permaculture

[Wendy <sarutzkifarm@yahoo.com>]

Hi David,

The first place I would start to look for scientific papers on permaculture 
is Agricola's Article Citation Database maintained by the National 
Agriculture Library. http://agricola.nal.usda.gov/ 

It is one of the few research databases out there that is still free to 
everyone, and it cites articles pertaining specifically to agriculture while 
including natural resources and conservation. Otherwise, I would recommend 
contacting the library for the college you are going to attend. You might be 
able to access other databases requiring a subscription through them. Then, I 
would try your local public library. The larger ones do have access to 
databases citing scientific papers.

Unfortunately, there is not one research database that specializes in 
sustainability, permaculture, conservation, etc (unless one has popped up in 
the past 4 months). There are several large ones that cover a wide range of 
topics, but they are very expensive to access. The main ones would be 
Article1st and ScienceDirect. I do have access to these if you would like me 
to do a search for you. Just email me off the listserv with the details of 
what you are researching.

One of these days I am going to build the research database that we are 
looking for.

Wendy



                
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