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FCS: Food and Nutritional Sciences

Welcome to the Guide for Food and Nutritional Sciences! I've pulled together a selection of resources that I hope will prove helpful for your research papers and projects.

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Library of Congress Classification

Bluford Library uses the Library of Congress Classification System to arrange materials on the library shelves. Resources on Food and Nutritional Sciences can be found in the stacks areas under the classifications listed below:

TX

GT2850-2955

Food - Cross disciplinary

GN: Anthropology

GN407: Social perceptions/interactions/culture of food, taboo

GN476: Anthropology of biodiversity, ethnobotany, etc.

GN635: Ethnobotany, general anthropology

GT3930: Feasts, festivals

Culture

HV610–699: Food Crisis

HV610: Floods

HV626: Drought

HV630: Food security

HV696: Food and crisis, famine, hunger, food stamps – Relief

HC79.F: Famine, hunger, history

QP139: Hunger

RA645N: Malnutrition/Hunger

TD365.5: Water resources, pollution, pesticides

RA601–5: Food safety

Food Crises

NK8725: Dining depictions, tableware design

Dining

GT3770–3896: Pubs, taverns, inns

HF5417–5430: Shopping centers, (fair) trade

HF5469–5475: Supermarkets, grocers, markets/bazaars – Including history of

NK2195.R4: Designs for dining, restaurants, pubs, cafés

Food Establishments

S: Agriculture – General, conservation, soil, water

S1-26: General agriculture, journals, agriculture and the environment

HD1401–2210: Agriculture

K3871–3874: Regulation of agriculture, agriculture law

KF1682–1724: Agriculture regulation, land, standards

GF: Environment, global change, climate change

HD9000–9495: food sustainability, food crisis, agriculture, famine, food security, world food problem, food supply, food industry

Agriculture

RC552A–E: Eating Disorders: Anorexia, Bulimia, Eating disorders

RC620: Food-related illness/disease (i.e. scurvy, etc.), malnutrition

RJ399: Diseases of children and adolescents: Childhood obesity/nutritional disorders

RC143: Foodborne illnesses – History

Disease/Disorders

RA784: Nutrition, general

KF27: School lunch programs

LB3475–3479: Child nutrition/nutrition standards in schools

QP141–144: Nutrition – History of nutrition, food production/consumption

RJ206–235: Infant nutrition, breastfeeding

KF26.5.N8: Laws on foods, food nutrition

Diet

RM214-256: Diet therapy, dietary cookbooks, weight loss, vegetarianism

Nutrition

QP147: Eating, drinking, digestion

QP151: Stomach – anatomy, function

QP171: Metabolism

QP456–458: Smell, taste; perception of

QP801: Vitamins, drugs (marijuana, cocaine), minerals, alcohol

QR115–161: Microbiology of food

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Selected e-Books Portals

eBooks on EBSCOhost

Collection of eBooks covering a variety of subjects, including arts and entertainment, business and economy, computer and internet, education, health, history, government and law, recreation and sports, reference, science and technology, social sciences, and society and culture.

MyiLibrary

Ebook collection covering a variety of disciplines, including language learning, medicine, health, and history.

EBSCO eBOOK Open Access Collection 

The EBSCO eBooks Open Access Monograph Collection was created in collaboration with university presses and scholarly OA publishers such as University of Michigan Press, Taylor & Francis and Temple University Press to provide libraries and end users with choice and access to a large selection of discoverable content, which will continue to grow by the thousands. 

FOODnetBASE (now Taylor and Francis ebooks) 

This collection includes over 400 titles related to food safety, quality assurance, processing, brewing, regulations, and microbiology.

ENVIROnetBASE (now Taylor and Francis Ebooks) 

This collection includes over 570 reference books on polluction reduction, emissions, environmental contamination, and more.

Springer LINK 

Access to journals and ebooks from Springer/Verlag and Birkhauser publications in the fields of biology/biomedicine, chemistry, geosciences, computer sciences, mathematics, medicine, physics, engineering, ecology, and economics. Bluford Library provides access to 2400+ Springer journals and over 32,000 ebooks.

Faculty Select  

Alternate Name(s) EBSCO Faculty Select

Faculty Select allows instructors to search for high quality open textbooks, Open Educational Resources (OER), adoptable ebooks available through Bluford Library, and adoptable ebooks available for purchase all in one place. By leveraging open resources and low-cost library-licensed resources, faculty can reduce the cost burden for our students.

EBSCO eBook Clinical Collection 

This collection contains over 4,100 ebooks for use in clinical settings, biomedical libraries, and academic-medical institutions from leading publishers, university presses, and professional organizations.
The eBook Clinical Collection subscription was built specifically to support clinical professionals, researchers and students of medical disciplines. Featured in the collection are over 2,000 recent titles covering general practice, various specialties, topics in nursing and allied health, and supporting sciences. Content is updated quarterly, and all titles are available with unlimited user access--particularly helpful in healthcare settings for users with time-sensitive research needs.

EBSCO eBook Business Collection 

This collection contains over 25,000 titles dedicated to the study of business from leading publishers and academic presses.
EBooks are selected for this collection to assist students and scholars with various business research, special project and entrepreneurial needs, and to help students understand general business concepts. The eBook Business Collection encompasses a variety of business topics, such as marketing, finance, supply chain management and entrepreneurship, with additional focus on career growth, personal development, communication and networking.