PERIODICALS
American Gardener 5 years
American Nurseryman 5 years
Avant Gardener (Oct. issue index) 5 years
BBC Gardener World  5 years
Bioscience  
Brooklyn Botanic Garden (catalogued)
Fine Gardening 5 years
Florists Review 5 years
Fruit Varieties Journal (Jan issue index) 5 years
Garden Design 5 years
GM Pro (formerly Greenhouse Manager) 5 years
Grounds Maintenance 5 years
Grower Talks (May issue index) 5 years
Herb Companion 5 years
Horticulture 5 years
Hortscience (Dec issue index) 10 years
IPM Practitioner 5 years
Interiorscape 5 years
Jobs in Horticulture  5 years
Landscape Architecture 5 years
Landscape Management 5 years
Public Garden 5 years
Nursery Retailer 5 years
Organic Gardening 5 years
Turf  South  - 5 years
Back issues circulate for one week and may be renewed.

MAGAZINES   (log-in required  for home use)
Garden Index - abstracts and indexing, limited full text
Magazines Full-text, general interest titles Academic Search Complete  or ProQuest Direct
JSTOR - full text historic information from scholarly journals

 

BOOKS  (SB Horticulture)
Select Library Catalog  and follow on-screen directions to search using keyword, author, title, or subject.
Lists books on all 6 NOVA Campuses.
NOVA ID card required;  books circulate for 3 weeks;  request & renew books online; intercampus loan free, 3 days

World Catalog - catalog for libraries around the world
Contact the Reference Librarian if our library does not own the title you are looking for. Interlibrary loan is an option if the title is NOT available locally.
 
 

General Horticulture Sites
American Horticultural Society
American Society for Horticultural Science
Boerner Botanical Gardens
Burpee.com
Cornell University
Garden Web
Griffin Greenhouse/Nursery
Longwood Gardens
Missouri Botanical Gardens
National Gardening Association
Ohio State U.
Purdue University
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew  
Texas A & M    
U. Delaware
Virginia Tech Horticulture Program

Garden History 
Catena - digital archive of historic gardens + landscapes
Frederick Law Olmsted 
Garden Design in the British Isles History  
History & Historic Gardens
JGarden 
Library of Congress
Smithsonian Archive of American Gardens
Thomas Jefferson Center for Historic Plants  

Integrated Pest Management Sites
1. Virginia Tech
2. NSF Center for Pest Management
3. Colorado State U.
4. Wisconsin Integrated Pest Management Program 
5. Iowa State U. 

Search Engines
Librarians' Internet Index  
Internet Public Library

 
Additional Libraries
American Horticulture Society Library 
7931 E. Boulevard Dr.
768-5700
Hours: 9 - noon, Thursdays
Books and journals. In-library use only Xerox .15 cents per page. Please bring your own change.
Directions: 4 miles south of Alexandria on George Washington Parkway, go under stone bridge, take 1st left after bridge, one block and you will see sign.
 

National Agricultural Library
Rt. 1, Beltsville, MD (25 - A North)
Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday
301-504-5479
 Books and journals. In-library use only. Xerox .10 cents per page. Please bring your own change.
Go to Information Services Desk for assistance.
Directions: From Beltway take Exit 25A North toward Beltsville & Laurel and you will see sign on the right.

Brookside Botanical Gardens  
1500 Glenallen Ave.
Wheaton, MD  20902
Gen Info: 301-949-8230/ Librarian: Barbara Oxman 301-962-1410
Hours: Noon to 5 pm Monday - Friday only
Books and catalogs
Call for more information
Directions: from 495 Beltway take Exit 31A North to Georgia Ave; Go 3 miles north on Georgia Avenue and turn right onto Randolph Rd; turn right at second stoplight onto Glenellen Avenue. BBG is 3/4 of a mile on the right.
 

National Arboretum 
3501 New York Ave. NE
Washington, DC
202-245-2725
Call for more information
Directions: Constitution Ave. east past Capital Bldg.; bear left onto Maryland Ave. and continue for 1 mile; left onto Bladensburg Rd for 1 mile; right on R Street; go 300 years to gates

NVCC| |Loudoun Campus| |Loudoun Campus Library|
Revised Monday, June 08, 2009
Comments to Dana Roggenbaum