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June 2011: Volume 16 Issue 2
EDINA offers a number of key specialist online services in addition to its core JISC-funded services. The licences for these services often extend beyond just academic institutions, some allowing individuals as well as organisations to subscribe.
Institutional trials are available for those wishing to evaluate any of the services by contacting us at edina@ed.ac.uk.
The leading applied-life-science bibliographic database compiled by CAB International now contains over five million records from 1973 to date, from over 10,000 serial titles, books, monographs, technical reports, proceedings and theses.
A weekly index of current practice and developments in temperate agriculture and all rural topics, with indexing contributions from a number of colleges.
A unique contemporary view of Britain during the agricultural and industrial revolutions. In addition to annual subscriptions, individuals have options to subscribe for shorter periods via an online payment system which enables instant access to the service.
Grid-square Agricultural Census data for England, Scotland and Wales, from 1969 to present. Users can visualise or download data, and the service offers download in the OGC Standard KML format which will allow registered users to visualise the data using open geo-browsers. A free demonstration is available from the website.