Community Greenhouses: Grant Writing
This guide was create for a 2010 course and has not been updated since.
Running a communal greenhouse is really just a facet of community gardening, so for both the book and article resources below, be sure to search at the broader level as well as more specifically on greenhouses.
Note: The IC Library has very limited resources for greenhouse gardening, so be sure to run these Subject searches in the WorldCat via FirstSearch database--an online catalog that aggregates virtually all the holdings of college, university, and major public libraries across the country. This will give you an accurate picture of the available resources on this topic--and each record in WorldCat contains an ILL (Interlibrary Loan) link that allows you very easily to order a book from another library via the IC Library's Interlibrary Loan service.
Also Note: Below I've included a few obvious Subject Headings for which we have no materials--hence they are not live links--but which might be useful in one of the IC Library databases--see below--or in WorldCat--see above.
Greenhouse gardening
Greenhouse management
Greenhouse plants
Greenhouse plants--Diseases and pests
Greenhouses
Greenhouses--Climate
Greenhouses--Design and construction
Greenhouses--History
Solar greenhouses
Community gardens--United States
Community gardens--United States--History--20th century
Vegetable gardening
Organic gardening
Agriculture, Cooperative
Agriculture, Cooperative--United States
Farm produce--Marketing
Farm produce--United States--Marketing
Collective farms--United States
Agriculture--Economic aspects--United States
Community development--United States
Community life
Community organization
Community organization--United States
Community power
Neighborhoods--United States
Also Note: Below I've included a few obvious Subject Headings for which we have no materials--hence they are not live links--but which might be useful in one of the IC Library databases--see below--or in WorldCat--see above.
Greenhouse gardening
Greenhouse management
Greenhouse plants
Greenhouse plants--Diseases and pests
Greenhouses
Greenhouses--Climate
Greenhouses--Design and construction
Greenhouses--History
Solar greenhouses
Community gardens--United States
Community gardens--United States--History--20th century
Vegetable gardening
Organic gardening
Agriculture, Cooperative
Agriculture, Cooperative--United States
Farm produce--Marketing
Farm produce--United States--Marketing
Collective farms--United States
Agriculture--Economic aspects--United States
Community development--United States
Community life
Community organization
Community organization--United States
Community power
Neighborhoods--United States
General OneFile :
Our most user friendly database, Take advantage of the default Subject search. Among the Subject headings available here are Greenhouses. Greenhouse Gardening, and Community Gardens. For each of these click "View Subdivisions" where you'll find links to subheadings such as Design and Construction, Economic Aspects, Educational Aspects, Evaluation, Environmental Aspects, Management, Psychological Aspects, and Social Aspects. If there isn't an exact enough subdivision offered, open all the articles and in the upper left use the "Refine results" slot for a keyword search.
ProQuest Research Library :
A comprehensive database with a lot of full text. At the search screen open the "More Sarch Options" tab on the lower left. Note that you can "Look Up Subjects" to the right of the Subject slot. Among those available here is Community Gardens, but you'll get larger retrievals with Gardens and Neighborhoods or Gardens and Community Development. Greenhouses is also a Subject Heading here, but the results include articles on the greeenhouse effect and global warming, so you'll need to use Greeenhouses in conjunction with another Subject like Gardens & Gardening. Use the "Citation and Abstract" keyword searches above for any fine tuning. And note that Proquest will suggest related Subject searches at the the top of your retrievals.
LexisNexis Academic :
Our best national, international, and local newspaper coverage--100% full text. Don't settle for the default "Easy Search"--choose "News" at the lower left and then "All News." For this topic there is little need to narrow the search by date or location, so leave the defaults at "All available dates" and "Everywhere." Then try "community garden!" and/or "community garden!" and greenhouse! The exclamation point ! is the truncation symbol here, so garden! retrieves garden, gardens, and gardening.
Alternative Press Index :
If you run a Keyword search here on "community garden*" you will retrieve some useful sounding articles, though many of them are from very small magazines that are not available full text from any of our databases. Clicking on the "Find Full Text" link below an article, however, will open an interlibrary loan link. Sign in and you will find the form populated and ready to submit.
Our most user friendly database, Take advantage of the default Subject search. Among the Subject headings available here are Greenhouses. Greenhouse Gardening, and Community Gardens. For each of these click "View Subdivisions" where you'll find links to subheadings such as Design and Construction, Economic Aspects, Educational Aspects, Evaluation, Environmental Aspects, Management, Psychological Aspects, and Social Aspects. If there isn't an exact enough subdivision offered, open all the articles and in the upper left use the "Refine results" slot for a keyword search.
ProQuest Research Library :
A comprehensive database with a lot of full text. At the search screen open the "More Sarch Options" tab on the lower left. Note that you can "Look Up Subjects" to the right of the Subject slot. Among those available here is Community Gardens, but you'll get larger retrievals with Gardens and Neighborhoods or Gardens and Community Development. Greenhouses is also a Subject Heading here, but the results include articles on the greeenhouse effect and global warming, so you'll need to use Greeenhouses in conjunction with another Subject like Gardens & Gardening. Use the "Citation and Abstract" keyword searches above for any fine tuning. And note that Proquest will suggest related Subject searches at the the top of your retrievals.
ScienceDirect :
SocINDEX with Full Text : As the name implies, an excellent database for social issues. Click on the "Subject Terms" link above the search slots to find which Subject Headings will work here. Double click any Heading for a list of broader, narower, and related Subject Terms. The best Headings available here is Community Development, which can be combined with garden* as a Keyword (* is the truncation symbol here: garden* retrieves garden, gardens, and gardening).
Because it’s a large database with a great deal of full text, the absence of Subject searching means that your Keyword searches will often retrieve large sets of articles, many of which mention but don’t discuss your search term(s). One way around this is to limit your initial search to the “Abstract Title Keyword” field. Once you have found an article that sounds on-target, click the “Related Articles” link beneath the citation For Community Gardens, begin with a search in the "Abstract Title" field on--"community garden*" Note: * is the truncation symbol in this database so, for example, garden* retrieves garden, gardens, and gardening. This will retrieve a handful of promising articles--and be sure to click on the "Related Articles" link under the best-sounding ones.
User Advisory: Don't settle for the default "Quick Search"--open "Search" for the full range of options. Among thse you can uncheck "All books," which is recommended if you're looking for articles. And if you open the "Dates" drop-down menu you'll find a much wider range of options than the default 10 year span.
User Advisory: Don't settle for the default "Quick Search"--open "Search" for the full range of options. Among thse you can uncheck "All books," which is recommended if you're looking for articles. And if you open the "Dates" drop-down menu you'll find a much wider range of options than the default 10 year span.
SocINDEX with Full Text :
LexisNexis Academic :
Our best national, international, and local newspaper coverage--100% full text. Don't settle for the default "Easy Search"--choose "News" at the lower left and then "All News." For this topic there is little need to narrow the search by date or location, so leave the defaults at "All available dates" and "Everywhere." Then try "community garden!" and/or "community garden!" and greenhouse! The exclamation point ! is the truncation symbol here, so garden! retrieves garden, gardens, and gardening.
Alternative Press Index :
If you run a Keyword search here on "community garden*" you will retrieve some useful sounding articles, though many of them are from very small magazines that are not available full text from any of our databases. Clicking on the "Find Full Text" link below an article, however, will open an interlibrary loan link. Sign in and you will find the form populated and ready to submit.
- American Community Garden Association: The mother lode of resources on this topic. Under "Learn" see especially the Articles, And don't overlook their tips on Starting a Community Garden.
- Community Greenhouse Foundation
- Community Gardens: Site for the State of Washington, but with lots of linked information relevant to such projects anywhere.
- Community Gardening Resources: This site is in support of community gardens throughout New York City, but the linked resources are good, as are the links to individual community garden Web sites.
- Community Gardens: from the Garden Web, this is a national forum--message board--on all aspects of operating a community garden. Eavesdrop or ask questions
- Yahoo Directory: Yahoo started out as a "Directory"--a database where each Web site was assigned to quite detailed categories and where you searched the categories rather than the full text. The category structure still exists and includes Community Gardens.
Particular Greenhouse Projects:
Town of Banff: Community Greenhouse Project
Sandusky Community Greenhouse
Keno Community Greenhouse
Galena Community Greenhouse
Inuvik Community Greenhouse
Invermere Community Greenhouse (Video)
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- MLA citation for books: in print, from databases, on the Web
- MLA citation for articles: in print, from databases, on the Web.
- MLA citation for Web and Multimedia resources, including Web sites, movies, DVDs, CDs, and videos.
- MLA in-text (parenthetical) citation (far less satanic than the first three).
