TEEALGet started today using TEEAL to
instantly access thousands of articles from over 275 journals in agricultural and related sciences.
We’ll show you how!
The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library (TEEAL)Contact us at:
Email: [email protected]: http://teeal.org
Welcome to TEEAL, where the world’s published knowledge is at your fingertips
• 350,000+ full-text articles in PDF• 275+ journals• 80+ publishers• Agriculture and over 10 related
sciences• Updated every year • Articles or abstracts in French and
Spanish • Excellent offline option in eligible
countries
*Above counts are as of January 2013
• Annual Reviews• CABI• CSIRO• Elsevier• FAO• NRC Canada
• Oxford Press• Taylor and Francis• and many more
Over 80 publishers donate their journals to TEEAL
With coverage of so many subject areas, you have a wealth of articles to fit your research needs
Agricultural engineeringAgricultureAnimal sciencesBiology and geneticsBiotechnology and applied microbiologyChemistry, biochemistry and biophysics
Economics and developmentEntomology and pest controlEnvironment and ecologyFisheriesFood and nutritionForestryHuman medicinePlant and soil science
Get started now discovering and instantly accessing articles in the TEEAL collection installed at your institution.
Get started using the Quick Search boxType your search terms in the Quick Search box on the home page to instantly generate a list of article citations
TIP: Try to avoid a very general search, such as farms, because that will slow down your search and your results may not be very useful.
Choose your articles from a list of search results
Your results are displayed in a list of citations. Each citation gives you key information, such as article title, author, journal, and a snippet of the abstract. You can open the full citation for more details or go straight to the article.
What’s in a citation?The full citation gives you a more in-depth description about your article. You can open your article from here, too.
Are full articles provided by TEEAL?YES! Every citation links to its article. Articles open instantly because they are stored locally in a small hard drive at your institution. (TEEAL doesn’t use the internet.)
TIP: If you have troubling opening an article, please consult your IT department and someone can help you check your TEEAL set up.
Narrow your search Too many results? Results not relevant enough? Try an Advanced Search to limit your search to fields like: author, year, journal title and more.
TIP: Search an author by typing the last name in the box and selecting Author as the field. You can add the initial of the first name, like so: Smith- J .
Want to browse TEEAL’s collection?If you already have an article in mind, or wish to browse a journal, go to the Journals A-Z or Subjects A-Z tab. Expand the list of journals to see the years, volumes and article titles of a journal.
Save or print citations and articlesNeed to save it or print it for later? Click on the links offered in TEEAL and follow the steps for your computer or printer.
TIP: You can select multiple citations in your Search Results to print or save.
What have you already searched?Click on the Search History link at the top of the Results page to view your previous searches. You’ll see the amount of results per search. You can re-initiate a past search.
Tips on searchingTake a few minutes to review these helpful tips. Your search results will improve and you’ll save time!
TIP: The Help section in TEEAL offers great search tips in English, French and Spanish.
a word cassavaa number 2004any combination of letters and numbers Y2Ka phrase “rural development”boolean operators: and, or, and not wheat and rice
pest or diseaselivestock and not feed
Spanish boolean operators: y, o, y no banana y farmFrench boolean operators: et, ou, et sans millet ou maizecombined boolean operators (wheat or rice) and not diseasewildcards agriculture*
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Need more help?Answers to most of your questions can be found in the Help tab, along with best-practices for getting the best search results. Available in English, French and Spanish.
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TEEAL is produced by Cornell University’s Albert R. Mann Library. We´re proud to have the support of many global and regional organizations.
We hope you are ready to start using TEEAL!
TEEAL ProjectAlbert R. Mann LibraryCornell UniversityIthaca, New York 14853 USAtelephone: 1+ (607) 255-8939e-mail: [email protected] website: www.teeal.org Become a fan of TEEAL on Facebook!
Please contact us for additional support. We invite you to also visit our informational website.
version February 2013
