CULINARY ARTS

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FIND AN ARTICLE: SEARCH THE LIBRARY’S DATABASES

These databases are either tailored to your subject or they provide coverage over a wide range of interdisciplinary topics. Before you start, you might take a look at some tips on searching databases.

• Academic Search Premier: An interdisciplinary database that provides full text for nearly 4,500 journals, including more than 3,600 peer-reviewed titles

• Vocational and Career Collection: Offers full text coverage for nearly 350 trade periodicals for various industries, including food service industries

• Student Research Center: Information organized by subject from several kinds of resources, including magazines, country reports, and encyclopedias, including articles on cookery

• Health Source: Consumer Edition: Information from more than 130 full text, consumer health magazines and is updated on a daily basis

FIND A BOOK: GO STRAIGHT TO THE STACKS

If you can't go the library's stacks, check out our collection of online reference books:

• Credo Reference Online: Access to more than 300 reference books, including general and specialized encyclopedias and dictionaries for overviews on topics

• Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia: Online access to a general encyclopedia covering a wide range of topics

• World Atlas: Provides maps, images, and the ability to compare demographic information from different countries

If you can visit the library, it's easy to browse our collection because we organize books by their subject:

You also might try these books (some of which are in our reference collection):

• Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America: Two-volume set that describes cuisine in U.S. culture Ref TX 349 .E53 2004

• Encyclopedia of Food and Culture: Three volumes that discuss the culture of food and eating from a sociological perspective Ref GT 2850 .E53 2003

• The Food Encyclopedia: Contains more than 8,000 entries on ingredients, kitchen techniques, and important people in the food industry TX 349 .R644 2006

• The Cook’s Essential Dictionary: Provides concise definitions for terms and expressions used in the culinary arts TX 349 .R56 2004

• Food: A Culinary History from Antiquity to the Present: Contains information on the history of food and the development of cooking techniques TX 353 .H52513 1999

• Oxford Companion to Food: An encyclopedia on food and kitchen techniques, including a bibliography and illustrations TX 349 .D36 2006

• Will Write for Food: Offers information on how to write in the food industry, including restaurant reviews and cookbooks TX 644 .J33 2005

• Opening a Restaurant or Other Food Business Starter Kit: Provides information on how to start a restaurant and includes a CD HD 62 .5 .F8351 2005

FIND A WEBSITE: USE INTERNET RESOURCES WISELY

Although these websites are likely to be accurate, you should still evaluate information found on the Internet.

• Epicurious: Contains searchable information about food and cooking techniques, including videos, recipes, illustrated guides, and a food and wine dictionary

• iChef: Provides cooking videos and a wide range of recipes, organized by category, and includes discussion groups

• The Cook’s Thesaurus: A searchable site that provides information and tips on how to use thousands of ingredients and tools

• The Daily Gullet: Offers articles and blogs from cooks, along with recipes and forums to communicate with other chefs. Free registration to use the forums may be required.

• Meals for you: Provides recipes, kitchen tips and guides, a food glossary, nutritional information, and a way to store your favorite recipes in your own “cookbook.”

• Spice Advice: Offers descriptions spices, including their histories and geographical origins, by using alphabetized pull-down menus

• America’s Test Kitchen: Contains articles on equipment, ingredients, and techniques, along with recipes, reviews, and a science desk. May require free registration to access all of the articles.

• Local Harvest: Provides an interactive map of local farms and organic food sellers that can be customized by entering a zip code

• The Food Timeline: Offers a research guide on how to conduct product histories and search for “lost” recipes, and includes a bibliography of culinary resources and an “answer service.”

FIND A PRINT JOURNAL: READ THE LATEST ISSUES

The library subscribes to magazines and journals that are related to your field. Head to Tioga 3 and browse through some of these journals:

• Cook’s Illustrated
• Bon Appetit
• Gourmet
• Saveur
• Dessert Professional (formerly Chocolatier and Pastry Art & Design)

CITATION GUIDES: CREATE A BIBLIOGRAPHY

Whether you use websites, electronic journals, reference books, or print resources, you will need a bibliography. Here’s some information on how to cite your sources:

• Avoid inadvertent plagiarism: It’s possible to copy from a source and not even know that you’ve done anything wrong.

• KnightCite: This great site formats the bibliographic entry for you, and you can select the appropriate style (MLA, APA, Chicago).

• Guide to the MLA style: The MLA-style is generally used for papers written in the humanities.

• Guide for the APA style: The APA-style is generally used for papers written in the social sciences, especially psychology.

FIND MORE HELP: USE COLLEGE RESOURCES

Don’t hesitate to talk to a librarian, a tutor, or your instructor when conducting research. Make the most of these resources!

• Library Hours
• Writing Center
• Tutoring Lab

Descriptions of databases are paraphrased or taken directly from Ebsco.

This page was created and is maintained by Smita Avasthi.