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Food Science and Nutrition: Background Information

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background information.

Professional Associations and Societies

Visiting an association or society site will keep you updated on issues. These sites are useful in finding topics for research papers.

Books on Food Science and Nutrition

Advances in Food Science and Nutrition. Volume 2
Publication Date: 2014
CRC Desk Reference for Nutrition
Call Number: Ref QP 141 .B523 2011
A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition, 4th ed.
Publication Date: 2014
Dictionary of Food Science and Technology, 2nd ed.
Call Number: Ref TP 368.2 .D58 2009
Encyclopedia of Food and Health
Publication Date: 2016
Encyclopedia of Human Nutrition, 3rd ed.
Publication Date: 2013
The Gale Encyclopedia of Diets, 3rd ed.
Publication Date: 2018
The Gale Encyclopedia of Nutrition and Food Labels
Publication Date: 2017
Glossary: USDA ARS
Publication Date: 2016
Statistics in Food Science and Nutrition
Publication Date: 2013

Oxford Scholarship Online
This is a collection of reference books across disciplines all published by Oxford University Press. Search for your topic to learn more about it.

Encyclopedia of Food and Agricultural Ethics
Publication Date: 2014
Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
Call Number: Ref GT 2850 .E53 2003 v. 1-3
Ethnic American Food Today
Publication Date: 2015
Food and Drink in American History: A "Full Course" Encyclopedia
Publication Date: 2013
Food Cultures of the World Encyclopedia
Publication Date: 2011
Food, Genes, and Culture : Eating Right for Your Origins
Publication Date: 2013
From Famine to Fast Food : Nutrition, Diet, and Concepts of Health Around the World
Publication Date: 2014
The Oxford Companion to Food, 3rd ed.
Call Number: Ref TX 349 .D36 2014
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America, 2nd ed.
Call Number: Sci Ref TX 349 .E45 2013

Encyclopedia of Food Safety
Publication Date: 2014
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Food Issues
Call Number: Ref TX 349 .S237 2015 v. 1-3
Climate Change and Resilient Food Systems
Publication Date: 2021
Local and Urban Food Systems
Publication Date: 2020

The Diner's Dictionary: Word Origins of Food & Drink, 2nd ed.
Publication Date: 2012
Encyclopaedia of Brewing
Publication Date: 2013
The Encyclopedia of Herbs and Spices
Call Number: Ref SB 351 .H5 R38 v.1-2
Publication Date: 2016
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Search the URSUS Catalog for UMaine items
(encyclop* OR dictionar*) AND more specific topic
to find items like

Encyclopedia of Food Microbiology, 2nd ed.
Publication Date: 2014

Example: URSUS Catalog search for Fogler Library encyclopedias or dictionaries about food microbiology

Useful Websites

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Subjects: Food Science & Nutrition