Welcome to TEEAL
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TEEAL is a compact, self-contained agricultural library. It contains 149 journals, most spanning from 1993 through 2007. These journals encompass diverse fields of the agricultural sciences, from agricultural economics and crop improvement to food science and nutrition and natural resources management.
Inside TEEAL is an easy-to-use interface, which lets you query and browse an entire database of citations provided by major indexers. You also have access to the full text of each article indexed in TEEAL--just click a link and the article appears, with no need for Internet. TEEAL is easy to share on a network, or to set up on a single computer.
Now you can get your favorite features in TEEAL to make research faster and easier. Students and researchers can carry out Simple and Advanced Searches using keywords, dates, authors, titles, etc. They can browse the content of every journal issue, just like in a real library. Abstracts and articles can be viewed, saved, and printed.
Subjects covered:
- agricultural economics
- agricultural engineering
- rural development
- plant breeding
- phytopathology
- entomology
- natural resources
- aquaculture
- microbiology
- genetics & genomics
- veterinary medicine
- crop production
- forestry
- nutrition & food science
- soil science
- biotechnology
| Please Note: For institutions with older versions of TEEAL prior to the 2006 update, these systems have been discontinued and can no longer be updated. Most institutions with older systems are eligible for significant discounts to upgrade. Be sure to contact the TEEAL office for more information. |
How it works
The TEEAL database and software are stored on a portable external hard drive the size of an iPod, and includes a USB cable. Institutions purchasing TEEAL will receive the hard drive and a complete set of instructions for installation and use.
TEEAL can be run on a workstation, or hosted on a server and shared over a network. See the hardware requirements for workstations, for servers and for network infrastructure.
Please note: It is strictly forbidden to provide access to TEEAL via the Internet.
Development timetable
It takes one full year to create the annual update for TEEAL. We've included the table below to show you what is happening throughout the year at TEEAL.
| Gather PDFs of last year's journals | January-March |
| Gather and create indexing (article citations) | April-May |
| Prepare print journals to be scanned | May-June |
| Create new database from index records and PDFs | June-August |
| Edit database and check for bugs | September-November |
| Finalize database and create update DVDs | November-December |
| Ship new update out to subscribers | December-January |