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Turfgrass Information File
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- Description
- The Turfgrass Information Center (TIC) at Michigan State University contains the most comprehensive
collection of turfgrass
educational materials publicly available in the world. The TIC has over 135,000 records in its
primary database (TGIF-the
Turfgrass Information File) which includes the complete Turftwisters dataset, 30 years of advice
from the USGA Green
Section Record in question/answer format. While over 94% of TGIF entries have been published
since 1968, there are also
records for research and management issues going back to the 1920s.
- Help
- Context-sensitive Help is available for each of the three search options (Basic, Guided, and
Power).
Also available is this quick overview:
Getting Started with TGIF [PDF].
- For help using these indexes see: How do I find an article on my
topic?
- Dates covered
- 1921 - present.
- Updating frequency
- Continuously.
- Sources
- Indexes over 200 journals, magazines, newsletters, reports, conference proceedings, and Websites
from around the world.
A list of the Journals and Serials monitored by the TIC is available.
- Type of coverage
- Indexing with citations and abstracts, with some links to full-text content.
- Print counterpart or related resources
- The Turfgrass Index.
- Producer/content provider
- Turfgrass Information Center, at Michigan State University, in cooperation with the United States
Golf Association
- Vendor/electronic presentation provider
- Turfgrass Information Center
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