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Food Science and Technology Abstracts
Covers aspects of food science and nutrition including food chemistry, food safety, packaging, additives and product development. FSTA contains abstracts from journals, books, conference proceedings, reports, theses, and the full text of some patents.
Google Scholar
Recommended link to Google Scholar for Drexel users, as it provides verified links to full text items licensed for Drexel University use.
Web of Science
Search scholarly literature in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities. Web of Science is a terrific place to begin for research in the sciences. Also includes citation analysis tools.
PubMed
Access MEDLINE and Pre-MEDLINE (with links to participating on-line journals), and other related databases.
AGRICOLA
Comprehensive source of U.S. agricultural and life sciences information, containing over 3.3 million bibliographic records of journal articles, monographs, theses, and more.
Also called the NAL catalog. full text of articles, reports and government documents found in its sister database, PubAg https://pubag.nal.usda.gov/
Knovel Academic Collection
Reference material for food scientists, chemists and chemical engineers on food processing and food ingredients.

DragonSearch
A broad, multidisciplinary tool that searches in-depth across the Libraries' print and electronic collections. The Advanced Search is useful when searching for a specific article, book or journal title.

ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global
Find millions of global dissertations and theses, dating back to 1743. Items added since 1997 generally available in full text.

Institute of Food Technologists
The IFT promotes the work of food scientists, and provides opportunities for food research, education and technical innovation.
FDA Food Code
The Food Code is a reference document for regulatory agencies responsible for overseeing food safety in retail outlets such as restaurants and grocery stores and institutions such as nursing homes and child care centers. It is neither federal law nor federal regulation and is not preemptive, but may be adopted and used by agencies at all levels of government that have responsibility for managing food safety risks at retail.
Institute of Food Science & Technology (IFST)
The Institute of Food Science & Technology (IFST) is the leading qualifying body for food professionals in Europe.

On Food and Cooking by Harold McGee
ISBN: 0684800012

Publication Date: 2004-11-23
Food chemicals codex : by authority of the United States Pharmacopeial Convention / prepared by the Council of Experts. by United States Pharmacopeial Convention
ISBN: 9781613448588

Publication Date: 2012

A compendium of internationally recognized monograph standards and tests for the purity and quality of food ingredients
Food Analysis by S. Suzanne Nielsen (Editor)
Call Number: TX545 .F54 2010

ISBN: 9781441914774

Publication Date: 2010-05-28

This book provides information on the techniques needed to analyze foods in laboratory experiments and determine the chemical composition and characteristics of foods.
Encyclopedia of Human Nutrition (Online) by Lindsay H. Allen (Editor); Benjamin Caballero (Editor-In-Chief); Andrew Prentice (Editor)
ISBN: 9780123848857

Publication Date: 2012-12-28

This is the third edition of the four-volume set. It presents nutrition-related topics including food safety, weight management, vitamins, bioengineering of foods, plant based diet, biofortification and nutritional labeling.
Handbook of Food Toxicology by S. S. Deshpande
Call Number: RA1258 .D46 2002

ISBN: 0824707605

Publication Date: 2002-08-29

This reference covers the formation, characteristics, and control of various toxins that occur in the production, storage, handling, and preparation of food.

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Subjects: Biological Sciences, Health Sciences, Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Nursing & Health Professions

Council of Science Editors Style (CSE)
This web-handbook was written by the University of Madison's Writing Center. CSE has three distinct citation formats. The CSE Name-Year format is used by the Journal of Food Science.
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (Print)
The 6th edition of the APA style manual in print. There are several copies available on reserve at both the Hahnemann and Hagerty libraries.
APA Style Blog
Purdue Online Writing Lab
Contains an excellent APA citation style guide
AMA Manual of Style a Guide for Authors and Editors. 11th ed
The online version of the AMA style manual. See section 1, part 3 for citing different formats of information.

The Writer's Handbook
University of Wisconsin at Madison Writing Center Handbook
Avoiding plagiarism
Guide; Purdue University

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