CAB Abstracts
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Subject Humanities, Outdoor and Forestry
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On-campus access
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Off-campus access
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Brief description Literature in the fields of agriculture, forestry, animal health & nutrition, natural resources & outdoor education
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Resource type References and abstracts, Reports and conference proceedings, Theses
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Walk-in access Walk-in access available
Full Details
Mainly a bibliographic database, but with full text for over 32,000 articles compiled by CAB International. It covers significant research and development literature in the fields of agriculture, forestry, aspects of human health, animal health and nutrition, outdoor education, and management and conservation of natural resources.
Date Range
1973 onwards.
Access
Direct on campus.
Off campus access is via your University of Cumbria login details - a pop-up box will ask you to enter your username and password.
Features
Basic search to find a phrase or keyword.
Advanced search to combine searches using Boolean operators.
Visual searches produces a visual map of results organised by topic.
Search Tips
Searches can be refined to just full text articles, or by date, by publication, by publication type, or to articles which contain images.
Updated quarterly.
Guides and leaflets
An online guide is available.