Rural Sociology

Covers an array of scientific disciplines such as forestry, human health & nutrition, veterinary medicine, agricultural biotechnology economics and engineering, recreation, and leisure.

This database indexes scholarly journals and a few book chapters and conference proceedings across academic disciplines. Its most important feature is the ability to get information based on citation data: who is citing whom, what are the most-cited articles and authors, and where do their authors work. For articles beginning in 2008, you can also search by grant/sponsoring agency.

Scopus is very similar to Web of Science but covers an overlapping but non-identical set of publications and journals. It also contains strong citation-based data.

Another good, cross-disciplinary database, but without as much citation data as Web of Science or Scopus

A database produced by the U.S. National Agricultural Library that provides access to worldwide periodical literature and USDA publications. Subject coverage includes plant and animal sciences, food and nutrition, agriculture, biotechnology, entomology, forestry, and wildlife.

Proquest's Sociological Abstracts abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.