The Benguet State University (BSU) Soil Science Research Information Compendium (SSRIC) is a compilation of abstracts of undergraduate and graduate theses and dissertations of students completed between 1975 and 2004 at the Department of Soil Science, College of Agriculture, Benguet State University (formerly Mountain State Agricultural College), La Trinidad, Benguet, Philippines. It includes also the abstracts of theses and dissertations of faculty members and research staff of the department, some of which were conducted at UP Los Baņos, Philippines and The University of Tokyo, Japan. It is divided into 3 volumes as follows:

Volume 1: Abstracts of theses and dissertations completed in 1975-1984, Volume 2: Abstracts of theses and dissertations completed in 1985-1994, and Volume 3: Abstracts of theses and dissertations completed in 1995-2004.

The compilation will be made every ten (10) years thereafter. It is available in CD-ROM and can be accessed at the University data center later this year. It will also be made available in print (published).

There were attempts made to compile the abstracts of Soil Science in 1985 and 1990. These compilations were referred to and updated. Further refinements were done by making use of IT technology. Software was customized, hence retrieval and access to Soil Science information is made easy, efficient and manageable. The compendium can provide baseline data and information as well as breakthroughs in Soil Science to potential users of the research information.