Research Guides: Biological Engineering: Books &amp; Dissertations

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Core Historical Literature of Agriculture
(Mann Library, Cornell University) The Core Historical Literature of Agriculture (CHLA) is a core electronic collection of agricultural texts published between the early nineteenth century and the middle to late twentieth century. Full-text materials cover agricultural economics, agricultural engineering, animal science, crops and their protection, food science,forestry, human nutrition, rural sociology, and soil science. Open access; no login required.

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Books in UH Libraries are shelved by Library of Congress call numbers.

Agricultural engineering call numbers start with TJ1430 - TJ1496

Agriculture call numbers start with S

Biology call numbers start with QH

Biotechnology call numbers start with TP

Civil engineering call numbers start with TA

Environmental engineering call numbers start with TD

Food science call numbers start with TX642 - TX840

Horticulture call numbers start with SB

Map of the call number locations as a PDF file.

Dissertations & Theses @ University of Hawaii
Dissertations and Theses at University of Hawaii provides access to complete full text of University of Hawaii theses and dissertations from 1996 to present.

Dissertations and Theses in ScholarSpace
An increasing number of UH Manoa dissertations and theses are available through our open access institutional repository, ScholarSpace. Open access; no login required.

Dissertations & Theses
Includes citations for doctoral and master's work from more than 1,000 graduate schools and universities dating back to 1861. More than 750,000 dissertations and theses from 1997 on have been digitized and are available in pdf format. Citations for dissertations from 1980 forward include abstracts. Note: include the asterisk (*) to include records with an okina in Hawai'i.