Get Your Hands Dirty with ACC Agricultural Resources!

After our epic IceMaggedon, Spring's arrival is most welcome. Spending time outside may pique your interest in the natural world. Whether you are a beginning observer or a seasoned expert, ACC Library Services has electronic resources for all! 

Beginner: want an introduction to indigenous plants, animals, and agricultural practices?  Click on the following resources to begin your journey!

Texas Wildflowers Field Guide

A Naturalist's Guide to the Texas Hill Country

Butterfly Gardening for Texas

Food Forward

Food, Inc.

Modern Marvels: Wheat

Vanishing of the Bees

Intermediate: want to try your hand at gardening? Get some tips for successful gardening from ACC's own Marissa Lankes, Manager of the ACC Student Farm and Sustainable Agriculture faculty.

Neil Sperry's Complete Guide to Texas Gardening

Texas Organic Vegetable Gardening

Urban Gardening for Dummies

Herbs in Bloom

Vegetable Gardening for Dummies

Open Sesame: the story of seeds

New Farms, Big Success, with Three Rock Star Farmers

Expert: maybe you already garden but are looking for advice on dealing with your freezer burned plants. Look no further!

Curiosity Quest Goes Green: Food Composting

Great Garden Sources for Texans

The Regenerative Grower's Guide to Garden Amendments

The Vegetable Gardener's Guide to Permaculture

The Science of Propagation

Deep Down and Dirty: the science of soil

Fertilizers: essential plant nutrients

Continue your informal education with trips to local farms and farmer's markets (also a great way to support local farmers!). Or learn formally with a class from the Sustainable Agriculture program. 

Been inspired to go even further? Earn a degree through the Agricultural Sciences program!

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Statista: Data and Stats You Can Use!

Looking for an interesting current topic to investigate? Need data and statistics to add precision and clarity to your project? Try Statista, an ACC subscription database that specializes in data and statistics from a wide variety of industries, government agencies, and non-governmental organizations. 

 

Not only do credible numbers provide compelling evidence for your claims when you create a presentation, paper, video, or project, but they are a great starting point for generating ideas. 

 

Statista offers statistics, forecasts, surveys, infographics, studies, and reports in a number of easy-to-use formats. Investigate consumer markets, compare countries, and identify social and economic trends using current, comparative data from trusted sources. 

 

 

You can find the official ACC link to Statista on the Library’s A to Z List of Databases page. After logging in with your ACC eID and password, you can search Statista by keyword, or browse by industry, topic, or publication. 

 

Search results will be listed by type, with Statista’s editorial picks at the top. Each result will offer a topic overview, quick statistics, charts and graphs, and links to related information. Results can be downloaded in a range of convenient formats, including images, spreadsheets, and presentations. Try Statista today, and ask a librarian if you have any questions!