LibGuides: Soil Science: Reference

Soil Science Reference Resources, Handbooks, and Manuals

The reference section is located on the 1st floor of the library. Books are shelved using the Library of Congress Classification system.

Elsevier's Dictionary of Soil Science: in English (with definitions) in French, German and Spanish
Reference S592.C25 2006
Encyclopedia of Soil Science
Main Stacks S592.S53 2008
Encyclopedia of Soils in the Environment
Electronic resource
Environmental Encyclopedia
Electronic resource
Handbook of Soil Sciences: properties and processes
Main Stacks S591.H235 2012
Methods of Soil Analysis
Reference S593.B55 1994
Munsell Soil Color Charts
Reserve S592.4.M85 1990b
Soil classification: a global desk reference
Main Stacks S592.16.S643 2003

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Books are located on the 2nd (T-Z), 3rd (H-S), and 4th (A-G) floors organized by the Library of Congress Classification system.

Call Number Areas to Browse

Description	Call #
Soils. Soil science including soil suveys, soil chemistry, soil structure, soil-plant relationships	S 590-599.9
Agricultural meterology. Crops and climate	S 600-600.7
Methods and systems of culture. Cropping systems including fallowing, rotation of crops, plowing	S 602.5-604.37
Agricultural conservation	S 604.5-604.64
Melioration: improvement, reclamation, fertilization, irrigation, etc., of land	S 604.8-621.5
Soil conservation and protection	S 622-627