Research library on the web
AWI funding has enabled the results of half a century of wool research and development to become available on the internet.
The Livestock Library website (www.livestocklibrary.com.au) is a database of more than 15,000 documents, including journal articles, conference proceedings and extension information. Its target audiences are all sectors of livestock production industries and the general public.
Developed by the Australian Sheep Industry CRC and the CRC for Beef Genetic Technologies, and funded by AWI, the Livestock Library is supported and hosted by the Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia.
Users can search any combination of author, title and keyword, and searches can be limited by date. Full-text papers published in the Proceedings of the Australian Society of Animal Production (ASAP) and the Association for Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics (AAABG) are available free.
Another useful research tool is the International Journal of Sheep and Wool Science website (http://sheepjournal.une.edu.au), published by the University of New England, Armidale, with funding from AWI. Previously published non-electronically as the Wool Technology and Sheep Breeding Journal, the online journal is for publication of original articles about the wool and sheepmeat industries and all aspects of sheep and small-ruminant breeding and husbandry, including on-farm production, handling, transport, measurement, marketing and processing of wool and meat.
More information: www.livestocklibrary.com.au; http://sheepjournal.une.edu.au
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