year. . Acting upon the practical unanimous vote of the subscribers, the publishers (H. W. Wilson Company, 958-964 University Avenue, New York) have now brought out a three-year cumulation of the Index for 1916-18, a very significant period for agriculturists, since during that time agriculture was a matter of world concern and new achievements were born of the necessities of war. The three-year volume contains 1,056 pages with 7°>75 2 references. It affords. a permanent record, by subject, of the articles in a selected list of seventy-eight periodicals, including farm papers and technical journals, also the publications of agricultural experiment stations, State and Federal Departments and Boards, the reports of agricultural and historical associations, and the extension bulletins of colleges and universities. It may be mentioned that among the publications indexed is the New Zealand Journal of Agriculture. ' ..