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Library Research Guide

College Seminar 235-01

Food for Thought:
The Science, Culture and Politics of Food
Prof. David Gapp
Spring 2008
 

Reference

AccessScience

Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics
Location: Ref QD415 .A25 L48 1996

Encyclopedia of genetics - 4 vols.
Location: Ref QH427 .E53 2002

Encyclopedia of life sciences

Magill's encyclopedia of science: plant life - 4 vols.
Location: Ref QK7 .M34 2002

CRC handbook of medicinal herbs
Location: Ref QK99.A1 D83 1985

Magic and medicine of plants
Location: Ref QK99 .A1 M325 1986

CRC desk reference for nutrition
Location: Ref QP141 .B523 2006

Encyclopedia of human nutrition - 4 vols.
Location: Ref QP141 .E526 2005

Nutrition desk reference
Location: Ref QP141 .G33 1995

Nutrition and health encyclopedia
Location: Ref QP141 .T88

Essential guide to vitamins and minerals
Location: Ref QP771 .S66 1992

Illustrated dictionary of immunology
Location: Ref QR180.4 .C78 2003

Historical atlas of immunology
Location: Ref QR182 .C78 2005

Oxford medical companion
Location: Ref R121 .O884 2001

The Cambridge illustrated history of medicine
Location: Ref R131 .C232 1996

Cambridge world history of human disease
Location: Ref R131 .C233 1993

Health and illness : a cross-cultural encyclopedia
Location: Ref R733 .L477 1997

DK encyclopedia of healing therapies
Location: Ref R733 .W65 1997

Wellness encyclopedia
Location: Ref RA776 .W436 1991

Toxics A to Z
Location: Ref RA1213 .T76 1991

Food additives and their impact on health
Location: Ref RA1270.F6 H85 1988

Food additives handbook
Location: Ref RA1270.F6 L49 1989

Magill's medical guide - 4 vols.
Location: Ref RC41 .M34 2005

Allergy encyclopedia
Location: Ref RC585 .A446

PDR for herbal medicines
Location: Ref RM666.H33 P37

Encyclopedia of plant and crop science
Location: Ref SB45 .E486 2004

Dictionary of plant pathology
Location: Ref SB728 .H65 1989

Concise encyclopedia of the ethics of new technologies
Location: Ref TP248.23 .C664 2001


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Articles

Academic Search Premier

AGRICOLA

Biological Abstracts

Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management

MEDLINE (EBSCOhost)

Web of Science


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Books

ALEX
Hamilton College Library's catalog. Use our call number locator to find items from your catalog search.

WorldCat
Catalog with more than 60 million records for books and other materials owned by libraries around the world. Use the Find It. button to request items through interlibrary loan.

Browse the library catalog. Select the Subject search in ALEX and browse these subjects. These subject headings should also be using in WorldCat searches.

Agricultural pests
Agriculture
Alternative medicine
Bacillus acidophilus
Biotechnology
Chemical senses
Chemoreceptors
Crop losses
Crops genetic engineering
Dairy products
Dairy microbiology
Escherichia coli
Ethnopharmacology
Fishes conservation
Food additives
Food adulteration and inspection
Food contamination
Food habits psychological aspects
Food industry and trade
Food microbiology
Food poisoning
Food preservation
Food preservatives
Genetically modified foods
Herbs
Insect pests
Lactose
Land degredation
Land use rural
Medical bacteriology
Medical genetics
Medicinal plants
Nutrition
Nutrition psychological aspects
Nutritionally induced diseases
Obesity
Pathogenic bacteria
Pesticide residues
Plant diseases
Plant genetic engineering
Salmonella typhimurium
Smell
Taste
Traditional medicine
Transgenic plants
Vitamins
Vitamins in human nutrition


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Internet Sites

Cornell Fact Sheets

Food and Nutrition Information Center

The National Academies

National Institutes of Health: Food, Nutrition and Metabolism

National Plant Genome Initiative

PAN Pesticides Database

Plant biotechnology: the genetic manipulation of plants

Plant Science - AgNIC

Seaweb


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Citing Sources

RefWorks
RefWorks is an online bibliographic manager that can be used to create, organize and store references. Information can be imported from most of the library's research databases and reformatted to create bibliographies in wide range of documentation styles, including MLA.

Citing Sources
The library's guide to documenting sources includes examples of citations for books, journals, and other commonly used resources.


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Get Help

For assistance with this course, contact:

Glynis Asu
Reference Librarian
Burke Library
315-859-4482
gasu@hamilton.edu


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(Reviewed: January 29, 2008)