ISRIC - World Soil Information Database

<span style="color:red">ISRIC - World Soil Information Database needs a browser which supports frames</span> <div class="content"> <h1>ISRIC - World Soil Information Database</h1><hr class="koplijn"> <table> <tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><a href="http://eusoils.jrc.it/library/maps/Circumpolar/wrb.jpg"><img src="http://eusoils.jrc.it/library/maps/Circumpolar/wrb_small.jpg" alt="WRB correlation classification" style="margin:15px"/></a> <br clear="all"/><span style="font-size:smaller">© European Communities, 1995-2007</span></td><td style="vertical-align:top"> Since its beginning in 1966, <a href="http://www.isric.org">ISRIC - World Soil Information</a> has built up a collection of more than 20.000 articles, country reports, books and maps with emphasis on the developing countries. The subject emphasis is on soils, but related geographic information on climate, geology, geomorphology, vegetation, land use, and land suitability is also important. <p/>The map collection contains over 6000, mainly small-scale (1:250.000 or smaller) maps. Many of these maps are completed by reports and related thematic and derived maps. <p/>The collection is housed at Duivendaal 9, 6701 AR Wageningen, The Netherlands and is publicly accessible. The references of all items in the collection are included in the ISRIC - World Soil Information Database. New items are added regularly. </td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"><br/>The functionality of the ISRIC - World Soil Information Database is being improved in collaboration with Wageningen UR library. New Features include: on-line access to over 3600 digital maps that can be down-loaded at high resolution and viewed on screen with a zoom facility; over 600 full-text reports in PDF format; country-specific searches based on Google maps, as well as basic and advanced search facility. <p/>The website of the ISRIC - World Soil Information Database provides access to <a href="/WebQuery/isric/bookmarks">links</a> of databases, national and international organizations, electronic books, newsletters , journals, and reference materials related to soil science. <p/>Five thousand maps in the ISRIC collection scanned as a foundation for the European Digital Archive of Soil Maps (<a href="http://eusoils.jrc.it/esdb_archive/EuDASM/indexes/about.htm">EuDASM</a>) are available through the website of the ISRIC - World Soil Database as well. </tr> </table><br/><br/><div class="kopregel"><a name="getdocuments"/> <h1>How to get documents</h1> <hr class="koplijn"> </div> <p>Documents can be consulted at ISRIC - World Soil Information; photocopying facilities are available. A selection of our reports and maps is being made available on-line. <p> A selection of our textbooks has been transferred to Wageningen UR Library, which offers a <a href="/desktop/services/docdel.html"> document delivery service</a>. Some documents referred to in the ISRIC - World Soil Information Database are also held by Wageningen UR Library, to request a loan or photocopies, please search for a <a href="/desktop/catalog/" target="_blank">book, report or journal</a> at Wageningen UR Library. <p> </td></tr> </table> <table> <tr><td><b>Visiting address</b></td><td> Duivendaal 9, 6701AR Wageningen.</td> </tr> <tr><td><b>Opening hours</b></td><td>Monday 13.30-17.00 hrs; Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 08.30-12.30 hrs</td> </tr><tr><td><b>Contact</b></td><td>Ingrid Huibers-Govaert (Email: Ingrid.Huibers@wur.nl - Telephone: +31 (0)317 471705)</td> </tr> </table> <br/><br/> <a name="requests"/><div class="kopregel"> <h1>Requests for soil maps and reports</h1><hr class="koplijn"></div> <table><tr><td><img src="/isric/isricbib.jpg" alt="ISRIC Library" style="margin:20px"/></td><td valign="top">Maps and reports for inclusion in the ISRIC - World Soil Information Database, are always welcome! <p/>The main purpose of our acquisition policy, as <a href="http://www.isric.org/UK/About+Soils/WDC+for+Soils/">World Data Centre for Soils</a>, is to make a safe depository for endangered documents on soil resources and, ultimately, to make the accrued information available for on-line consultation. Another key objective of maintaining and enlarging the collection is its use for compilation of the World Soils and Terrain Database (<a href="http://www.isric.org/UK/About+ISRIC/Projects/Current+Projects/SOTER.htm">SOTER</a>) and other <a WDC soref="http://www.isric.org/UK/About+Soils/WDC+for+Soils/WDC+Data+sets-TEST.htm">ISRIC Soil data</a>. </td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">ISRIC - World Soil Information is particularly interested to obtain world coverage of maps at reconnaissance and smaller scale (< 1:250 000) with the accompanying documentation; geographic coverage is the whole world with special attention for developing countries. The subject emphasis is on soils, but related geographic information on climate, geology, geomorphology, vegetation, land use, and land suitability is also important. <p/>Prior to sending us any materials, please contact our <a href="mailto:ingrid.huibers@wur.nl">Librarian</a> for further details. </td></tr></table>