Canadian Agriculture Library

The Canadian Agriculture Library (CAL) is the single most important library in agriculture and food in Canada, providing a wide variety of traditional and innovative electronic information services.

Eligibility Criteria

Through its partnership with the Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (CISTI), the Canadian Agriculture Library provides the agri-food industry, the research and academic community and Canadians access to its collection.

Summary

The Canadian Agriculture Library holds a comprehensive collection in agriculture and food in Canada, with close to 1 million volumes, 4 000 current subscriptions and numerous special collections.

You can access electronic publications for a selection of the collection. The Library specializes in providing information on such subjects as:

• dairying
• entomology
• horticulture
• pesticides
• plant diseases
• soil science, and
• veterinary medicine.

New Brunswick Contact(s):
See National Contact.

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National Contact(s):
Note: The collection area is not open to the general public.
Canadian Agriculture Library - CAL
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Sir John Carling Building
930 Carling Avenue
Ottawa, Ontario  K1A 0C5
Telephone: 613-759-7068
Fax: 613-759-6627
E-mail: cal-bca@agr.gc.ca
Web site: http://www.agr.gc.ca/cal/calweb_e.html
Hours of operation: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday.

Ms. Danielle Jacques
Director, Library and Information Management Services Division
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Room 259A
Sir John Carling Building
930 Carling Avenue
Ottawa, Ontario  K1A 0C5
Telephone: 613-759-7083
Fax: 613-759-6643
E-mail: jacquesd@agr.gc.ca
Web site: http://www.agr.gc.ca/index_e.phtml