LibGuides: Global Seminar : Food: Library Resources

Books about Food

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Periodicals

A list of periodicals & eBooks on food, nutrition and agriculture

The Reference Shelf: The business of food by HW Wilson
Publication Date: 2013

Research Starters

Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America by Andrew F. Smith (Editor)
Publication Date: 2004
Encyclopedia of Global Change by Andrew S. Goudie (Editor); David J. Cuff (Editor)
Publication Date: 2001

Useful Web Sites

PubAg PubAg is a new portal for literature searches and full-text access of more than 40,000 scientific journal articles by USDA researchers, mostly from 1997 to 2014. New articles by USDA researchers will be added almost daily, and older articles may be added if possible.
CRS reports on Food (via Univ. of N. Texas) The Congressional Research Service (CRS) works exclusively for the United States Congress, providing policy and legal analysis to committees and Members of both the House and Senate, regardless of party affiliation. As a legislative branch agency within the Library of Congress, CRS has been a valued and respected resource on Capitol Hill for more than a century.
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CRS is well-known for analysis that is authoritative, confidential, objective and nonpartisan. Its highest priority is to ensure that Congress has 24/7 access to the nation’s best thinking. (http://www.loc.gov/crsinfo/). The University of North Texas has created a repository and search interface for the CRS reports.
FDA - US Food & Drug Administration
OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook The Agricultural Outlook, 2015-2024, is a collaborative effort of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. It brings together the commodity, policy and country expertise of both organisations and input from collaborating member countries to provide an annual assessment of prospects for the coming decade of national, regional and global agricultural commodity markets.
Agriculture & Food - Science.gov Science.gov searches over 60 databases and over 2200 selected websites from 15 federal agencies, offering 200 million pages of authoritative U.S. government science information including research and development results.