Agricultural Education and Communications

The Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC) is home to more than 38,000 agricultural communications documents from 170 countries. ACDC is a special collection that brings together materials that address issues related to both agriculture and communications. This unique collection is developed and maintained by agricultural communications faculty members at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The information services provided by ACDC are available to students, teachers, researchers, professional communicators and others interested in communications related broadly to agriculture, food, natural resources, and rural affairs. It is the largest resource of information about agricultural communications.

Provides a broad view of agricultural education that includes extension education, communications, leadership development, teacher education and related areas that support the agricultural sciences. (UNIV LIB-Stacks S530.J86)

Quarterly refereed journal of the Association for Communications Excellence. Offers professional development for educational communicators who relate to agricultural, natural and human resources. (UNIV LIB-Stacks S494.5.C6 A27)

The official refereed journal of the U.S Cooperative Extension professional. It seeks to expand and update the knowledge base for extension professionals and other adult educators to improve their effectiveness

Published to inform experts who do, or use research in agricultural education and extension globally to improve policies, strategies, methods and practices in the field.