Selected Resources for: Food Science
| Subject Librarian: Amy Hribar E-Mail: hriba007@umn.edu Subject Description:This subject covers: the food continuum from the producer to the consumer, including food processing, product development, sensory evaluation, distribution and marketing, food safety, packaging and storage, preparation and serving. Related topics are: Nutrition, Microbiology, Biotechnology, Toxicology and Agriculture. |
Abstracts and Indexes
Academic or Scholarly Articles Subject IndexesAGRICOLA   Search here to find citations and abstracts for articles from over 600 periodicals, as well as USDA and state experiment station and extension publications, and selected books on agriculture, animal husbandry, animal and human nutrition, forestry, plant pathology, plant science, human ecology, agricultural economics, rural sociology. Basic truncation symbol is the asterisk: *. [more information] [  Add To myLibrary!] |
| AGRIS Strong in agricultural and development economics of developing countries; AGRIS, the International System for the Agricultural Sciences and Technology, is an international bibliographic database. It is produced by the AGRIS Coordinating Centre, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome, Italy, in cooperation with participating countries and international organizations. Basic truncation symbol is the asterisk: *. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| CAB Abstracts Plus Full Text Select CAB Abstracts covers agriculture in its broadest sense, including crop production, forestry, environment, animal health and nutrition, veterinary science, agricultural engineering, biotechnology, soil and water, agricultural economics, recreation and tourism, rural sociology, and human nutrition and health. It provides bibliographic citations with abstracts in English for records of all languages. Indexes journal articles, monographs, conferences, and other primary literature. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Food Science & Technology Abstracts (FSTA) Search here to find citations and abstracts for journal articles, conference papers, technical reports and international patents in food processing, storage, and safety, food additives, food chemistry and properties. Basic truncation symbol is the asterisk: *. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| SciFinder Scholar SciFinder Scholar is the best database for chemistry-related topics; Access it online, download software to use it on your home or office computer, access it from public computers in Walter, BioMedical, or Magrath Libraries by clicking on the SciFinder desktop icon (note: access contractually restricted to current U of MN faculty, students and staff). SciFinder Scholar includes journal and patent literature with references as far back as 1907 as well as information on chemical regulatory data, suppliers, reactions, and substances. You will need to download and log in to VPN before you can access SciFinder from off-campus. Non-affiliates should see this guide for options. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
General Indexes to Magazine, Journal & Newspaper Articles
| Academic Search Premier This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education. The world's largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides full text for nearly 4,600 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1975. This database is updated on a daily basis via EBSCOhost. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Catalogs and Bibliographies
Catalogs| MNCAT Classic Search with MNCAT Classic to find books, journals, etc. owned by the library. Search by keyword, subject, title, or author for materials on your topic. MNCAT Classic lacks the faceted searching of MNCAT Plus, but can be easier to use if you already have a good idea of what you're looking for. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| WorldCat This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education Covers all subjects. Provides bibliographic citations of books, serials, manuscripts, maps, music scores, sound recordings, films and machine-readable data files published worldwide. Provides holdings information for nearly 30,000 libraries. Producer/Publisher is OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. The Libraries' subscription to this resource allows for 65 users at any one time. If you get a busy signal, please wait a few minutes and try accessing the site again. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
General Reference Sources
Biographical Sources| American Men & Women of Science Provides brief factual information on approximately 130,000 living scientists in biology, physical sciences, public health, mathematics, statistics, and computer science. Includes birthdate, education, professional career, and honors received. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Dictionary of Scientific Biography Provides authoritative, in-depth biographical articles on deceased scientists from classical antiquity to modern times. Each article includes bibliographies of works by and about the scientist who is the subject of the article. For biographical information on living scientists, check American Men and Women of Science or other sources. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Dictionaries
| International Dictionary of Food & Nutrition [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Directories
| Directory of Food and Nutrition Information for Professionals & Consumers Lists professional organizations and government agencies, food and nutrition programs at colleges and universities, software and databases, journals, magazines and books. 2nd ed. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Encyclopedias
| Foods and Nutrition Encyclopedia Covers aspects of food, nutrition, and health with historical and interpretive context. Also includes recommended daily allowances and deficiency symptoms of some nutrients [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Keyguide to Information Sources in Food Science and Technology [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Handbooks and Manuals
| Bowes & Church's Food Values of Portions Commonly Used Nutrient content of foods [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Composition of Foods This is better known as USDA Handbook No. 8. Standard tables of data on nutritional content of thousands of foods. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Food Chronology Year-by-year list of food and nutrition facts from ancient times to the present. Includes detailed index. Origins of many commercial food products. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Food Engineering Data Handbook Compendium of chemical and physical data on food processing, preserving, and manufacturing. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Food Properties Handbook Detailed compendium of chemical and physical data on foods and food processing. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Official Methods of Analysis of AOAC International, 16th ed. (1995) Standard compendium of laboratory methods for analyzing foods and related substances. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Source Book of Flavors, 2nd ed. Standard compendium of descriptions and data for flavor ingredients. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Internet Resources
Gateways & Megasites| Internet Resources for Food Science Selected websites. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Style Manuals and Writing Guides
Bibliography Software| RefWorks: Personal Citation Manager RefWorks is a web-based citation manager that allows you to create your own databases of citations by importing references from MNCAT and other databases, and then in seconds automatically generate bibliographies in all major styles (MLA, APA, Turabian, Chicago, etc.). [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Library Information
Primary Subject LocationBooks, journals and government publications in agriculture, biological sciences, human ecology, design, housing and apparel, vocational education, applied statistics, food science and nutrition, family social science, rural sociology and agricultural, and applied economics.
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sciences: allied health, dentistry, medicine, mortuary science, nursing, pharmacy, psychiatry and public
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