ICSM Farm to Fork: Exploring Food Practices & Policies
(Click to run targeted Subject searches in the IC Library catalog)
Agriculture and state [government policy]
Agriculture and state--Developing countries
Agriculture and state--United States
Agriculture--Economic aspects
Agriculture--Economic aspects--United States
Agriculture--Economic aspects--United States--History--20th century
Agriculture--Energy consumption
Agriculture--Environmental aspects
Agriculture--Environmental aspects--United States
Agriculture--History
Agriculture--Moral and ethical aspects
Agriculture--United States
Agricultural biotechnology
Agricultural biotechnology--Environmental aspects
Agricultural biotechnology--Moral and ethical aspects
Crops--Genetic engineering
Crops--Genetic engineering--Environmental aspects
Transgenic plants
Pesticides--Environmental aspects
Agricultural ecology
Agricultural ecology--United States
Agricultural industries
Agricultural industries--United States
Agricultural innovations
Sustainable agriculture
Sustainable agriculture--United States
Agrobiodiversity
Agrobiodiversity conservation
Alternative agriculture
Alternative agriculture--United States
Organic farming
Organic farming--United States
Farms, Small--United States
Organic living
Natural foods
Natural foods industry
Slow food movement
Local foods
Farmers' markets
Farm produce--Marketing
Indians of North America--Agriculture
Indians of North America--Ethnobotany
Indigenous peoples--Ecology--North America
Indian philosophy--North America
Herbs--Therapeutic use
Naturopathy
Animal industry--United States--Moral and ethical aspects
Animal industry--Moral and ethical aspects
Animal industry--United States
Livestock--United States
Livestock factories--Moral and ethical aspects
Feedlots--Environmental aspects--United States
Animal feeding--Environmental aspects--Research
Grazing
Pastures
Cattle--Feeding and feeds
Cattle trade--United States
Beef cattle--Feeding and feeds
Beef industry--Environmental aspects
Beef industry--United States
Meat industry and trade--United States
Agriculture and state [government policy]
Agriculture and state--Developing countries
Agriculture and state--United States
Agriculture--Economic aspects
Agriculture--Economic aspects--United States
Agriculture--Economic aspects--United States--History--20th century
Agriculture--Energy consumption
Agriculture--Environmental aspects
Agriculture--Environmental aspects--United States
Agriculture--History
Agriculture--Moral and ethical aspects
Agriculture--United States
Agricultural biotechnology
Agricultural biotechnology--Environmental aspects
Agricultural biotechnology--Moral and ethical aspects
Crops--Genetic engineering
Crops--Genetic engineering--Environmental aspects
Transgenic plants
Food--Biotechnology
Genetically modified foods
Agricultural chemicals--Environmental aspectsPesticides--Environmental aspects
Agricultural ecology
Agricultural ecology--United States
Agricultural industries
Agricultural industries--United States
Agricultural innovations
Sustainable agriculture
Sustainable agriculture--United States
Agrobiodiversity
Agrobiodiversity conservation
Alternative agriculture
Alternative agriculture--United States
Organic farming
Organic farming--United States
Farms, Small--United States
Organic living
Natural foods
Natural foods industry
Slow food movement
Local foods
Farmers' markets
Farm produce--Marketing
Indians of North America--Agriculture
Indians of North America--Ethnobotany
Indigenous peoples--Ecology--North America
Indian philosophy--North America
Herbs--Therapeutic use
Naturopathy
Animal industry--United States--Moral and ethical aspects
Animal industry--Moral and ethical aspects
Animal industry--United States
Livestock--United States
Livestock factories--Moral and ethical aspects
Feedlots--Environmental aspects--United States
Animal feeding--Environmental aspects--Research
Grazing
Pastures
Cattle--Feeding and feeds
Cattle trade--United States
Beef cattle--Feeding and feeds
Beef industry--Environmental aspects
Beef industry--United States
Meat industry and trade--United States
Food--History
Food--Marketing
Food--Marketing
Food--Moral and ethical aspects
Food--Religious aspects
Food--Religious aspects--Christianity
Jews--Dietary laws
Food--Religious aspects
Food--Religious aspects--Christianity
Jews--Dietary laws
Food--Social aspects
Food habits
Food habits--History
Food habits--History
Food habits--Health aspects
Food habits--Psychological aspects
Food habits--Psychological aspects
Food habits--United States
Food preferences [and for the strong of stomach, don't miss Counsuming the Inedible]
Diet
Food preferences [and for the strong of stomach, don't miss Counsuming the Inedible]
Diet
Diet--History
Diet--United States
Nutrition--United States
Nutrition--History
Nutrition--History
Nutrition policy--United States
Nutritionally induced diseases
Nutritionally induced diseases
Food industry and trade [food processing]
Food industry and trade--Energy consumption
Food industry and trade--Environmental aspects
Food industry and trade--Moral and ethical aspects
Food industry and trade--United States--History
United States. Food and Drug Administration
Food law and legislation--United States
Food industry and trade--Health aspects--United States
Food industry and trade--Safety measures
Corn--History
Corn industry--United States
Tomatoes
Wheat trade--United States
Bread--United States--History
Potatoes--History
Rice
Cheese--Social aspects--United States
Apples--History
Oranges
Salt--History
Sugar--History
Tea--History
Coffee--History
Carbonated Beverages--Adverse effects--Popular Works
Coca-Cola Company--History
Viticulture--Middle East--History
Beer industry--History
Chocolate--History
Note: the library owns multiple volumes of a series on single foods and drinks. Run a keyword search on "global history" and reaktion (the publisher) to retrieve them all.
Food industry and trade--Energy consumption
Food industry and trade--Environmental aspects
Food industry and trade--Moral and ethical aspects
Food industry and trade--United States--History
United States. Food and Drug Administration
Food law and legislation--United States
Food industry and trade--Health aspects--United States
Food industry and trade--Safety measures
Food--Safety measures
Food--Safety measures--Government policy--United States
Food handling
Food adulteration and inspection
Food adulteration and inspection--United States
Food contamination
Food contamination--Congresses
Food contamination--Prevention
Escherichia coli infections--Risk factors
Salmonella
Salmonella infections in animals
Salmonella infections--Prevention--Congresses
Foodborne diseases
Food--Microbiology
Food--Microbiology--Congresses
Food--Toxicology
Pesticides--Toxicology
Pesticides--Risk assessment
Pesticides--Health aspects
Antibiotics in agriculture--Popular works
Veterinary drug residues--Congresses
Food of animal origin--Health aspects
Food of animal origin--Contamination
Meat inspection--United States
Beef industry--Safety measures​
Fish as food
Fishery management
Aquaculture industry--Health aspects
Food additives--Health aspects
Food additives--Toxicology
Food additives Toxicology--Congresses
Sweeteners
Food handling
Food adulteration and inspection
Food adulteration and inspection--United States
Food contamination
Food contamination--Congresses
Food contamination--Prevention
Escherichia coli infections--Risk factors
Salmonella
Salmonella infections in animals
Salmonella infections--Prevention--Congresses
Foodborne diseases
Food--Microbiology
Food--Microbiology--Congresses
Food--Toxicology
Pesticides--Toxicology
Pesticides--Risk assessment
Pesticides--Health aspects
Antibiotics in agriculture--Popular works
Veterinary drug residues--Congresses
Food of animal origin--Health aspects
Food of animal origin--Contamination
Meat inspection--United States
Beef industry--Safety measures​
Fish as food
Fishery management
Aquaculture industry--Health aspects
Food additives--Health aspects
Food additives--Toxicology
Food additives Toxicology--Congresses
Sweeteners
Food supply [economics of food availability]
Food supply--History
Food supply--United States
Food security [physical and economic availability of adequate food]
Food security--Developing countries
Food supply--United States
Food security [physical and economic availability of adequate food]
Food security--Developing countries
Corn--History
Corn industry--United States
Tomatoes
Wheat trade--United States
Bread--United States--History
Potatoes--History
Rice
Cheese--Social aspects--United States
Apples--History
Oranges
Salt--History
Sugar--History
Tea--History
Coffee--History
Carbonated Beverages--Adverse effects--Popular Works
Coca-Cola Company--History
Viticulture--Middle East--History
Beer industry--History
Chocolate--History
Note: the library owns multiple volumes of a series on single foods and drinks. Run a keyword search on "global history" and reaktion (the publisher) to retrieve them all.
Convenience foods
Convenience foods--Health aspects
Convenience foods--United States--Marketing
Convenience foods--United States--Marketing
Fast food restaurants--Social aspects
Fast food restaurants--United States
Fast food restaurants--United States
McDonald's Corporation
Obesity--United States
Obesity in children
Diabetes--Nutritional aspects
Vegetarianism
Vegetarianism--Health aspects
Vegetarianism--History
Vegetarianism--Moral and ethical aspects
Vegetarianism--Religious aspects
Veganism
Vegetarianism--Health aspects
Vegetarianism--History
Vegetarianism--Moral and ethical aspects
Vegetarianism--Religious aspects
Veganism
Animal rights
Animal rights--History
Animal rights--Moral and ethical aspects
Animal rights--Philosophy
Animal rights--Religious aspects--Christianity
Animal welfare
Animal welfare--Moral and ethical aspects
Animal welfare--Philosophy--History
Hunting--Moral and ethical aspects
Philosophy of nature
Hunting--Moral and ethical aspects
Philosophy of nature
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When you settle on a subject heading, open the "Subdivisions" link below it. Most General OneFile subject searchs produce very large retrievals and the "subdivisions" help you narrow your search to a particular aspect: "Economic aspects," "Environmental aspects," "Ethical aspects," "Forecasts and Trends," "Health aspects," "Political aspects," "Social aspects," and "Statistics," to name only a few.
If the best available subdivision is still too broad, open it and add your own Keywords in the "Search within these results" slot at the upper left.
ProQuest Research Library :
This is another comprehensive database with substantial full text. Use the "Thesaurus" (above the search slots) to preview what Subject Headings are available. Subect searching can be a more efficient way to search than with only Keywords, since it guarantees that the articles retrieved actually be about the Subject--not just use a particular word. Combining Subject searches may work well: Genetic Engineering and Crops, Factory Farming and Cruelty to Animals, Organic Farming and Prices, Food Safety and Bacteria, Corn and Nutrition, or Fast food Industry and Obesity. Of course you can add Keywords for better focus.
Note that to the right of your search results you can limit your retrieval by "Source Type" (including Magazines, Newspapers, Scholarly Journals), "Document Type," (including Cover Story, Editorial, or Interview), "Document Feature" (including Photographs, Illustrations), and "Location."
Above each set of articles you retrieve ProQuest will display related Subject searches to help either broaden or narrow your focus.
User Advisory: ProQuest is fussy about entering Subject searches in the designated search slot. If your subject is a person, enter the name--last name first--in the "Person" slot; if a named group of any kind--Microsoft, the Catholic Church, Radiohead, the New York Mets--enter it in "Co/Org"; if a place enter it in "Location."
Academic Search Premier
Like General OneFile and Proquest, a large comprehensive database with ample full text. Note that you can browse the "Subject Terms" (above the search slots) and once you find a likely Subject Heading for your topic you can "explode" (double click) it for a list of related Subject terms. And note that after you have retrieved a set of articles you can keep adding Keywords above or suggested Subject Headings listed on the left (though note that these Subject Searches are added to your old search--they will narrow your results. Also note that with each retrieval set there is a "Geography" button on the left where you can narrow the results by country--for instance, the United States--as well as "Source Types" where you can choose to view only the "academic" (scholarly) journal articles.
JSTOR :
Covers a wide range of scholarly journals in most disciiplines, always beginning with the first issue of each one. This provides 100% full text access to articles from not only the first half of the 20th century but even the second half of the 19th. Be aware, however, that at the other end of the date range articles don't appear in JSTOR until at least 2-3 years after publication. Also be aware that for 100% full text you must change the setting from "include links to external content" to "include only content I can access."
JSTOR offers only a Keyword search of its complete full text, so retrievals are large, but the relevancy ranking does a good job of putting the strongest matches on the first few pages. This relevancy ranking does not weigh date, however, and will display a mix of articles written decades apart. So if your topic is time sensitive, be alert to publication dates.
User Advisory: The academic journals covered here feature numerous book reviews, so it's a good idea to tic the "Article" limit below the search slots so you won't be overwhelmed by book reviews on your topic.
Also note the "Date Range" limit, which in a database with an archive this deep can be very useful.
SocINDEX with Full Text :
As the name implies, an excellent database for social issues. Click on the "Subject Terms" link above the search slots to find which Subject Headings will work here. Double click any Heading for a list of broader, narower, and related Subject Terms. And note that you can check the boxes to select as many Headings as you like and then "add to search using or" and run the search--all without even retyping the terms back on the home page.
PsycINFO :
The American Psychological Association use their own Subject vocabulary (called "Descriptors"), so a visit to the "Thesaurus" below the search slots is a good idea. If you find an article on exactly what you want, be sure to check the assigned "Descriptors" on the right of the citation for more ideas about useful search terms. Among the available Descriptors here are Food, Food Preferences, Eating Attitudes, and Eating Behavior.
PsycINFO deals only with scholarly literature, much of it assuming a graduate-level understanding of the discipline. But among these you may find interesting, accessible articles on your topic.
User Advisory: If what you're searching for are "journal articles only" in "English," it's a good idea to check those boxes (below the search slots).
CQ Researcher
A weekly publication from Congressional Quarterly. Each report (approx. 20 pages) examines a single issue relevant to American public policy, including health, criminal justice, internaional affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy. The non-partisan analysis always includes a "Background," "Current Situation," "Outlook," and "Pro/Con" section, as well as numerous charts and graphs of statistical data, maps, and a bibliography for further reading.
Issues from the last ten years include "Food Policy Debates," "Sugar Controversies," "Genetically Modfied Food," "Food Safety," "Factory Farms," "Biotech Foods," "Farm Subsidies," "Slow Food Movement," and "Fish Farming."
GreenFILE :
You can browse the "Subject Terms" above the search slots to determine available Headings (and when you find a good one "explode" it by double clicking it to see a list of related Headings). You'll find most of the usual subjects here: "Sustainable agriculture," "Agrodiversity," "Agriculture & state" (government policy), "Agriculture & energy," "Organic farming," "Animal industry," etc.
Business Source Premier (Special Business Interface) :
These resources may be more likely to take business-friendly views. Notice that you can browse the available Subjects on the right. Among them are "Animal industry," "Sustainable agriculture," "Meat industry & trade," "Natural foods industry," "Genetically modified food," and "Food Safety."
ScienceDirect :
Because it’s a large database with a great deal of full text, the absence of Subject searching means that your Keyword searches will often retrieve large sets of articles, many of which mention but don’t discuss your search term(s). One way around this is to limit your initial search to the “Abstract Title Keyword” field. Once you have found an article that sounds on-target, click the “Related Articles” link beneath the citation. This will open a range of articles on the same topic.
Note: Because this is Keyword searching, you will sometimes need to use truncation. The truncation symbol here is the exclamation point: ! So, for example, farm! retrieves farm, farms, and farming.
Also note: The default date range is 10 years, but you can choose any date range you wish.
Also also note: it's a good idea to uncheck the "All books" box below the search slots, if you are in fact looking for articles.
ATLA religion database with ATLASerials :
Our religion and theology database. To browse the Subject Headings available here, click on "Indexes" above the search slots and select "Subjects ALL" from the drop-down menu.
Philosopher's Index :
Good resource for Animal Rights, which is an available Descriptor (Subject Heading) here. Or try Vegetarianism. (Agriculture also retrieves a fascinating collection of articles, but mainly in journals to which we have no full text access, so interlibrary loan would be your only option.)
LexisNexis Academic News:
Offering a keyword search of 100% full text from a vast number of national and international newspapers, this is an easy database to use poorly and a bit tricky to use well. In order not to be overwhelmed with articles in which your search terms are mentioned anywhere—first or last paragraph—or any number of times—once or ten times—use commands to target articles in which your topic words are mentioned early or mentioned often.
Use the hlead command (headline and lead paragraphs) to target articles in which your topic words occur in the prime news-story position of headline or first paragraphs. For example: hlead(farming and pollution) will retrieve just the articles in which the words “fracking” and “pollution” are used in the headline or first paragraphs. Note: the term or terms to which you want this command to apply must be put in parentheses after hlead, with no space between.
Use the altleast command to target articles in which your topic words occur a set number of times. For example: atleast5(obesity and children) will retrieve only the articles where this phrase is used at least 5 times—indicating that it must be a main topic. You can plug in any number after atleast—atleast3 or atleast7. Note: the term or terms to which you want this command to apply must be put in parentheses with no space between the number you choose and the first parenthesis.
Use the date range offered under Advanced Options. Because this is a large database of 100% full text, one of the most effective ways to retrieve fewer than 1000 hits is to set up a time frame. Note: if you use the calendar icons to set beginning and end dates, you need to choose a year, a month, and a day for each. Without the day, the date won’t register.
LexisNexis Academic Law Reviews:
Offering a keyword search of 100% full text law reviews (publishers of scholarly articles on legal issues), this is an easy database to use poorly and a bit tricky to use well. In order not to be overwhelmed by articles in which your search terms are mentioned in passing but are not the prime focus, use the atleast command to target articles in which your topic words are required to appear at least a certain number of times. For example, atleast5(“genetically modified” and crops) will retrieve only the articles in which those terms are used repeatedly. Note: the term or terms to which you want this command to apply must be put in parentheses with no space between the number you choose and the first parenthesis.
The most user-friendly of our comprehensive databases, covering almost any topic from a wide range of disciplinary angles and offering lots of full text. Use the default Subject search to find the best subject heading for your topic (and when you find a good one be sure to look at the "Related Subjects" to see if there's something even better). Most of the Subject Headings available in the Library catalog will work here, including "Agricultural biotechnology," "Sustainable agriculture," "Agricultural industry," "Corn industry," "Cattle," "Feedlots," "Grazing," "Organic farming," "Convenience foods," "Health foods," or "Food safety."
When you settle on a subject heading, open the "Subdivisions" link below it. Most General OneFile subject searchs produce very large retrievals and the "subdivisions" help you narrow your search to a particular aspect: "Economic aspects," "Environmental aspects," "Ethical aspects," "Forecasts and Trends," "Health aspects," "Political aspects," "Social aspects," and "Statistics," to name only a few.
If the best available subdivision is still too broad, open it and add your own Keywords in the "Search within these results" slot at the upper left.
ProQuest Research Library :
This is another comprehensive database with substantial full text. Use the "Thesaurus" (above the search slots) to preview what Subject Headings are available. Subect searching can be a more efficient way to search than with only Keywords, since it guarantees that the articles retrieved actually be about the Subject--not just use a particular word. Combining Subject searches may work well: Genetic Engineering and Crops, Factory Farming and Cruelty to Animals, Organic Farming and Prices, Food Safety and Bacteria, Corn and Nutrition, or Fast food Industry and Obesity. Of course you can add Keywords for better focus.
Note that to the right of your search results you can limit your retrieval by "Source Type" (including Magazines, Newspapers, Scholarly Journals), "Document Type," (including Cover Story, Editorial, or Interview), "Document Feature" (including Photographs, Illustrations), and "Location."
Above each set of articles you retrieve ProQuest will display related Subject searches to help either broaden or narrow your focus.
User Advisory: ProQuest is fussy about entering Subject searches in the designated search slot. If your subject is a person, enter the name--last name first--in the "Person" slot; if a named group of any kind--Microsoft, the Catholic Church, Radiohead, the New York Mets--enter it in "Co/Org"; if a place enter it in "Location."
Academic Search Premier
Like General OneFile and Proquest, a large comprehensive database with ample full text. Note that you can browse the "Subject Terms" (above the search slots) and once you find a likely Subject Heading for your topic you can "explode" (double click) it for a list of related Subject terms. And note that after you have retrieved a set of articles you can keep adding Keywords above or suggested Subject Headings listed on the left (though note that these Subject Searches are added to your old search--they will narrow your results. Also note that with each retrieval set there is a "Geography" button on the left where you can narrow the results by country--for instance, the United States--as well as "Source Types" where you can choose to view only the "academic" (scholarly) journal articles.
JSTOR :
Covers a wide range of scholarly journals in most disciiplines, always beginning with the first issue of each one. This provides 100% full text access to articles from not only the first half of the 20th century but even the second half of the 19th. Be aware, however, that at the other end of the date range articles don't appear in JSTOR until at least 2-3 years after publication. Also be aware that for 100% full text you must change the setting from "include links to external content" to "include only content I can access."
JSTOR offers only a Keyword search of its complete full text, so retrievals are large, but the relevancy ranking does a good job of putting the strongest matches on the first few pages. This relevancy ranking does not weigh date, however, and will display a mix of articles written decades apart. So if your topic is time sensitive, be alert to publication dates.
User Advisory: The academic journals covered here feature numerous book reviews, so it's a good idea to tic the "Article" limit below the search slots so you won't be overwhelmed by book reviews on your topic.
Also note the "Date Range" limit, which in a database with an archive this deep can be very useful.
SocINDEX with Full Text :
As the name implies, an excellent database for social issues. Click on the "Subject Terms" link above the search slots to find which Subject Headings will work here. Double click any Heading for a list of broader, narower, and related Subject Terms. And note that you can check the boxes to select as many Headings as you like and then "add to search using or" and run the search--all without even retyping the terms back on the home page.
PsycINFO :
The American Psychological Association use their own Subject vocabulary (called "Descriptors"), so a visit to the "Thesaurus" below the search slots is a good idea. If you find an article on exactly what you want, be sure to check the assigned "Descriptors" on the right of the citation for more ideas about useful search terms. Among the available Descriptors here are Food, Food Preferences, Eating Attitudes, and Eating Behavior.
PsycINFO deals only with scholarly literature, much of it assuming a graduate-level understanding of the discipline. But among these you may find interesting, accessible articles on your topic.
User Advisory: If what you're searching for are "journal articles only" in "English," it's a good idea to check those boxes (below the search slots).
CQ Researcher
A weekly publication from Congressional Quarterly. Each report (approx. 20 pages) examines a single issue relevant to American public policy, including health, criminal justice, internaional affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy. The non-partisan analysis always includes a "Background," "Current Situation," "Outlook," and "Pro/Con" section, as well as numerous charts and graphs of statistical data, maps, and a bibliography for further reading.
Issues from the last ten years include "Food Policy Debates," "Sugar Controversies," "Genetically Modfied Food," "Food Safety," "Factory Farms," "Biotech Foods," "Farm Subsidies," "Slow Food Movement," and "Fish Farming."
GreenFILE :
You can browse the "Subject Terms" above the search slots to determine available Headings (and when you find a good one "explode" it by double clicking it to see a list of related Headings). You'll find most of the usual subjects here: "Sustainable agriculture," "Agrodiversity," "Agriculture & state" (government policy), "Agriculture & energy," "Organic farming," "Animal industry," etc.
Business Source Premier (Special Business Interface) :
These resources may be more likely to take business-friendly views. Notice that you can browse the available Subjects on the right. Among them are "Animal industry," "Sustainable agriculture," "Meat industry & trade," "Natural foods industry," "Genetically modified food," and "Food Safety."
ScienceDirect :
Because it’s a large database with a great deal of full text, the absence of Subject searching means that your Keyword searches will often retrieve large sets of articles, many of which mention but don’t discuss your search term(s). One way around this is to limit your initial search to the “Abstract Title Keyword” field. Once you have found an article that sounds on-target, click the “Related Articles” link beneath the citation. This will open a range of articles on the same topic.
Note: Because this is Keyword searching, you will sometimes need to use truncation. The truncation symbol here is the exclamation point: ! So, for example, farm! retrieves farm, farms, and farming.
Also note: The default date range is 10 years, but you can choose any date range you wish.
Also also note: it's a good idea to uncheck the "All books" box below the search slots, if you are in fact looking for articles.
ATLA religion database with ATLASerials :
Our religion and theology database. To browse the Subject Headings available here, click on "Indexes" above the search slots and select "Subjects ALL" from the drop-down menu.
Philosopher's Index :
Good resource for Animal Rights, which is an available Descriptor (Subject Heading) here. Or try Vegetarianism. (Agriculture also retrieves a fascinating collection of articles, but mainly in journals to which we have no full text access, so interlibrary loan would be your only option.)
LexisNexis Academic News:
Offering a keyword search of 100% full text from a vast number of national and international newspapers, this is an easy database to use poorly and a bit tricky to use well. In order not to be overwhelmed with articles in which your search terms are mentioned anywhere—first or last paragraph—or any number of times—once or ten times—use commands to target articles in which your topic words are mentioned early or mentioned often.
Use the hlead command (headline and lead paragraphs) to target articles in which your topic words occur in the prime news-story position of headline or first paragraphs. For example: hlead(farming and pollution) will retrieve just the articles in which the words “fracking” and “pollution” are used in the headline or first paragraphs. Note: the term or terms to which you want this command to apply must be put in parentheses after hlead, with no space between.
Use the altleast command to target articles in which your topic words occur a set number of times. For example: atleast5(obesity and children) will retrieve only the articles where this phrase is used at least 5 times—indicating that it must be a main topic. You can plug in any number after atleast—atleast3 or atleast7. Note: the term or terms to which you want this command to apply must be put in parentheses with no space between the number you choose and the first parenthesis.
Use the date range offered under Advanced Options. Because this is a large database of 100% full text, one of the most effective ways to retrieve fewer than 1000 hits is to set up a time frame. Note: if you use the calendar icons to set beginning and end dates, you need to choose a year, a month, and a day for each. Without the day, the date won’t register.
LexisNexis Academic Law Reviews:
Offering a keyword search of 100% full text law reviews (publishers of scholarly articles on legal issues), this is an easy database to use poorly and a bit tricky to use well. In order not to be overwhelmed by articles in which your search terms are mentioned in passing but are not the prime focus, use the atleast command to target articles in which your topic words are required to appear at least a certain number of times. For example, atleast5(“genetically modified” and crops) will retrieve only the articles in which those terms are used repeatedly. Note: the term or terms to which you want this command to apply must be put in parentheses with no space between the number you choose and the first parenthesis.
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- Agricultural Policy for the 21st Century
- Sustainable Development and Agriculture in the United States
- Safety And Health In Agriculture
- Cities Farming for the Future : Urban Agriculture for Green and Productive Cities
- Essential Agrarian Reader : The Future of Culture, Community, and the Land
- Agriculture's Ethical Horizon
- Farming and Farmland in the United States : Changes and Trends
- Bringing the Food Economy Home : Local Alternatives to Global Agribusiness
- Shared Harvests : Agriculture, Trade, and Employment
- Consumed : Food for a Finite Planet
- Crisis and Opportunity : Sustainability in American Agriculture
- Empty Pastures : Confined Animals and the Transformation of the Rural Landscape
- Everyone Eats : Understanding Food and Culture
- Food Is Culture
- Eating Behaviour
- Philosophy of Food
- New Research on Food Habits
- Food, Drink and Identity : Cooking, Eating and Drinking in Europe since the Middle Ages
- Adventures in Eating : Anthropological Experiences in Dining from Around the World
- Reimagining Marginalized Foods : Global Processes, Local Places
- Critical Food Studies : Why We Eat How We Eat : Contemporary Encounters Between Foods and Bodies
- Embodied Food Politics
- Psychological Responses to Eating Disorders and Obesity : Recent and Innovative Work
- Food, Medicine, and the Quest for Good Health : Nutrition, Medicine, and Culture
- Food Protection and Safety
- Food Safety
- Food Hygiene
- Safe Food : The Politics of Food Safety
- Environmental Regulation and Food Safety: Studies of Protection and Protectionism
- Imported Foods : Microbiological Issues and Challenges
- Enhancing Food Safety : The Role of the Food and Drug Administration
- Evaluation of the Food Safety Requirements of the Federal Purchase Ground Beef Program
- Addressing Foodborne Threats to Health : Policies, Practices, and Global Coordination, Workshop Summary
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In Print:
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- Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America
- Business of Food : Encyclopedia of the Food and Drink Industries
- Food Safety Information Handbook
- A-Z Food Safety
- Multicultural Handbook of Food, Nutrition and Dietetics
- Handbook of Sustainability for the Food Sciences
- Food : A Dictionary of Literal & Nonliteral Terms
- Cultural Encyclopedia of Vegetarianism
- Food and Addiction : A Comprehensive Handbook
In Print:
(far end of Library's main floor)
- Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
- Cambridge World History of Food
- Oxford Companion to Food
Web Directories differ from search engines like Google in that all the online resources have been selected and annotated by editors, thereby promising a much higher degree of quality control.
- Open Directory Project; Agriculture: You'll need to explore the subject hierarchy here, especially Environmental Aspects and Sustainable Agriculture. See also Food: History.
- IPL2: Agriculture & Aquaculture and Food.
Google Advanced Search: When doing research on the Web, always use the Adanced Search version of Google. This not only provides more flexibility in entering search terms, but more importantly it allows you to target the Web domains that are likely to provide the most authoritative information: colleges and universities (enter the "edu" tag), nonprofit organizations (enter the "org" tag), and the United States government (enter the "gov" tag).
- Michael Pollan: Resources for Sustainable Eating: Professor Pollan provides quite a comprehensive list of his own hand-picked Web resources. Be sure to open "Resources" and scan the "Usefule Links" sections.
- National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service: Use the table of contents along the left margin.
- Sustainable Agriculture Resources: from Ohio State University, a good set of links to online resources, though the alphabetical organization necessitates a good deal of skimming.
- Farmland Information Center: a clearinghouse for information about farmland protection and stewardship. Lots of publications here--use the tiny tabs at the top to navigate. And note the handy "Resources by State" interactive map.
- U.S. Department of Agriculture: Put any suspicions on hold and take advantage of the publications and resources here--especially under "Agriculture" and "Animal Production." And for a slightly more upbeat approach to biotechnology take at look these publications from the USDA Committee on Biotechnology & 21st Century Agriculture.
- Food Safety: U.S. Department of Agriculture: See in particular the "Resources," including the Food Safety Research Information Office. U.S. Food and Drug Administration: Food: Lots of food safety information available here. See iespecially "Popular Topics" and "Recent Food Recalls" at upper right, as well as the Topics in the Education Resource Library. Along the same lines, check out FoodSafety.gov and the Food Safety resources at the Centers for Disease Control. Finally, for a more global perspective, try the World Health Organization's Food Safety, and be sure to open the "Document Center" on the left.
- Alernative Farming Systems Information Center: Useful site from the USDA National Agricultural Library. Note the Subject Browse categories on the left.
- Agribusiness: From the Business School Library at Harvard, a good gateway to international resources for agribusiness.
- KingCorn: from Purdue University, a list of links to various growers associations and corn products manufacturers. These are booster sites for American corn production.
- Harvard School of Public health: The Nutrition Source: Good basic information.
- Food Timeline: Great resource from dedicated reference librarian Lynne Olver. Take advantage of all the linked information.
- Food Museum Online: A somewhat messy but exuberant site with a good deal of content.
- Culinary History Timeline: Social History, Manners & Menus.
- Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity: at Yale University. Use the links under "What We Do" to get started.
- America's Health Rankings: 2014: Note that under Health Measures you can choose Obesity.
- Centers for Disease Control (CDC): Overweight and Obesity: Lots of authoritative information here, and be sure to visit this site's recommended Resources for a very comprehensive set of links. Also take a look at the CDC's Healthy Weight page.
- MedlinePlus: Eating Disorders: Excellent gateway site.
- Animal Rights: An excellent gateway of links from Vanderbilt University Libraries. Also see their gateway for Diet and Nutrition.
MLA is the citation style used by most disciplines in the Humanities. The guides below use the latest 2008/9 standards.
- MLA Citation Guide: Books (Print & Web)
- MLA Citation Guide: Newspaper, Magazine, Journal articles (Print & Web)
- MLA Citation Guide: Web and Multimedia
- MLA Citation Guide: In-text Citations
Also see the Purdue OWL MLA Formatting and Style Guide.
