Selected Library Sources for:
Food and Culture
 		  
  1. Online Sources  
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Cambridge World History of Food
Look for an article on your country/region:

 Also available in paper version Reference/2nd Floor TX353 C255 2000
 
         
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Countries and Their Cultures
  • Via Gale (preferred over Netlibrary)
  • Look for an article on your country
  • See the section Food in Daily Life under each country; some countries have an additional section called Food Customs at Ceremonial Occasions.
 
  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).
   
 
Warning: you will often get the message below when trying to access a Gale product:
Gale Logon Screen showing the link "Access Gale Virtual Reference Library Here"
Click on the link "Access Gale Virtual Reference Library Here" and you then get to a page that allows you to search the entire Gale Virtual Reference Library.  Abandon this page and go back to the original link on the left and it should then go to the desired item.
 
     
  • Also available in paper version Reference/2nd floor GN307 .C68 2001
 		  
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Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
Look for an article on your country.
Via Gale (preferred over Netlibrary) Below are links to some of the articles:

Via Net Library
About Remote Access
Also available in paper version: Reference/2nd floor GT2850 .E53 2003, see volume 3 for index.

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).

 
 
Warning: you will often get the message below when trying to access a Gale product:
Gale Logon Screen showing the link "Access Gale Virtual Reference Library Here"
Click on the link "Access Gale Virtual Reference Library Here" and you then get to a page that allows you to search the entire Gale Virtual Reference Library.  Abandon this page and go back to the original link on the left and it should then go to the desired item.
   
 
         
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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).
   
 
Warning: you will often get the message below when trying to access a Gale product:
Gale Logon Screen showing the link "Access Gale Virtual Reference Library Here"
Click on the link "Access Gale Virtual Reference Library Here" and you then get to a page that allows you to search the entire Gale Virtual Reference Library.  Abandon this page and go back to the original link on the left and it should then go to the desired item.
Via Gale (preferred over Netlibrary). It has the following articles on cuisines:

Via Netlibrary

About Remote Access

Also available in paper version: Reference/2nd floor DS4 .E53 2002 
 
         
  Book Cover of Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America  
Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
  • Via Gale (preferred over Netlibrary)
  • Via Net Library
  • About Remote Access
  • Has articles on nationalities (Bosnian Americans, Nicaraguan Americans, etc.) other groups (Acadians, Amish, Creoles) and Native American groups and tribes (Hawaiians, Apaches, Tinglit, etc.). Most articles have very short sections on "cuisine" or "traditional foods" of the mother country.
 
  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).
   
 
Warning: you will often get the message below when trying to access a Gale product:
Gale Logon Screen showing the link "Access Gale Virtual Reference Library Here"
Click on the link "Access Gale Virtual Reference Library Here" and you then get to a page that allows you to search the entire Gale Virtual Reference Library.  Abandon this page and go back to the original link on the left and it should then go to the desired item.
 
      Also available in paper version: Reference/2nd floor E184.A1 G14 2000    
  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.  It includes the following chapters:

About Remote Access
 
         
  Screen Shot of World Food Habits Bibliography  
World Food Habits Bibliograpbhy
 
         
 
Screen Shot of Library Catalog
 
Wikipedia
  • Article that is a List of Cuisines (has links to articles on national, regional and ethnic cuisines)
 
         
         
  2. 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 [ Where's this? ]
See volume 2, pages 1141-1366
Also available online (see above)		  
         
  Book Cover   Countries and Their Cultures
Reference/2nd floor GN307 .C68 2001   [ Where's this? ]
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   Culinaria : The United States : a culinary discovery
TX715 .D1856 1998 2nd Floor Reserve Desk  [ Where's this? ]
Note: there are other Culinaria titles in the collection.		  
         
  Book Cover   Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
Reference/2nd floor GT2850 .E53 2003 [ Where's this? ]
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  [ Where's this? ]
Also available online (see above)		  
         
  Book Cover of Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America  
Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
Reference/2nd floor E184.A1 G14 2000   [ Where's this? ]
Has articles on nationalites (Bosnian Americans, Nicaraguan Americans, etc.) other groups (Acadians, Amish, Creoles) and Native American groups and tribes (Hawaiians, Apaches, Tinglit, etc.). Most articles have sections on "cuisine" or "traditional foods"of the mother country.
Also available online (see above)
 
         
  Book Cover   Illustrated Encyclopedia of Mankind
Books/6th Floor GN307 .I44 [ Where's this? ]
See Volume 20 for index		  
         
 
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Not Available
  Oxford Companion to Food
Reference /2nd Floor TX349 .D36 2006  [ Where's this? ]
Look under the name of the country		  
         
 
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Not Available
  Oxford companion to American food  [ Where's this? ]
 Reference/Second Floor TX349 .O94 2007
Has articles on regional and ethnic cuisines		  
         
  Book Cover   Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life
Reference/2nd floor GN333 .W67 1998  [ Where's this? ]
See the section "Food" under each ethnic or cultural group.		  
         
  3. 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 / food history /  / food--social aspects / Other examples: nutrition--united states--cross-cultural studies / 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,  culinaria ).  Use these and other 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.
 
         
     

Catalog examples based on: Research Guide: Food & Culture (Weber State University)
http://www.csupomona.edu/~jskoga/foodandculture
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 jskoga 10/15/2009