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The Core Historical Literature of Agriculture (CHLA) is a core electronic collection of agricultural texts published between the early nineteenth century and the middle to late twentieth century. Full-text materials cover agricultural economics, agricultural engineering, animal science, crops and their protection, food science,forestry, human nutrition, rural sociology, and soil science. Scholars have selected the titles in this collection for their historical importance. Their evaluations and 4,500 core titles are detailed in the seven volume series The Literature of the Agricultural Sciences, Wallace C. Olsen, series editor.
Current online holdings: Pages: 743,919 Books: 1,527 (1,585 Volumes) Journals: 6 (288 Volumes)
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The Core Historical Literature of Agriculture (CHLA) site covers an enormous range of agricultural literature dating from the middle of the nineteenth century. The library suggests that the history of the United States can not be understood without attention to American rural and agricultural life. Thus the site acts as a virtual companion to a compilation of 4500 key documentary texts that have been identified and evaluated by a team of historians. The CHLA boasts over 1500 of these books and journals available online. Facsimiles of these works are provided in PDF format. The collection is searchable, or a researcher can browse the holdings by title or by author.