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Comparing
Indexing of the Turfgrass Information File (TGIF)
with Four Other
Databases and Google Scholar for
selected print and online professional,
research and trade publications relating to turf science
Number of records for publication years 1990-2005 |
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Publication |
TGIF |
AGRICOLA* |
AGRIS* |
CAB* |
SPORT Discus*** |
Google Scholar† |
Applied Turfgrass Science (Plant Management Network) 2 |
19 |
2 |
0 |
19 |
0 |
1 |
Golf Course Management (Golf Course
Superintendents Association of America) 1 |
3,670** |
0 |
0 |
0 |
721 |
117 |
Golfdom (Advanstar Publications,
Cleveland, Ohio) 2 |
1,075 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
576 |
1 |
Golfweek's SuperNews/Golfweek's
SuperintendentNews (Turnstile Publishing, Orlando, Florida) 2 |
776 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Greenkeeper International (British
and International Golf Greenkeepers Association) 1 |
865 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
GreenMaster (Canadian Golf Superintendents
Association) 1 |
488** |
0 |
0 |
0 |
405 |
4 |
Grounds Maintenance (Intertec
Publishing, Overland Park, Kansas) 1 |
1,438 |
265 |
877 |
0 |
17 |
629 |
International Turfgrass Bulletin/Sports Turf
Bulletin (Sports Turf Research Institute, United Kingdom) 1 |
637** |
0 |
10 |
48 |
283 |
0 |
International Turfgrass Research Journal (International
Turfgrass Society) 2 |
631** |
0 |
0 |
348 |
0 |
63 |
Journal of Turfgrass Management (Haworth, New
York) 1 |
60 |
0 |
41 |
61 |
57 |
21 |
Journal of Turfgrass Science/Journal of the
Sports Turf Research Institute/Journal of Turfgrass and Sports
Surface Science (Sports Turf Research Institute, United Kingdom)
1 |
192** |
0 |
78 |
143 |
129 |
128 |
Landscape Management (Advanstar Publications,
Cleveland, Ohio) 1 |
1,484 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
New Zealand Turf Management Journal (New Zealand
Turf Culture Institute) 1 |
597 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
98 |
1 |
Rasen (HORTUS, Bonn, Germany) 2 |
175 |
0 |
77 |
129 |
0 |
9 |
SportsTurf (Sports Turf Managers Association)
2 |
875 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
600 |
2 |
Turf & Recreation (Turf & Recreation
Publishing, Delhi, Ontario, Canada) 2 |
315 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
29 |
2 |
Turfax (International Sports Turf Institute,
College Station, Texas) 2 |
180 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
TurfCraft International (Agricultural Publishers,
Melbourne, Australia) 2 |
1,034 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
110 |
0 |
Turfgrass Trends (Advanstar Publications, Cleveland,
Ohio) 2 |
358 |
274 |
151 |
0 |
20 |
22 |
TurfNews (Turfgrass Producers International)
1 |
1,272** |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
USGA Green Section Record (United States Golf
Association Green Section) 1 |
1,172** |
496 |
502 |
0 |
382 |
57 |
USGA Turfgrass and Environmental Research Online (United States Golf Association Green Section) 2 |
92** |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
USGA Turfgrass and Environmental Research Summary (United States Golf Association Green Section) 2 |
723** |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
* Searched using SilverPlatter
** White text on black background is available full-text hosted by the Turfgrass Information Center; on gray background is full-text hosted by the Turfgrass Information Center upcoming; on blue background is TIC-hosted full-text under continuous construction based on copyright permissions obtained
*** All searches of SPORT Discus done June 8, 2006 via EBSCO†Google Scholar searches executed May 24, 2006 using "Advanced Scholar Search" to limit by publication name(s) and common abbreviated publication name(s)
1 TGIF, AGRICOLA, AGRIS searched April 19, 2006
2 TGIF, AGRICOLA, AGRIS searched April 20, 2006