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Current TGIF "Degree of Processing Completion" Approximations,
or How much of what kind of "Turf Stuff" is indexed in TGIF?

Updated : September 2007

TGIF Content Coverage	1895-1941	1942-1972	1973-1984	1985-1992	1993-Present	Overall
USGA Turfgrass Publications	Almost All	All	All	All	All	All
Turfgrass Books	Most	Most	Almost All	Almost All	Almost All	Almost All
Refereed Turfgrass Articles	Most	Most	Almost All	Almost All	Almost All	Almost All
Turfgrass Theses and Dissertations	Most	Most	Most	Most	Almost All	Most
Annual Turfgrass Research Reports		Some	Many	Many	Most	Many
Turfgrass Conference Proceedings		Some	Many	Many	Most	Many
Trade Magazine Turfgrass Articles	A Few	A Few	Many	Most	Most	Most
Professional Association Turfgrass Articles	Some	Some	Many	Most	Most	Most
Extention Turfgrass Publications	Some	Some	Some	Many	Many	Many
Turfgrass Newsletter Articles			A Few	Some	Many	Many
Popular (Public) Turfgrass Articles			A Few	Some	Some	Some
Website Turfgrass Articles					Many	Many

Number of TGIF Records	4,200	12,400	16,700	24,400	68,700	127,500

Retrospective Processing
Reaching into the past to help ensure future generations of turf researchers and managers can utilize the knowledge of those who have gone before them, The Toro Foundation is sponsoring continuing work to include within TGIF materials predating the birth of TGIF in 1984. In this way, the complete publication record of turf science will someday be accessible through TGIF.

How to identify materials not in TGIF and published prior to 1972