Serials Currently Received by the National Agricultural Library, 1975: A Keyword Index

The 1975 edition of this serials index was produced by the National Agricultural Library to address the increasing challenge of bibliographic control within the rapidly expanding field of agricultural research. During the mid-1970s, the library served as a central node for the growing volume of scientific literature, necessitating a more efficient method for researchers and librarians to navigate the library's extensive periodical holdings. This document was created to bridge the gap between researchers and the vast array of journals, trade publications, and research reports that were essential to contemporary agricultural studies.

The design of the keyword index reflects the transition toward automated data processing in library sciences during the 1970s. Compiled by the staff of the National Agricultural Library, the work utilized structured keyword indexing to allow for rapid cross-referencing of scientific topics. It was received by the academic and institutional community as a vital, if utilitarian, resource for information management, functioning as a precursor to the digital databases that would eventually render such printed bibliographic indices a unique snapshot of pre-internet information organization.