Searchable Database of Over 1000+ State, National and Experiment Station Studies

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Jan F. Scholl, PhD, CFCS
Associate Professor
4-H Specialist, FCS Programs
The Pennsylvania State University
Department of Ag and Extension Education
323 Agricultural Administration Building
University Park, PA 16802

jscholl@psu.edu
(814) 863-7444

Amy Paster
Associate Librarian
Life Sciences Library
408 Paterno
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802-1811

alp4@psu.edu
(814) 865-3708

Making the best even better: Searchable database of 4-H research studies, agricultural experiment station projects, journal articles, proceedings and other papers, 1911-2011.

This database is designed to assist youth practitioners, graduate students and other researchers interested in 4-H studies other than graduate research. Use of this database should be cited as:

Scholl, Jan and Paster, Amy (2011). Making the best even better: Searchable database of 4-H research studies, agricultural experiment station projects, journal articles, proceedings and other papers 1911-2011. [Date you accessed the information] from http://www.libraries.psu.edu/psul/lifesciences/agnic/Youth/state_national/state_national.html

</p> </div> </div> <div class="parbase textimage_psul section"><div class="text"><p><b>Now How Do I Find the Information?</b></p> <p><b>Full Text Online:  </b>Some studies will be available online from the publisher, either for free or for a cost.  Search the title of the study via an internet search engine.</p> <p><b>If you want to borrow a study:</b> contact the interlibrary loan office at your public, college or university library.</p> </div><div class="clear"></div></div> <div class="text parbase text_psul section"> <div class="text"><p>State experiment station and National research studies may be quite difficult to find as few people consistently donated studies—even major national studies—to university libraries or the National Agricultural Library.</p> <p>Major bibliographies of state and national studies are located on page 267 of the book, Making the Best Better: Sixteen Hundred 4-H Graduate Studies (2004) written and compiled by Jan Scholl at Penn State University.</p> <p>This book may be purchased by contacting the author or interlibrary loaned from your college or university library.</p> <p>A search for these studies may also be conducted by using the following library databases. If you've not used them or conducted a keyword search before, contact your reference librarian.</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://agricola.nal.usda.gov/" target="_blank">AGRICOLA</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.worldcat.org" target="_blank">WorldCAT</a></li> <li><a href="http://cris.csrees.usda.gov/search.html" target="_blank">CRIS SEARCH</a> of Agricultural Experiment Station studies. <br> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div></div><div style="clear:both"></div><div class="parbase external section"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <script type="text/javascript" src="/etc/designs/psul/js/gaAddons-2.1.2.min.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push( ['_setAccount', 'UA-7434386-5'], ['_trackDownload'], // This is where gaAddons calls go ['_trackOutbound'], // Showing three basic calls // ['_trackMailTo', { // http://gaaddons.com/doc/_trackMailTo.htm // onBounce: true, // optional boolean // method: 'event', // optional 'event'|'page' // category: 'mailto', // optional string // action: 'click', // optional 'click'|'mouseup' // value: 0, // optional real // include: /./, // optional regex // exclude: /^$/, // optional regex // selector: 'a', // optional jQuery selector // buttons: ['click','clickl','clickm','clickr']s // }], ['_setXDomain', { domainName: 'libraries.psu.edu' }], ['_trackPageview'] ); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); </script> <div id="footercontainer">   <div id="footerconttop">   </div> <div id="footerconttopmiddle"> <div id="footerconttopcontent"> <a href="/psul/home.html"><img src="/etc/designs/psul/images/wordmarkreverse187.png" width="187" height="25" alt="penn state university libraries"/></a> <ul class="right"> <li><a href="https://secureapps.libraries.psu.edu/questions/ask.cfm?stream=8">Research Help</a></li> <li><a href="https://secureapps.libraries.psu.edu/questions/ask/accessibility.cfm">Accessibility Help</a></li> <li><a href="http://resources.libraries.psu.edu/web/websitefeedback">Web Site Help</a></li> <li class="last">Libraries Phone: 814-865-6368</li>  </ul> <ul class="right"> <li><a href="http://www.psu.edu">PSU Home</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.libraries.psu.edu/psul/home.html">Libraries Home</a></li> <li><a href="/psul/intranet.html">Libraries Intranet (Staff Only)</a></li> <li><a href="/psul/siteindex.html">Site Index</a></li> <li><a href="http://m.psu.edu/library/">Mobile Site</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="footerconttopbottom">   </div> <div id="footercontbottom"> <div id="footercontbottomcontent"> <div class="right"> <a href="/psul/greenteam.html"><img src="/etc/designs/psul/images/green-team-logo-small.jpg" alt="green team"/></a> <a href="http://www.libraries.psu.edu/psul/about/webaccesspolicy.html"><img src="/etc/designs/psul/images/accessibilityicon.png" alt="accessibility help"/></a> <a href="/psul/followfacebook.html"><img src="/etc/designs/psul/images/facebook.jpg" alt="facebook"/></a> <a href="/psul/followtwitter.html"><img src="/etc/designs/psul/images/twitter.jpg" alt="twitter"/></a> </div> <ul> <li class="last"><a href="http://www.psu.edu/ur/copyright.html">Copyright © 2013 The Pennsylvania State University</a></li> <li class="last" >Updated: 10/12/12 14:50</li> <li class="last">U.Ed. LIB 10-149</li> <li class="last"><a href="http://www.psu.edu/ur/legal.html">Legal Statements</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="footercontbotbottom">   </div> <div style="clear:both;"></div> </div>  </div>  </div>  </body> </html>

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Making the best even better: Searchable database of 4-H research studies, agricultural experiment station projects, journal articles, proceedings and other papers, 1911-2011.