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(The materials listed here include the majority of digital items hosted by the Turfgrass Information Center, but not all. Additional content includes full-text theses and dissertations and off-copyright turf books, among other items. If you would like to see additional turf content made available in this way, please contact tgif@msu.edu with your suggestions.)

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Journals, reports, and materials hosted by the Turfgrass Information Center and available for public browsing:

Restricted-Access

Journals, reports, and materials hosted by the Turfgrass Information Center and available to TGIF users and to each of the cooperating organization's membership via that group's website:

	Publication Title	Publisher	Coverage
	ASGCA Architect's Gallery
	CUTT	Cornell Cooperative Extension	1990-Present
	The Golf Course	Peterson, Sinclaire & Miller Inc. in conjuction with Carter's Tested Seeds, Inc.	1916-1923 Incomplete
	Golfdom	North Coast Media, LLC Includes Turfgrass Trends 2002-2012	1927- Present Less 6 Months
	Golf Course Industry	GIE Media Horticulture Group	1989-2009 Under Construction
	Greenkeeper International	The British and International Golf Greenkeepers Association Includes British Golf Greenkeeper; Golf Greenkeeping and Course Maintenance; Greenkeeper; Greenkeeper & The International Greenkeeper; Golf Greenkeeping; The Golf Course; and Greenkeeping Management	19xx-Present(?) Under Construction
	Hole Notes	Minnesota Golf Course Superintendents Association	1975-Present
	Landscape Management	North Coast Media, LLC Includes Weeds, Trees, & Turf	1962-Present Upcoming
	Lawn Care Industry	North Coast Media, LLC	1977-1991 Upcoming
	Lawn & Landscape	GIE Media Horticulture Group Includes American Lawn Applicator; Lawn and Landscape Maintenance; and Lawn & Landscape	1980-Present Upcoming
	The National Greenkeeper	National Greenkeeper Inc. Includes The National Greenkeeper and Turf Culture	1927-October 1933
	The Newsletters of the Association	Mid-Atlantic Association of Golf Course Superintendents	1973-20xx (?) Upcoming
	Noer/Milorganite® Image Collection	(Upcoming) We Need Your Help!
	On Course	Midwest Association of Golf Course Superintendents	Current and prior calendar year
	The Proceedings of the Conference of the Mid-Atlantic Golf Course Superintendents	Mid-Atlantic Association of Golf Course Superintendents	1949-20xx(?) Upcoming
	Proceedings of the Michigan Turfgrass Conference	Michigan State University and Michigan Turfgrass Foundation	1972-2005
	Sports Turf Manager	Sports Turf Association Includes Sports Turf Newsletter	1987-Present Less 6 Months
	SportsTurf	Sports Turf Managers Association and M2Media Includes Golf and SportsTurf	1985-Present Less 2 Months
	The Sward	Turfgrass Information Center	1989-Present
	Thru the Green	Golf Course Superintendents Association of Northern California	1972-Present Less 1 Year
	TIC Annual Report	Turfgrass Information Center	2007-Present
	Turfax	International Sports Turf Institute	1993-2002
	Turfgrass Trends	North Coast Media, LLC	1992-2001 2002-Present within Golfdom Under Construction
	Update	Sports Field Managers Association of New Jersey	2001-Present
	USGA Green Section Record	United States Golf Association Includes Bulletin of the Green Section of the U. S. Golf Association; The Bulletin of the United States Golf Association Green Section; Comments on Turf Culture; Turf Culture; Timely Turf Topics; USGA Journal, Combining Timely Turf Topics; USGA Journal and Turf Management	1921-Present
	USGA Turfgrass and Environmental Research Online RSS Feed	United States Golf Association	2002-Present
	USGA Turfgrass and Environmental Research Summaries	United States Golf Association Includes USGA Green Section Research Progress Reports	1950, 1951, 1956, 1959, 1977, 1983-Present

Journals, reports, and materials not hosted by the Turfgrass Information Center and available for public browsing:

	Applied Turfgrass Science	Plant Management Network	2004-Present (Last 12 Months Restricted-Access)
	California Turfgrass Culture	University of California Cooperative Extension Includes Southern California Turfgrass Culture	1951-2002
	National Turfgrass Evaluation Program (NTEP) Reports	National Turfgrass Evaluation Program
	Turf Books Online	Various

	Publication Title	Publisher	Coverage
	Bulletin for Sports Surface Management	Sports Turf Research Institute Includes Sports Turf Bulletin; International Turfgrass Bulletin	1951-Present Less 1 Year
	Golf Course Management	Golf Course Superintendents Association of America Includes Greenkeepers' Bulletin; Greenkeepers' Reporter; Golf Course Reporter; Golf Superintendent	1933-Present Less 1 Month
	The Grass Roots	Wisconsin Golf Course Superintendents Association	1975-Present Less 1 Month
	GreenKeepers	Asociación Española de Greenkeepers Includes Césped Deportivo	1999-Present
	GreenMaster	Canadian Golf Superintendents Association	1965-Present Less 3 Months
	International Turfgrass Society Research Journal and Proceedings	International Turfgrass Society	1969-Present Less 2 Years, with Author Permission for materials pre-2009 Continuous Construction
	Journal of Turfgrass and Sports Surface Science	Sports Turf Research Institute Includes Journal of the Board of Greenkeeping Research; The Journal of the Sports Turf Research Institute; Journal of Turfgrass Science	1929-2007
	On Course	Midwest Association of Golf Course Superintendents Includes The Bull Sheet	1948-Present
	Proceedings of the GCSAA Conference	Golf Course Superintendents Association of America	As published, 1927-1998
	Turf News	Turfgrass Producers International	1977-Present Less 1 Year

Reference content integrated into TGIF at the Search Results Level:

Beard's Turfgrass Encyclopedia for Golf Courses, Lawns, Sports Fields, 2005. James B Beard and Harriet J. Beard. Publisher: Michigan State University Press Read More About This from TIC's Blog Entry!
Golf Course Design: An Annotated Bibliography with Highlights of Its History and Resources , 2006. Goeffrey S. Cornish and Michael J. Hurdzan. Publisher: Grant Books Under Construction Read More About This from TIC's Blog Entry!

If you would like to see additional content made available in this way, please see http://tic.msu.edu/fulltext.html.