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Enology & Viticulture

Information Resources & Services

Cornell University Libraries

2008


CU Library Collections

Enology & viticulture  --  Lee Library, Geneva
Some also at --  Mann Library, Ithaca

Wine & food & travel --  Hotel Administration Library, Ithaca
Some also at --  Lee Library, Geneva

Wine & history  --  some at Olin Library, Ithaca
Some also at   --  Lee Library, Geneva

Enology & Viticulture Periodicals at Geneva

Eastern Wine and Grape Archive  --  Rare and Manuscript Collections, Ithaca
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/collections/winegrape.html
See list of selected archive collections, such as:

Pleasant Valley Wine Company (1860-1951)
Nelson Shaulis papers (1941-1986)
New York Wine & Grape Foundation records (1980-2004)

Lee Library collection

Books, journals, proceedings, theses, visual materials English, also French, German, Spanish, Italian & additional languages

Collection built to support:

Research in enology & viticulture
Graduate degrees in viticulture and enology
Undergraduate degree programs in:

enology (food science) and
viticulture (horticulture/plant science)

Extension
Wine and grape industry
Home wine making
Wine appreciation, wine with food, travel/wine regions

Finding books on a topic

Search Library Catalog catalog.library.cornell.edu

Search by Title, Author, Keyword or Subject

Sample subject headings: Viticulture, Grapes, Grape industry, Wine and wine making

Finding articles on a topic

Below are several recommended indexes/databases.  You can find them using the link provided, by searching Find Databases or by searching the Library Catalog.

VITIS-VEA (Viticulture and Enology Abstracts) (1969 - present )
http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/3389543
VITIS-VEA, Viticulture and Enology Abstracts is an international German or English-language publications database in the field of viticulture and enology. It covers grapevine morphology, physiology, and biochemistry, soil science, genetics and grapevine breeding, phytopathology and grapevine protection, cellar techniques, economics of viticulture and enology, and the microbiology of wine.

CAB Abstracts (ISI Web of Knowledge: 1910 - present) http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/6184929
CAB Abstracts covers the significant research and development literature in the fields of agriculture, forestry, aspects of human health, human nutrition, animal health and the management and conservation of natural resources, including economic aspects.

BIOSIS Previews (ISI Web of Knowledge: 1923 - present)
http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/5960113
BIOSIS indexes and abstracts publications in the area of biology, covering journal articles, reports, review articles and conference papers. BIOSIS includes materials in the areas of biology, microbiology, botany, biomedicine, biochemistry, pharmacology, toxicology, public health, neoplasms and neoplastic agents, immunology, immunochemistry, instrumentation, genetics, cytogenetics, veterinary science, soil, science, bacteriology, biophysics, entomology, herpetology, ichthyology, mammalogy, ornithology, protozoology, and other areas of zoology.

Food Science and Technology Abstracts: FSTA
(ISI Web of Knowledge: 1969 - present )

http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/6184446
(FSTA WebSPIRS is no longer available) provides access to abstracts of the world’s food science, food technology, and food-related human nutrition literature. Coverage is 1969 to date and includes journals, patents, books, conference proceedings, reports, theses, standards and legislation.

Agricola (WebSPIRS: 1970 - present )
http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/4132498
AGRICOLA indexes journal articles and other literature in the area of agriculture. Over 2.9 million records covering every major agricultural subject. Updated monthly. Journals are indexed, as are audiovisual materials, maps, books, software, conference proceedings, theses, research reports and government documents. Covers the areas of agriculture, animal science, aquatic science, fisheries, food science, forestry, geography, meteorology, climatology, home economics, household textiles and clothing, human nutrition, natural resources, pesticides, plant science, pollution, soil science, rural sociology, rural development.

Grape Varieties

Vitis: International Variety Catalogue
http://www.vivc.bafz.de/index.php

Grape Varieties Publications
http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/library/grapevar.php

Grape and Wine Statistics

New York Agriculture Statistics
http://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/New_York/
Compiled by USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service and NYS Ag and Markets. 
Search by commodity, ie. grapes, wine, juice, etc. or browse by category or title.

Fruit Reports: New York (includes grapes and wine)
http://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics
Production forecasts and estimates. Surveys of wineries, processors and
agricultural chemical usage on fruits. (Seasonally - April to October, and January). Fruit Tree Vineyard Survey Results.

The Economic Impact of New York Grapes, Grape Juice and Wine 2005 :
http://catalog.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=5829107&DB=local
MKF research / sponsored by New York Wine & Grape Foundation.
St. Helena, Calif. : MKF Research LLC, c2005.
Geneva Experiment Station Library
Call Number: HD9377 .N7 E36E 2005 (print version only)

US Wine Statistics
http://www.ttb.gov/statistics/alcohol_stats.shtml
Compiled by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, US Dept of the Treasury

LexisNexis Statistical Universe
http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/3160574
Search for statistical information

New York Fruit Historic Data (includes grapes and wine)
http://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics

Historical statistics of the United States [electronic resource].
Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006-
Millennial ed. / editors of the Millennial ed., Susan B. Carter ... [et al.].
http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/5793581
Historical Statistics of the United States has long been the standard source for
quantitative indicators of American history. This work is available in electronic form from Cambridge University Press. The data are readily available for charting, or statistical analysis, or regrouping across tables, which should greatly facilitate the efforts of scholars, journalists, students, and other researchers.


Document Delivery Services

Document Delivery
http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/library/book_req.php

If in Geneva

Get books, articles, etc from Ithaca campus libraries
Get books, articles, etc from outside Cornell

If in Ithaca

Get books, articles, etc from Geneva library
Get books, articles, etc from outside Cornell

My Document Delivery, Borrow Direct, Interlibrary Loan

 

NY Viticulture and Enology Websites

Cornell Viticulture & Enology
http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/grapesandwine/

Finger Lakes Grape Program, Hans Walter-Peterson
http://flg.cce.cornell.edu/

Lake Erie Regional Grape Program,
http://lergp.cce.cornell.edu/

Lake Erie Viticulture Research, Terry Bates
http://lergp.cce.cornell.edu/Bates/Home.htm

Grape Pages, Bob Pool
http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/hort/faculty/pool/GrapePagesIndex.html

Grapevine Breeding and Genetics Program, Bruce Reisch
http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/hort/faculty/reisch/grapeinfo.html#breed

USDA Grape Genetics Research Unit
http://www.ars.usda.gov/Main/site_main.htm?modecode=19-10-10-00

New York Wineries

Uncork New York
http://www.newyorkwines.org/

Questions??

Ask a Librarian
http://campusgw.library.cornell.edu/services/askalib.html

Marty Schlabach
mls5@cornell.edu


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