Harper Adams Library is a member of two schemes – UK Libraries Plus and Access West Midlands.

1. UK Libraries Plus enables part-time, distance and placement students to borrow material from other Academic libraries in close proximity to where they live or work. In addition, full-time students and staff can use other libraries on a reference only basis. They must apply to their home library for a UK Libraries Plus card. Further information about participating libraries are available from the Library Helpdesk or Issue Desk.

2. Access West Midlands is a reciprocal borrowing scheme between academic libraries in the West Midlands, for academic and related staff, and all postgraduate students and Open University students. For an application form and a list of participating libraries contact the Library Helpdesk/Issue Desk.

1. Any acts which we have as “books” will be on OPAC under title e.g. Agricultural Holdings Act

2. Public General Acts – Bound volume of all Acts of Parliament from 1900-1978 and 1984 onward. Shelved upstairs in Journals under “P”

3. From 1988 the fulltext of all Public General Acts are available online at http://www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/acts.htm

SEE ALSO Statutory Instruments

Age structure of people employed in agriculture, industry, services – The agricultural situation in the European Union. R338.1094 EUR e.g. 1998 report pg. T/118

1. Farm machinery shelfmark 631.3

2. Key Note Agricultural machinery market report. 338.476313 KEY

3. Safety shelfmark – 363.11963

4. Statistics – Agricultural Engineers Association publications R338.476313 AEA

5. Journal - Market guide to used farm tractors and machinery

6. Journal – Tractor and farm machinery trader

7. Farm machinery sales and trade see http://www.statistics.gov.uk then Search under PRA numbers below for latest reports.
Agricultural tractors PRA29310
Other Agricultural & forestry machinery PRA29320

1. Showman’s Directory show dates. 791.025 SHO

2. Green Pages: the directory of agriculture for the UK. R630.205 GRE

1. Agrow (Journal)

2. Company analysis and country reports - The Agrow yearbook: R338.476318 DEW and Agrochemicals: Executive Review. R338.476318 ALL

3. Chemical engineering - Agrochemicals : composition, production, toxicology, applications. R668.6 AGR

Assured Combinable Crops Scheme registration pack. 633 ASS

SEE Promar

1. Inland Revenue. Farming - stock valuation for income tax purposes : BEN 19. P338.13 GRE

2. Chapter 16 of R. G. Williams. Agricultural Valuations. 333.332 WIL

• W.H. Smiths, Telford
• Waterstones, Telford

Numbers of UK cattle by breeds – MLC – Beef yearbook.

Proceedings can be found in two places upstairs.
British Society of Animal Production Winter Meeting 1979-1995
Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science 1997-

1. Estates Gazette Interactive for case summaries.
Access via Online/CD-ROM Databases on the Library Homepage.
Search under Legal, then EG cases

2. Estates Gazette law reports – Journal

3. Estates Gazette planning law reports - Journal

Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy. Stafford Reference Library has a copy of County farms/rural estates statistics: 1999-2000 actuals

Construction Industry Research And Information Association.
Mason, P.A. Farm waste storage: guidelines for construction. (Ciria report: 126) 628.7466 MAS

Available in T2 but jobs can be sent from any room – 60p per sheet.

1. Plimsoll portfolio analysis R380.1025 PLI
Agri-business; Agri-machinery; Dairy; Dairy farmers

2. Kompass R380.1025 KOM
Products & services; Company Information; Parents & subsidiaries; Industrial trade names

3. The Grocer directory of manufacturers and suppliers R641.3 GRO
The Grocer directory of buyers and retailers R641.3 GRO

4. Food trades directory of the U.K. R641.3 FOO
Food trades directory of Europe R641.3 FOO

5. A list of Annual Reports held by the Library is available at the Library Helpdesk or search on the OPAC with the company name as author.

6. ABI Inform contains full-text articles from business and marketing journals. Financial Times contains full-text articles from the newspaper.
Both can be accessed via Online/CD-ROM Databases on the Library Homepage.

Wickington, Julie Wildlife and conservation at Harper Adams P333.73 WIC

1. Latest directory and statistics for agricultural co-operatives now available on web. http://www.plunkett.co.uk A simple search of the directory is free.

2. Printed statistics from 1973-2001 are available in reference at R334.683 PLU.

3. Law of co-operatives:
Co-operative law in practice 346.068 YEO
Legal status of agricultural co-operatives in European countries 346.0668 ISS
Law of co-operatives 346.0668 SNA

Countryside Survey 2000 is a major audit of the British countryside. It involved detailed field observations and satellite imagery which has provided a complete land cover census for Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Available online at: http://www.cs2000.org.uk

Formerly British Agrochemical Association
http://www.cropprotection.org.uk

Books available at 658.3112.

Full title is ' Farming & food: a sustainable future: report of the Policy Commission on the future of farming and food'. Chairman Sir Donald Curry. The shelfmark is 338.10942/FAR on Opac

Farm diversification – relevant journal Farm Development Review

Wordlist Search on Land, Life and Leisure produces 69+ journal articles.
Access to Land, Life and Leisure is via the Online/CD-ROM Databases on the Library Homepage.
Login/Password available from the Library Helpdesk.

Link to our Electronic Journals  page.
List shows which ones are accessible off-campus.

1. Labour Market Trends - Journal

2. Employment in Europe R331.11094

1. England Rural Development Programme 307.72 MAF

2. Rural Enterprise scheme: guidance notes for applicants 307.72 MAF

3. Organic Farming Scheme: information pack 338.18 GRE

4. Countryside Stewardship Scheme: information and how to apply 333.7616 GRE

5. DEFRA - http://www.defra.gov.uk/erdp/erdphome.htm

Free website covering all environmental legislation affecting the countryside.
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/netregs/

Divided into 2 main areas – Generic Management Guidelines and Sector Specific Guidelines (Crops, Livestock, Animal Boarding & Care, Landscaping & Pest Control)

European Community Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students. Introduced in 1987, became incorporated into the new Socrates programme in 1995.
http://www.erasmus.ac.uk

1. Hudson, Grace. How to trace a directive R341.2422 HUD

2. Myles, Gregg. EU brief R341.2422 MYL

3. Directory of Community legislation in force and other acts of the Community R341.2422 OFF

Boyle, Cathy. European food facts and figures. R338.47641094 BOY

1. Current rates– Financial Times
2. Historical rates – Economic trends

Farm Assured British Beef and Lamb

Relevant journal Farm Development Review

The Farm Information Room is open Mon-Fri from 9am to 5pm. The Farm Secretary can give guidance in the use of the farm information.

1. Lists of farmers in a particular area can be found in the Yellow Pages.

2. Cahill, Kevin. Who owns Britain. Gives details of the top landowners in each county and lists of top 100 landowners by acreage, land value, and wealth.

Search library catalogue under Farm Animal Welfare Council or FAWC.
SEE ALSO Five Freedoms

1. Standing Committee on Tables of Feed Composition. Feed composition: U.K. tables of feed composition and nutritive value for ruminants. 636.0852 MAF (Short Loan and Week Loan copies)

2. Standing Committee on Tables of Feed Composition. UK tables of nutritive value and chemical composition of feedingstuffs. Short Loan 636.0855 MAF

3. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Energy allowances and feeding systems for ruminants. 636.0852 MAF

1. Try the following journals:
Feed Facts Quarterly
Feed Compounder
Agricultural Supply Industry
Agricultural Market Report
Farmers Guardian
Public Ledger
Monthly Economic Survey

2. Key Note. Animal Feedstuffs. Short Loan 338.176085 KEY
SEE ALSO Prices

See http://www.statistics.gov.uk then Search under PRA numbers below for latest reports.

1. Prepared feeds for farm animals PRA15710

Standing Committee on Tables of Feed Composition. UK tables of nutritive value and chemical composition of feedingstuffs. Short Loan 636.0855 MAF

Available on the Defra website under Fisheries,
Includes United Kingdom Sea Fisheries Statistics.

1. General information
http://www.fawc.org.uk/freedoms.htm

2. Farm Animal Welfare Council Reports
http://www.fawc.org.uk/reports.htm

Statistics for Fibre Flax, Cotton and Hemp in the UK and Europe
The agricultural situation in the European Union. R338.1094 EUR

1. Statistics
General figures in Annual Abstract of Statistics R314.1 CEN

2. Public Health Laboratory
http://www.phls.co.uk

National food survey: annual report on food expenditure, consumption and nutrient intake. R339.486413 NAT

1. 1968 Outbreak
Report of the Committee of Inquiry on Foot-and-Mouth Disease 1968: Part 1 (Cmnd. 3999) 636.089457 GRE
Report of the Committee of Inquiry on Foot-and-Mouth Disease 1968: Part 2 (Cmnd. 4225) 636.089457 GRE

2. 2001 Outbreak
Foot and mouth disease 2001: lessons to be learned inquiry report (HC; 888) 636.08969 FOO
Tackling the impact of foot-and-mouth disease on the rural economy. Report of the Rural Task Force 307.72 TAC
Foot and mouth disease: the state of the countryside: August 2001. Countryside Agency Report 307.72 GRE

3. Keyword search “foot and mouth disease” on OPAC for other titles.

1. Forestry statistics R634.9021 FOR

2. Forestry facts & figures R634.9021 FOR

1. Genesis Quality Assurance Scheme: “a new beginning” farmgate to plate: the Genesis manual: the combined farm assurance solution 630.688 GEN

2. Genesis Quality Assurance Ltd.
Ryknield House
Alrewas
Burton-upon-Trent
Staffordshire
DE13 7AB
Ph: 01283 791400

1. Animal genetics etc. shelfmark – 636.0821

2. Consumer attitudes etc. shelfmark – 658.8343

3. Crop growing etc. shelfmark – 631.523

4. Food production etc. shelfmark – 664.024

1. Exports
http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/int-trde/germ-ex/germ-ex.htm

2. Imports
http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/int-trde/germ-im/germ-im.htm

1. International milling directory R664.72 INT

2. World grain statistics R338.1731 INT

3. Wheat and coarse grains shipments 338.17311 INT

4. HGCA website – http://www.hgca.com Login harper adams Password subs

This publication is now out of date.

'The code of practice for using plant protection products' is the new version. Available from in the Library or by visiting www.pesticides.gov.uk. Follow "Quicklinks" "click for options" and the drop down menu will lead you to the code.

For GDPs and other economic statistics for countries
1. International financial statistics yearbook R332.021 INT

2. Economic survey of Europe R330.94 ECO

Management reports on different units of the college farm, e.g. Beef Unit, are available on the college internet at http://www.harper-adams.ac.uk then click on Student Life, then Farm Information, then Management Reports.

1. Williams, Heather. The lure of the land: a century of education at Harper Adams 630.71142456 WIL (Two long loan copies and one reference copy)

2. Harper Adams Agricultural College farm guide 1938-1956 ; 1969 ; 1978-1988 (Store) - Journal

3. Harper Adams Agricultural College news 1991-1997 - Journal

4. Harper Adams Club Journal 1923-1924 (Store) - Journal

5. Harper Adams Club news 1992-1997 - Journal

6. Cat-a-mountain (Student Union Yearbook) 1960-2000 (Store); 1997-2000 (Library) – Journal: future issues available on the Student Union website.

7. Telford, M. E. and Wells, R. G. History of the National Institute of Poultry Husbandry 636.5007 TEL

Cereal statistics can be found under UK Markets.
http://www.hgca.com
(If requested use Login: info@harper-adams.ac.uk)

1. http://www.hmso.gov.uk/
Includes Government information resources and full-text of UK legislation.

2. http://www.tso.co.uk/bookshop/
Business and professional bookshop from the Stationery Office

1. Housing and construction statistics 1996-2001 - Journal

2. Housing Statistics - http://www.housing.odpm.gov.uk/research/hss/index.htm

3. Construction Statistics – http://www.dti.gov.uk/construction/stats/

1. Public General Acts 1998 Ch. 42 - Journal

2. Whitaker’s almanack R032.02 WHI

3. CANS (Citizens advice notes) R360 CAN

4. Croner’s reference book for employers R344.01 CRO

Whitaker’s almanack R032.02 WHI

International Standard Book Number is an identification system for books and other media that allows for order processing by booksellers, librarians etc. The ISBN number is unique to a title or edition.

1. Farmland market - Journal

2. Estates gazette - Journal

3. Property week - Journal

4. DEFRA - http://www.defra.gov.uk – Economics and Statistics
SEE ALSO Prices

Cahill, Kevin. Who owns Britain. Gives details of the top landowners in each county and lists of top 100 landowners by acreage, land value, and wealth.

Research on dairy cattle breeding.
http://www.sac.ac.uk/langhill/External/contents.htm

To convert latitude and longitude co-ordinates e.g. for a given field to a location on a map use http://www.streetmap.co.uk

Farm Law - Journal

Examples of business letters:

1. Evans, Desmond W. People, communication and organisations. 658.45 EVA

2. Blundel, Richard. Effective business communication. 658.45 BLU

3. Maitland, Iain. Write that letter! 808.066658 MAI

1. A directory of livestock auction markets in England, Wales and Scotland R636.00688 LIV

2. Code of practice for the guidance of livestock auctioneers in livestock auction markets in England and Wales Pamphlets 636.00688 LIV

3. Future trends in livestock markets Pamphlets 636.00688 LIV

4. Livestock markets : open to all Pamphlets 636.00688 LIV

5. The Livestock Auctioneers' Association annual report – Journal

1. Ordnance Survey R912.41 ORD or available to loan 912.41 ORD

2. Map drawers

3. Map cabinet

4. Farm Records Office

1. Report of the independent review of dispensing by veterinary surgeons of prescription only medicines 636.0895 REP

2. Also available online at - http://www.vmd.gov.uk/ird/irdfinal.pdf

The Economist desk companion: how to measure, convert, calculate and define practically anything R389.15 ECO

1. Meat trades journal - Journal

2. Meat demand trends - Journal

3. International meat market review - Journal

4. Key Note. Meat and meat products Short Loan 338.476649 KEY

5. A pocketful of meat facts R338.176213 MLC

1. Harper Adams weather data –
http://www2.harper-adams.ac.uk/weather/weathermenu1.htm

2. Meteorology shelfmark – 551.5

3. Climatological atlas of the British Isles R551.6941 MET

Folder available on the Student H Drive – Module Descriptors.

High Street – Phone 01952 382965
Opening hours:
Mon, Tues, Fri 9.30-5.00
Weds 9.30-7.30
Thurs Closed
Sat 9.30-4.00

Access to the following databases and electronic journals are available off-campus via http://www.harper-adams.ac.uk/libraryservices/ Contact the Library Helpdesk for logins & passwords.

1. ABI Inform
2. BIDS
3. CAB Abstracts
4. Compendex
5. Environment & Property Professional
6. FOMAD
7. RICS Red Book
8. Update
9. Urbadisc
10. Web of Science
11. Catchword Electronic Journals
12. Emerald Electronic Journals

1. Vacher’s parliamentary companion R328.41 VAC

2. http://www.politicallinks.co.uk

Available from the Library Helpdesk for both on and off-campus access to electronic resources.

1. Patent Office – http://www.patent.gov.uk

2. Birmingham Central Library Patent Collection - http://www.bl.uk/services/information/patents/pin/birmingham.html

1. The UK pesticide guide Short Loan 632.95 UKP

2. Pesticides Short Loan 632.95 PES

3. The pesticide manual: a world compendium R632.95 PES

4. Pesticide usage survey report R632.95 GAR

5. Farm chemicals - Journal

6. Pest management science - Journal

7. British Crop Protection Conference proceedings - Pests and diseases – Journal

Pesticide monitor – Journal

Nix, John. Farm management pocketbook Short Loan 630.68 NIX
SEE ALSO Prices

See http://www.statistics.gov.uk then Search under PRQ numbers for latest reports e.g. Pesticides and other agro-chemical products PRQ24200.

MAFF. Pest & diseases identification cards 632 MAF

Market outlook pigs – Journal
SEE ALSO Prices

Great Britain
1. Key statistics for local authorities R312.0941CEN

2. Annual abstract of statistics R314.1 CEN

3. Regional trends R314.1 CEN

4. Social trends R314.1 CEN

Shropshire
1. Several publications at R312.0942455 SHR

1. Potato newsletter – Journal

2. Potato review – Journal

3. Potato research – Journal

4. British Potato Council - http://www.potato.org.uk/

5. Prices - Nix, John. Farm management pocketbook Short Loan 630.68 NIX

Poultry Word welfare guide R636.5142 POU

General (See individual entries for specific prices e.g. Land Prices, Feed Prices etc.)
1. Farmers Weekly – Journal

2. Monthly economic survey – Journal

3. Public Ledger – Journal

4. DEFRA - http://www.defra.gov.uk – Economics & Statistics

5. Farming Online – Electronic Resources

6. Farmers Weekly Interactive - Electronic Resources

7. Nix, John. Farm management pocketbook Short Loan 630.68 NIX

8. The agricultural budgeting & costing book Short Loan 630.681 AGR

Institute of Direct Marketing. The direct marketing guide volume 1 R658.84 INS

1. Roots 1996 – 1999 available in print – search “Roots” under title on OPAC.

2. Roots 1997 onward available online at http://www.rics-foundation.org Click on Events, then RICS Foundation Events Archive, then select Roots from dropdown menu.

1. The state of the countryside Short Loan 307.72 COU

2. England Rural Development Programme - http://www.defra.gov.uk/erdp/erdphome.htm
ERDP Documents, then Regional Chapters, e.g. West Midlands, Rural Population
SEE ALSO Rural Statistics

1. The state of the countryside Short Loan 307.72 COU

2. Rural audit: a health check on rural Britain Short Loan 307.72 RUR

3. Rural economies : a Performance and Innovation Unit report Short Loan 307.720942 RUR

4. Parsons, Stephen. Rural England: an initial healthcheck Short Loan 307.72 PAR

5. Regional trends R314.1 CEN

6. England Rural Development Programme - http://www.defra.gov.uk/erdp/erdphome.htm

7. Publications by Council for the Protection of Rural England, Countryside Commission, Countryside Agency, Rural Development Commission

1. Monk, Alison. Rural isolation as a stressor Short Loan 155.944 MON

2. Monk, Alison. Measuring farmer stress Short Loan 155.944 MON

3. Hawton, Keith [et al.] Suicide and stress in farmers Short Loan 155.91 HAW

4. Rural stress: positive action in partnership Short Loan 155.9042 NFU

5. Rural times – Journal

6. England Rural Development Programme - http://www.defra.gov.uk/erdp/erdphome.htm ERDP Documents, then Regional Chapters, e.g. West Midlands, Rural Population, Health – gives table including suicide, strokes, heart disease etc.

7. The West Midlands Rural Stress Support Network - http://www.ruralstresswestmids.org.uk
SEE ALSO Rural Statistics

Sustainable arable production based on precision inputs and optimisation.

Market guide to used farm tractors and machinery - Journal

The British pedigree livestock register 1990/91: volume 2: sheep, pigs and goats R636.0822 BRI

Market outlook sheep – Journal
SEE ALSO Prices

Based at Shrewsbury Public Library at Castle Gates - Phone: 01743 255380. Business information, government, law and statistics, and the European Union are some of the areas covered in the collection.
Opening hours:
Mon, Weds, Fri 9.30 – 5.00
Tues, Thurs 9.30 – 7.00
Sat 9.30 –4.00.

Social class is based on occupation and is defined in the Classification of Occupations (1990) prepared by the Office for National Statistics. The 8 categories are:

1. Higher managerial and professional
2. Lower managerial and professional occupations
3. Intermediate occupations

4. Small employers and own account workers
5. Lower supervisory and technical occupations
6. Semi-routine occupations

7. Routine occupations

8. Long-term unemployed (including those who have never worked)

The staff login for the student server –
fullstop your number fullstop staff fullstop harper-adams
Password is as normal.

Shire Hall Library, Market Street, Stafford - Phone: 01785 278585
Complete set of British Standards available online.
Opening hours:
Mon 8.30-6.00
Tues 10.00-8.00
Weds, Thurs, Fri 8.30-5.00
Sat 9.00-4.00
Sun 1.00-4.00

1. Stationery Office - http://www.hmso.gov.uk/ then Legislation or Search.
Fulltext from 1987 onwards

2. List of statutory publications R348.025 LIS
SEE ALSO Acts of Parliament

Joint committee on the use of antibiotics in animal husbandry and veterinary medicine. Report 636.0895329 JOI

1. Collection of Yellow Pages in Reference Section
2. United Kingdom - http://www.bt.com/
3. United Kingdom - http://search.yell.com/search/DoSearch
4. Republic of Ireland – http://www.goldenpages.ie

Telford Centre – Phone 01952 292151
Opening hours:
Mon, Fri 9.30-7.30
Tues, Thurs 9.30-5.00
Weds 9.30-1.00
Saturday 9.30-4.00

Supplement to Annals of applied biology - Journal

For European Statistics e.g. External Trade, Balance of Payments see http://www.europa.eu.int/index_en.htm then Information Sources and then Publications, Statistics in Focus, then External Trade from top menu bar. Some documents available full-text.

1. Experimental agriculture - Journal

2. Australian journal of experimental agriculture - Journal

Leahurst Library Ph: 0151 7946006
http://www.liv.ac.uk/vets/general/general.htm

1. Vegetarian Society - http://www.vegsoc.org/info/statveg.html

2. Journal - Mintel Dec. 2001 Meat-free foods report contains statistics.

1. Digest of environmental protection and water pollution statistics R363.730212 DEP

2. Social trends R314.1 CEN

3. Regional trends R314.1 CEN

4. The Control of Pollution (Silage, Slurry and Agricultural Fuel Oil) Regulations 1991 R348.025 STA

5. Control of Pollution Act 344.04632 CON

6. Code of good agricultural practice for the protection of water 628.1684 MAF

7. Croner environment briefing - Journal

8. Croner’s environment magazine – Journal

International financial statistics yearbook R332.021 INT