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3 June 2019

AGRIS: A global database for Agriculture and related research

The International System for Agricultural Science and Technology (AGRIS) is a multilingual bibliographic database maintained by Food and Agriculture Organization  (FAO) of  the United Nations  Organisation (UNO). It was created in 1975 to give access to rich information in Agriculture Science and Technology, Health and Environment across the globe. The database is a comprehensive collection of research and  technical information on food and agriculture. It helps researchers, students and policy makers for literature needed for their work.

Basically AGRIS is a bibliographical database, but it provide link to more than 2 million full text documents.AGRIS facilitates access to journal articles, monographs, book chapters, grey literature, technical reports, theses, dissertations and conference papers. The items in the AGRIS indexed using AGROVOC, the multilingual thesaurus of FAO. It offers 9,390,683 bibliographic records (as on August 2018) produced by more than 400 data providers from 145 countries. The data providers includes research centers, academic institutions, publishers, governmental bodies, development programmes, international and national organisations. More than 400000 users accessing AGRIS in every month. It is open access so anyone can access it without subscription.

Website: http://agris.fao.org/

LIS Notes for Copmpetitive Examination - 37:Books and Authors in LIS

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