Grant Writing: Food Studies Institute & TCSDF
National school lunch program
School breakfast programs
School breakfast programs--United States--Evaluation
School children--Food
School children--Nutrition
School children--Nutrition--Government policy--United States
Nutrition--Study and teaching (Elementary)
Children--Nutrition
Children--Nutrition--Psychological aspects
Children--Nutrition--United States
Nutritional assessment--United States
Nutrition policy--United States
Obesity in children
Obesity in children--United States
Obesity in children--United States--Prevention
Local foods
Local foods--United States
Farm produce--Marketing
Farms, Small--United States
School breakfast programs
School breakfast programs--United States--Evaluation
School children--Food
School children--Nutrition
School children--Nutrition--Government policy--United States
Nutrition--Study and teaching (Elementary)
Children--Nutrition
Children--Nutrition--Psychological aspects
Children--Nutrition--United States
Nutritional assessment--United States
Nutrition policy--United States
Obesity in children
Obesity in children--United States
Obesity in children--United States--Prevention
Food--Marketing
Food--Moral and ethical aspects
Food--Social aspects
Food--Social aspects
Food habits
Food habits--Health aspects
Food habits--Health aspects
Food habits--Psychological aspects
Food habits--United States
Food preferences
Diet
Natural foodsFood preferences
Diet
Diet--United States
Nutrition--United States
Local foods
Local foods--United States
Farm produce--Marketing
Farms, Small--United States
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. For example, try school* in one slot and--food or nutrition or lunch--in the next (the asterisk * is a truncation symbol: school* searches both school and schools). Once you have found an article that sounds on-target, click on it--the article title, not the pdf version--and then to the right click on the "view more articles" link to open a range of articles on the same topic.
User Advisory: Uncheck "Books" below the search slots: we don't have access to the books in this database. And if "All years" is checked you might want to change it to the last 10-year option to its right (full text goes back to 1995).
ERIC (Ebsco interface) : A disciplinary database in Education—at all levels. The field of Education has its own set of Subject Headings so be sure to browse the “Thesaurus” (above the search slots) for the best "Descriptors." ERIC provides access not only to relevant journal literature (citations for these end in a number preceded by EJ—ERIC Journal), but also to research published directly to ERIC (citations for these end in a number preceded by ED—ERIC Document.
Education uses its own Subject Headings, so a useful first stop is the ERIC "Thesaurus" (above the search slots) to see what Subject searches will work here. This is also a helpful exercise in that once you have found the appropriate Subject Heading you can "explode" it (double click) and generate a list of related Subject Headings. Among the Subjects available here are Lunch programs, Breakfast programs, Food service, Food standards, Nutrition, Eating habits, Dietetics, Obesity, Nutrition instruction, and Foods instruction.
User Advisory: Note that in ERIC you don't need to indicate an educational level with search terms. Below the search slots you'll find an "Educational Level" drop-down menu where you can choose to limit your search to a particular grade or grade range: primary, secondary, higher, etc.
User Advisory: Uncheck "Books" below the search slots: we don't have access to the books in this database. And if "All years" is checked you might want to change it to the last 10-year option to its right (full text goes back to 1995).
ERIC (Ebsco interface) : A disciplinary database in Education—at all levels. The field of Education has its own set of Subject Headings so be sure to browse the “Thesaurus” (above the search slots) for the best "Descriptors." ERIC provides access not only to relevant journal literature (citations for these end in a number preceded by EJ—ERIC Journal), but also to research published directly to ERIC (citations for these end in a number preceded by ED—ERIC Document.
Education uses its own Subject Headings, so a useful first stop is the ERIC "Thesaurus" (above the search slots) to see what Subject searches will work here. This is also a helpful exercise in that once you have found the appropriate Subject Heading you can "explode" it (double click) and generate a list of related Subject Headings. Among the Subjects available here are Lunch programs, Breakfast programs, Food service, Food standards, Nutrition, Eating habits, Dietetics, Obesity, Nutrition instruction, and Foods instruction.
User Advisory: Note that in ERIC you don't need to indicate an educational level with search terms. Below the search slots you'll find an "Educational Level" drop-down menu where you can choose to limit your search to a particular grade or grade range: primary, secondary, higher, etc.
ProQuest Research Library : 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. School lunches and School breakfast programs are both available as Subjects, but the best approach might be to search, for example, Elementary schools or elementary school students as Subjects in one slot and Food or Nutrition or Diet as Subjects in the next. Or you could run the same search using Secondary schools or Secondary school students.
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 Comprehensive subject coverage with considerable full text. Note that there is a “Subject Terms” link just above the search boxes, allowing you to search the index of Subject Headings--often a good first stop for more efficient Subject searching whereby you are guaranteed that your topic is indeed a main subject of the articles retrieved.
General OneFile : is 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). The best subject available here is School food services.
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," "Government finance," "Health aspects," "Nutritonal aspects," "Political aspects," "Services," and "Standards," 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.
User Advisory: When first viewing your retrievals in General OneFile, note that you are seeing only the "Magazines" (popular articles) and must click on the tabs for "Academic Journals" (scholarly articles) or "News" (newspaper articles) to see those results.
CINAHL This database of health literature could be useful. In "Select a Field" slot choose "MW Word in Subject Heading" and enter Food services and Schools.
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 Comprehensive subject coverage with considerable full text. Note that there is a “Subject Terms” link just above the search boxes, allowing you to search the index of Subject Headings--often a good first stop for more efficient Subject searching whereby you are guaranteed that your topic is indeed a main subject of the articles retrieved.
A good initial strategy in this database is to search a likely topic in the Subject Terms and when you find it “explode” the term by double clicking it--this brings up a list of related Subject terms. You can check as many terms as you like before "adding" them to your search by AND-ing or OR-ing them together. Among the Subject headings available here are School children--food, National school lunch program, School breakfast programs, School lunch breaks, and School lunchrooms.
User Advisory: For any retrieved set of articles, there will be a box displayed on the left that will limit the articles to “Scholarly” journals—just check the box and click the “Update Results” button below.
General OneFile : is 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). The best subject available here is School food services.
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," "Government finance," "Health aspects," "Nutritonal aspects," "Political aspects," "Services," and "Standards," 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.
User Advisory: When first viewing your retrievals in General OneFile, note that you are seeing only the "Magazines" (popular articles) and must click on the tabs for "Academic Journals" (scholarly articles) or "News" (newspaper articles) to see those results.
CINAHL This database of health literature could be useful. In "Select a Field" slot choose "MW Word in Subject Heading" and enter Food services and Schools.
Few databases offer 100% full text. Most retrieve a mix of full text articles and article "citations"--article title, author(s), publication info, and usually an "abstract" or one-prargraph summary of the content. When a citation makes you want the full text, look below it for this icon:
Clicking "GETIT" checks (almost all) the IC Library's other databases to see if any offers the full text of the article--or if the Library has a print subscription to the journal in which the article appeared.
Clicking "GETIT" checks (almost all) the IC Library's other databases to see if any offers the full text of the article--or if the Library has a print subscription to the journal in which the article appeared.
- "GETIT" will usually find the full text in another database and open it in a new window.
- If none of our databases can access the full text but we have a print subsciption to the journal, "GETIT" will retrieve the Library catalog record for the journal so that you can see if the date of the article falls within the date range we have on hand.
- If full text is not available from any database or from a print subsciption, "GETIT" will provide a link to the IC Library's Interlibrary Loan. Log in (same as your IC e-mail)--and set up your account if you've never used it before. "GETIT" will have populated the article request form with all the necessary information and you simply submit the request elecrtonically. Most articles are supplied as digital files and will be sent to you via e-mail when they arrive.
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- Citation
- Interlibrary Loan
- Plagiarism Tutorial
- School Meals : Building Blocks for Healthy Children
- Developing and Evaluating Methods for Using American Community Survey Data to Support the School Meals Program
- Nutrition Standards for Foods in Schools : Leading the Way Toward Healthier Youth
- Nutrition Standards and Meal Requirements for National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs
- Rethinking School Feeding : Social Safety Nets, Child Development, and the Education Sector
- Practical Guide to Developing and Implementing School Policy on Diet and Physical Activity
- Agriculture Issues and Policies : Local Food Systems: Background and Issues
- School Nutrition Association See "Resources & Research" and scroll down the Research by Topic page.
- National School Lunch Program Includes community eligability provisions and "Tools for Schools."
- School Meals And note the Grants page.
- Healthier US School Challenge: Smarter Lunchrooms Includes application materials, training materials, and a variety of resources.
- Seeking Common Ground: Farm to Cafeteria Fingerlakes group with a "How to" guide.
- Growing Minds: Farm to School Check out the "Resources," including lesson plans, workshops, and a "Get Local @ School" section.
- New York State Agriculture in the Classroom See espeically "Programs" and "Resources" sections.
- Child Nutrition Knowledge Center: From the New York State Department of Education.
- Healthy Hunger-free Schools Act And note the Local School Wellness Policy from 2014.
- Chefs Move to Schools Program to create partnerships in schools between chefs and schools.
- USDA Child Nutrition Programs
- Let's Move: America's move to Raise a Healthier Generation of Kids Note the "Eat Healthy" section.
- U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools In particular see the Green Strides program and scroll down to "Nutrition."
- Nutrition.gov: Children See especially the Food & Nutrition Tips and Resources.
- Centers for Disease Control: Childhood Obesity
- US Food and Drug Administration: Code of Federal Regulations A searchable database of all current FDA regulations. You might begin by searching "children" for a full list of all the regulations pertaining to them.
- US Department of Health & Human Services: Prevention/Wellness Includes Diet, Nutrition, and Eating Right.
- Nutrition Education in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools From the National Center for Educational Statistics.
- SchoolFood: Feed Your Mind Interesting New York City site. And under "Our Food" note the "Locally Sourced Food" section.
- A Guide to Creating a Healthy School Nutrition Environment This Canadian take on school nutrition might provide some ideas.
- Jamie Oiver's Food Revolution: School Food A celebrity chef who has made school food a personal crusade, both in England and America.
- Food Studies Institute
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.
