Selected Library Sources for:
Food and Culture
 
1. Online Sources
         
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Countries and Their Cultures
  • Look for an article on your country
  • Via Gale (preferred over Netlibrary)
  • Via Net Library
  • About Remote Access
  • See the section Food in Daily Life under each country; some countries have an additional section called Food Customs at Ceremonial Occasions.
  • Also available in paper version Reference/2nd floor GN307 .C68 2001
Screenshot of the Gale Interface
  When searching this product via Gale, search by the name of the country; be sure to search "within this publication" (you may have to keep hitting the "back" button).
 
         
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Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
  • Look for an article on your country
  • Via Gale (preferred over Netlibrary)
  • Via Net Library
  • About Remote Access
  • Also available in paper version: Reference/2nd floor GT2850 .E53 2003, see volume 3 for index. Note: the United States (p. 425) article has 12 subarticles: African American Foodways, Cajun Cooking, California and the West, Ethnic Cuisines, Hawaii, The Middle Atlantic States, The Midwest, New England, Pennsylvania Dutch Food, Pioneer Food, The South, and The Southwest. (The online version has the same content).
Screenshot of the Gale Interface
  When searching this product via Gale, search by the name of the country; be sure to search "within this publication" (you may have to keep hitting the "back" button).
 
         
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Encyclopedia of Modern Asia
Screenshot of the Gale Interface
  When searching this product via Gale, be sure to search "within this publication" (you may have to keep hitting the "back" button).
 
         
  cover of: Oxford Encyclopedia of Food And Drink In America  
Oxford Encyclopedia of Food And Drink In America
Screenshot of the Oxford Interface
   
  • Via Oxford  Search for the words: region* or ethnic or geographic terms (Cajun, Appalachia*, native american, etc.)
  • About Remote Access

 
 
         
Screen Shot of World Food Habits Bibliography
World Food Habits Bibliograpbhy
         
 
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Wikipedia
  • Article that is a List of Cuisines (has links to articles on national, regional and ethnic cuisines)
 
         
         
  2. Library Catalog
Most of the items in the Library Catalog are to be found in the Library Building.		  
  Screen shot of Library Catalog  
A. Links: Library Catalog | Help Finding Books
B. Subject Searches:
food habits / cookery / dinners and dining / food supply / nutrition--united states--cross-cultural studies / food--social aspects / cookery chinese / cookery, near east / indians of north america--food / recipes--utah  / aztecs--food / and so on. Use these terms to do a subject search. 
 
C. Keyword Searches
food / culture / food habits / dining / cookery / food history / specific names of cultures or countries (for example: China food, cookery chinese, cookery near east).  Use these terms to do a keyword search. 

D. Get Materials not at this library - don't forget we can get items from other libraries for you.
 
         
  3. Books on the Second and Sixth Floors of the Library  
         
 
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Not Available
  Cambridge World History of Food
Reference/2nd Floor TX353 C255 2000
See volume 2, pages 1141-1366		  
         
  Book Cover   Countries and Their Cultures
Reference/2nd floor GN307 .C68 2001 
See the section Food in Daily Life under each country; some countries have an additional section called Food Customs at Ceremonial Occasions.
Also available online (see above)		  
         
  Book Cover   Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
Reference/2nd floor GT2850 .E53 2003, see volume 3 for index. Note: the United States (p. 425) article has 12 subarticles: African American Foodways, Cajun Cooking, California and the West, Ethnic Cuisines, Hawaii, The Middle Atlantic States, The Midwest, New England, Pennsylvania Dutch Food, Pioneer Food, The South, and The Southwest.
Also available online (see above)		  
         
  Book Cover   Encyclopedia of Modern Asia
Reference/2nd floor DS4 .E53 2002 
Also available online (see above)		  
         
  Book Cover   Illustrated Encyclopedia of Mankind
Books/6th Floor GN307 .I44 
See Volume 20 for index		  
         
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Not Available
Oxford Companion to Food
Reference /2nd Floor TX349 .D36 2006 
Look under the name of the country
         
  Book Cover   Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life
Reference/2nd floor GN333 .W67 1998
See the section "Food" under each nationality 		  
     

Catalog examples based on: Research Guide: Food & Culture (Weber State University)
http://www.csupomona.edu/~jskoga/foodandculture

  
     

 jskoga 11/14/2008