The Encyclopedia of Farm Animal Nutrition

Containing c. 2,000 entries contributed by 95 authors, this book aims to provide a quick reference guide to terms used in farm animal nutrition. Priced at £135, why would anyone want to buy a personal copy or, failing that, why would a librarian want to spend this sum from a rapidly diminishing budget when much‐trumpeted search engines like Google could be used to search quickly for definitions of the included terms?

Well, firstly, take a look at the list of contributors. Any agricultural librarian will be familiar with many of the names – Wiseman, Fuller, Garnsworthy, and Fowler would all...