Reference Works
The reference section is located on the 1st floor of the library.
Books are shelved using the Library of Congress Classification scheme.
Encyclopedias, Dictionaries & Handbooks
Call numbers beginning with Ref are in the reference section and cannot be checked out.
Title/Description |
Call # |
1001 Chemicals in Everyday Products |
Ref TP200.L49 |
The Business of Food: Encyclopedia of the Food and Drink Industries |
Ref HD9000.5.B875 2007 |
International Handbook of Foodborne Pathogens |
Ref QR115.I57 2003 |
Cambridge World History of Food |
Ref TX353.C255 2000 |
Compendium of methods for the microbiological examination of foods |
Ref QR115.A5 2001 |
Encyclopedia of American Food and Drink |
Ref TX349.M266 |
Encyclopedia of Consumer Brands Vol. 1, Consumable Products |
Ref HF5415.3.E527 |
Encyclopedia of food microbiology |
Ref QR115.E53 2000 |
Encyclopedia of Food Sciences and Nutrition |
Ref TP368.2.E63 2003 (TIP: use the index in the last volume) |
Food Additives Databook |
Ref TX553.A3F573 2003 |
Food Encyclopedia |
Ref TX349.R564 2006 |
Food Safety Information Handbook |
ebook |
Handbook of Food Science, Technology and Engineering |
Ref TP370.4.H38 2006 |
Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology |
Ref TP9.E685 |
Leung’s Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs and Cosmetics |
Ref QD415.A25L48 2010 |
The Oxford Book of Health Foods |
Ref TX 369.V38 2003 (includes illustrations of plants) |
Oxford Companion to Food |
Ref TX349.D36 2006 |
Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink |
Ref TX349.O94 2007 |
Books
Books are located on the 3rd (H-Z) and 4th (A-G) floors organized by the Library of Congress Classification scheme.
Search for books (including the e-book collection) using the library catalog.
Call Number Areas to Browse
Description |
Call # |
Agriculture |
S |
Plant and crop science |
SB |
Animal science |
SF |
Microbiology |
QR |
Toxicology |
RA1190-1270 |
Immunologic diseases. Allergy |
RC581-607 |
Nutritional diseases |
RC620-627 |
Chemical technology |
TP |
Nutrition. Foods and food supply |
TX341-641 |
Cooking |
TX642-840 |
Articles
Articles are generally more specific; use more specific keywords to create a narrower search.
Journals may contain both popular and scholarly sources (magazine, journal, and newspaper articles)
Search Article Databases
- Agricola (Ebsco)
This database contains bibliographic records from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Library. Coverage for AGRICOLA dates back to 1970 and includes more than 4.8 million citations. The citations are comprised of journal articles, monographs, theses, patents, software, audiovisual materials, and technical reports related to agriculture.
- BIOSIS Previews
This is the online version of Biological Abstracts. BIOSIS Previews is the largest collection of biological literature and contains references to primary, scholarly journal literature. 1969 - present.
- CABDirect
This database is produced in the UK and lists citations of many international publications. Our subscription includes CAB Abstracts (1973-current), Global Health (1973-current), and CAB Abstracts Archives (1900-1973). Subjects covered include animal science; crop protection; plant science; parasitology; human and animal nutrition; natural resources and ecology; forestry, forest products and agroforesty; soil science; rural development, tourism and economics; food science and food products; biotechnology; and agricultural engineering.
- Environmental Health and Toxicology databases
From the U.S. National Institutes of Health. A collection of toxicology and environmental health databases that includes the Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB®), a database of potentially hazardous chemicals, TOXLINE® (containing references to the world's toxicology literature), and ChemIDplus® (a chemical dictionary and structure database).
- Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Provides access to nearly 600 scholarly full text journals, including more than 450 peer-reviewed journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Also featured are citations and abstracts for nearly 650 journals. Coverage of nursing and allied health is particularly strong. Updated daily.
- Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE)
JOVE is a peer reviewed, database devoted to the publication of biological research in a video format.
- PubMed (Medline)
The National Library of Medicine\"s search service, PubMed provides access to millions of citations and abstracts in MEDLINE, PreMEDLINE, and other related databases, with links to participating online journals.
- SciFinder Scholar includes the following databases:
Chemical Abstracts (1907-present) International journals, patents, technical reports, books, conference proceedings, and dissertations from all areas of chemistry and related sciences. Chemical Abstracts allows cited reference searching.
Chemical Abstracts Registry Database Chemical dictionary and structure database using the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) Registry System.
CASREACT Chemical reaction database.
Medline (1958-present) Medicine and medical research.
Chemcats Chemical catalogs online.
Chemlist (1979-present) Regulated chemicals listing.
You may search SciFinder Scholar using keyword, subject and author searching; and chemical structure, chemical formula, CAS Registry number and patent number.
- Web of Science
The UI Library subscription to Web of Science contains Science Citation Index and Social Sciences Citation Index. The Science Citation Index Expanded is a multidisciplinary index to the journal literature of the sciences. It fully indexes 6.650 major journals across 150 scientific disciplines and includes all cited references captured from indexed articles.
For Food Science students with access to WSU: WSU has access to a database called Food Science and Technology Abstracts (FSTA) that is very useful for food science. See information on the WSU Food Science Subject guide.
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