Food Science and Nutrition

Introduction

The following is a brief, selected guide to food science and nutrition information resources available in Fogler Library, through the Fogler Library home page, and the World Wide Web.

Indexes and Databases | Bibliographies | Food Science and Nutrition Journals Author Instruction Pages | Literature Guides | Directories | Dictionaries, Glossaries, and Abbreviations | Encyclopedias | Handbooks and Manuals | Associations and Organizations | Virtual Libraries

New Resources since 6/1/2008

Hui, Y.H. (ed.) 2007. Handbook of food products manufacturing. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. 2 vols. 1221p.
Sci Ref TP370.4.H375 2007
Vol. 1: Principles, Bakery, Beverages, Cereals, Cheese, Confectionary, Fats, Fruits, and Functional Food.
Vol. 2: Health, Meat, Milk, Poultry, Seafood, and Vegetables

URSUS

URSUS - the online catalogue of the University of Maine System, contains a wealth of information of food science, nutrition, and related topics. Searching is by author, title, keyword, subject, and call number. Through URSUS you can find books, conference, symposium, and workshop proceeding volumes, University of Maine theses and dissertations, and state, federal, Canadian, and other international documents. Material is catalogued by Library of Congress Subject Headings. The following subject headings may get you started in your search:

diet, food additives, food adulteration and inspection, food analysis, food composition, food contamination, food handling, food labeling, food law and legislation, food microbiology, food preservation, nutrition policy, nutrition study and teaching, nutrition surveys

A good way to search URSUS is by keyword. A keyword search searches author, title, series, subject, and contents notes. Using the keyword search option you can combine various keywords together using AND, OR, and parentheses. If you wanted to find information on diet or nutrition in Maine or Vermont your search might look like this:

(diet* or nutrition*) and child*

where * is a truncation symbol which will search diet, diets, dietary, nutrition, nutritional, child and children.

Indexes and Databases

Agricola  1970-present online
Bibliography of Agriculture  Sci Index S1.U52. 1942-1996 (1980-1996 in Annex). If you are connecting to this database off the University of Maine campus but within the State of Maine, please connect through Maine's Science, Technology & Business Library.
Index to materials acquired by the National Agricultural Library (NAL) and cooperating institutions. Includes journal articles, monographs, series, and materials in many non-print formats covering a broad range of food science and nutrition related topics. NAL provides a Journals Indexed in Agricola.  Bibliography of Agriculture (print form of Agricola) can be searched by subject, author, and geographic location. The Web version can be searched in a variety of ways including author, title and abstract keyword, and CAB descriptors. From 1979-1985 international in scope. From 1985+ focuses on U.S. related publications. Available to the students, faculty, and staff of the University of Maine.   Note that the National Agricultural Library provides its own Web interface to Agricola from 1970 to present. There is an online thesaurus.  Updated monthly.

AGRIS 1975-present online
This database is one of the three main agricultural databases along with Agricola and CAB. It is produced and maintained by FAO. It contains over 2.7 million references. Searching is by keyword or by individual fields within a record. Agris indexes journals and books as well as gray literature, such as reports and theses. The records have been divided into two parts: references from 1975 to 1996 and from 1996 to present. Updated monthly.

BIOSIS Previews  1926-present online
Biological Abstracts. 1927-present. Sci Index QH 301.B4
Biological Abstracts/RRM. 1979-present. Sci Index QH 301.B55. 
BIOSIS Previews, worldwide in scope, indexes the literature of the biological and biomedical sciences. The premier database in the biological sciences, subject coverage includes agriculture, biochemistry, bioengineering, botany, ecology, food science, genetics, microbiology, nutrition, pharmacology, and zoology. Approximately 5,500 serial publications (see Biosis Previews serials list) as well as books, proceedings and meeting abstracts, technical reports, review papers, and patents are indexed. There are 58 separate data fields that can be searched including author, title, publication source, organism, concepts, super taxa, publication type, author affiliation, and abstract keyword. Searches can be limited to review articles.

CARDS (Computer Access to Research on Dietary Supplements Database)
A database of federally funded research on dietary supplements.  National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements.

Chemical Abstracts 1907-present online via SciFinder Scholar
Sci Index QD 7 C44 - 1907-present
The major indexing tool for worldwide chemical literature. Coverage includes journal articles, patents, technical reports, books, conference proceedings, and dissertations. Available in print and a variety of electronic formats. 

C.H.I.P.S. online bookstore - food science and technology & related sciences - books
Use this commercial database to identify books in the areas of food science and technology.  Includes detailed description of the book as well as the full table of contents.  The one drawback is that publishers are not listed.  Check Book Index with Reviews for publisher information.

Current Research Information System
A searchable database of U.S. Department of Agriculture funded research. Search by keyword, investigator, agency, institution, state, and project status and type. Many records include a list of publications resulting from the research.

Ei Compendex. 1969-present online
Sci Index TA1 .E6  1884-Nov. 1996.
Index to journal articles, technical reports, and conference proceedings.  Coverage of the engineering aspects of food processing and food products.  Available to the students, faculty, and staff of the University of Maine.

ERIC. 1966-present online
Includes Current index to journals in education: CIJE - ORO Reference Index LB 5 C8  and Resources in education - ORO Reference Index Z 5813 R4 
Index to journal articles and documents are education.  Includes resources on nutrition and food as they relate to education.  Includes information on nutrition and foods instruction and food service.

FDA Enforcement Report Index
FDA Enforcement Reports - 1990-present

FDA News.
Current press releases and reports plus archival information from the FDA.

FSRIO (Food safety research information office) Research Projects Database. National Agricultural Library, Agricultural Research Service, USDA
Searchable database of funded projects concerning food safety.

FSTA- Food Science & Technology Abstracts 1990-present online. If you are connecting to this database off the University of Maine campus but within the State of Maine, please connect through Maine's Science, Technology & Business Library.
Sci Index TP 368 F678 - 1969-present
Major indexing tool for food science, food technology, and human nutrition. Coverage of over 1,800 journals and other document types including patents, conference proceedings, technical reports, standards, and books. The publishers of FSTA provide a list of the serial publications indexed.

International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements (IBIDS) Database
Produced and maintained by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and USDA. 
The IBIDS database indexes journal articles from 1986 to present  on the dietary supplement literature.  Vitamin, mineral, phytochemical, botanical, and herbal supplements are included.  Information is presented on the use, function, growth, and production of these supplements, their metabolism and chemical composition, and surveys of use.  Searches can be restricted to peer reviewed records.  Searching is by author, title, and keyword.  Abstracts are present for some entries.  Records for this database come from AGRIS International, AGRICOLA, and Medline. 

Medline 1966-present online. If you are connecting to this database off the University of Maine campus but within the State of Maine, please connect through Maine's Science, Technology & Business Library.
The major indexing tool for worldwide medical literature with coverage of over 3,700 journals. Available in print and a variety of electronic formats with coverage from 1966 to present. Available to the students, faculty, and staff of the University of Maine.   Free access to Medline (PubMed) is provided by National Library of Medicine and others. Note that PubMed indexes papers from 1953-present.

The National Food Safety Database
This is a multi-state/agency project from the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. It is funded, primarily, through the Department of Agriculture. Browse the database by the following subjects: Consumer -related food safety resources, Industry-related food safety resources, Educator/trainer-related resources, and meetings, conferences and workshops. You can search the database using standard search protocols.

Nutrition Abstracts and Reviews. Series A: Human and Experimental  - 1973 to present 
Sci Index TX 341 N8. 1977-present
Subject coverage includes foods, analytical methods, physiology and biochemistry, human health and nutrition, and disease and therapeutic nutrition. Indexes over 900 journals as well as books, reports, and conference proceedings. Updated weekly

Web of Science. 1900-present
Science Citation Index 1965-2003.
Sci Index Q1.A1S36
Web of Science includes Science Citation Index from 1900-present.  Search by word in the title, keyword, and abstract.  Perform cited reference searches from 1900 to present. Limit by author affiliation and document type.  

The paper edition consists of three major sections: 1) Source Index - the primary place to search for authors' works published in a given time period; 2) Citation Index - a list of all references (alphabetical by author) cited by an author of a given paper which is listed in the Source Index; and 3) Permuterm Subject Index - access to citations listed in the Source Index by significant title word (Note: There is no subject indexing). Over 4,000 journals are indexed  (see the master journal list).

Bibliographies

Annual bibliographies of significant advances in dietary supplement research. Office of Dietary Supplements, National Institutes of Health.
1999-2006 pdf documents

Dirks, R. World food habits bibliography. English-language sources for the anthropological study of diet and nutrition.
Browse by region or topic or search by keyword or phrase

Food Science and Nutrition Journals Author Instruction Pages

Literature Guides

Hutchinson, B.S. and Greider, A.P. (eds.) 2002. Using the agricultural, environmental, and food literature. New York: Dekker. 533p.
Sci Ref 494.5.A39U75 2002

Directories

Agricultural conferences, meetings, seminars calendar. Maintained by the Agricultural Network Information Center (AgNIC)

Battaglia, R., Pfannhauser, W., and Murkovic, M. (eds.) 2001. Who's who in food chemistry. Europe. 2nd ed. rev. expanded. Berlin; NY: Springer, 241 p.
Sci Ref TX517 .W84 2001

Directory of approved undergraduate programs. Institute of Food Technologists.

The food industry's international directory of refrigerated warehouses & distribution centers and blue pages. 2001. Bethesda, MD: International Association of Refrigerated Warehouses. 298p.
Sci Ref TP372.2 .D57 2001

North American Food science departments and organizations. Maintained by the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Food Science Department

ThomasNet. Thomas Publishing Company
This register is available free over the Internet.  Coverage includes thousands of U.S. and Canadian suppliers.

Dictionaries, Glossaries, and Abbreviations

Acronyms and documentation terms. USDA, Agricultural Research Service

Allergy glossary. Health on the Net Foundation.

International Food Information Service. 2005. Dictionary of food science and technology. Oxford, UK: Blackwell. 413p.
Sci Ref TP368.2.D58 2005

Drummond, K.E. Dictionary of nutrition and dietetics. 1996. NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold. 391 p.
Sci Ref TX349 .D78 1996

Eskin, N.A.M. and Tamir, S. 2006. Dictionary of nutraceuticals and functional foods. Boca Raton, FL: CRC. 507p.
Sci RefQP144.F85E85 2006

FCSI glossary of industry terms. Foodservice Consultants Society International

Food science and technology abstracts (FSTA) thesaurus.2007. Reading, U.K.: International Food Information Service. 435p.
ORO Sci Office Z5776.F7F62 2007

Frank, H.K. Dictionary of food microbiology. 1992. Lancaster, PA: Technomic. 298 p.
Sci Ref QR115 .F6813 1992b

Igoe, R.S. Dictionary of food ingredients. 2001. 4th ed. Gaithersburg, MD: Aspen. 234 p.
Sci Ref TX551 .I26 2001

Lagua, R.T. Nutrition and diet therapy reference dictionary. 1996. 4th ed. NY: Chapman & Hall. 491 p.
Sci Ref RM217 .L34 1996

Encyclopedias

Burdock, G.A. Encyclopedia of food and color additives. 1997. 3 vols. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. 3153p.
Sci Ref TX553.A3 B87 1997 3 vols

Caballero, B., Allen, L., and Prentice, A. 2005. Encyclopedia of human nutrition. 2nd ed. Amsterdam: Elsevier. 4 vols.
Sci Ref QP141.E526 2005

Caballero, B., Trugo, L.C., and Finglas, P.M. (eds.) 2003. Encyclopedia of food sciences and nutrition. 2nd ed. Amsterdam: Academic Press. 10 vols.
Sci Ref TX 349.E63 2003

Cassell, D.K. and Gleaves, D.H. 2000. The encyclopedia of obesity and eating disorders. 2nd ed. NY: Facts on File, Inc. 290p.
Sci Ref RC552.E18C37 2000

Coates, P.M., Blackman, M.R., Cragg, G.M., Levine, M., Moss, J., and White, J.D. 2005. Encyclopedia of dietary supplements. New York: Dekker. 819p.
Sci Ref RM258.5.E53 2005

EcoCyc - Encyclopedia of Escherichia coli K12 Genes and Metabolism. From: SRI International, Marine Biological Laboratory, DoubleTwist Inc., The Institute for Genomic Research, University of California at San Diego, and the National Autonomous University of Mexico.

Lederberg, J. Encyclopedia of microbiology. 4 vols. 1992. San Diego: Academic Press.
Sci Ref QR9 E53 1992 4 vols.

Leung, A.Y. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics. 1996. 2nd ed. NY: J. Wiley. 649 p.
Sci Ref QD415.A25 L48 1996

Smith, A.F. (ed.) 2004. The oxford encyclopedia of food and drink in America. 2 vols. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Sci Ref TX349.O94 2 vols.

Weidenborner, M. 2001. Encyclopedia of food mycotoxins. Berlin: Springer. 294p.
Sci Ref RA1242.M94W454 2001

Handbooks and Manuals

Agricultural and food scientists. U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Occupational Outlook Handbook. 

Ash, M. and Ash, I. (compilers) 2002. Handbook of food additives. 2nd ed. Endicott, NY: Synapse Information Resources. 1079p.
Sci Ref TX553.A3 A84 2002

Bacteriological analytical manual online. 2001. 8th ed. + updates. FDA

Bad bug book (Foodborne Pathogenic Microorganisms and Natural Toxins Handbook) U.S. Food & Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition

Basch, E.M. and Ulbricht, C.E. 2005. Natural standard herb & supplement handbook[:]The clinical bottom line.St. Louis: Elsevier Mosby. 963p.
Sci Ref RM 666.H33N21 2005

Berdanier, C.D.CRC desk reference for nutrition. 2006. 2nd ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. 518 p.
Sci Ref QP141 .B523 2005

Burdock, G.A. 2002. Fenaroli's handbook of flavor ingredients. 4th ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. 1834p.
Sci Ref TP418.F46 2002

Canadian nutrient file. 2007b. Health Canada. (NOTE: see important notice posted at this site about the 2007 version of the Canadian Nutrient File)

Collins, C.H., Lyne, P.M., and Grange, J.M. Collins and Lyne's microbiological methods. 1995. 7th ed. Oxford; Boston: Butterworth-Heinemann,. 493 p.
ORO Stacks QR65 .C64 1995

Dietary guidelines for Americans 2005. USDA

Downes, F.P. and Ito, K (eds.) 2001. Compendium of methods for the microbiological examination of foods. 4th ed. Washington, D.C.: American Public Health Association. 676p.
Sci Ref QR115.A5 2001

EAFUS: A Food Additive Database. U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition, Office of Premarket Approval.
This database contains administrative, chemical and toxicological information on over 2000 food additives. 

Find a Food. USDA
Search by food name or using a coding scheme. Provides detailed list of vitamins and nutrients.

Food chemicals codex. 2003. Committee on Food Chemicals codex, Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press.
Sci Ref TP455.F66 2003

Food code. 2001. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Food and Drug Administration. 
Sci Ref KF3864.599.F66 2001

Garrison, R.H. The nutrition desk reference. 1995. 3rd ed. New Canaan, CT: Keats Pub. 663 p
Sci Ref QP141 .G33 1995

Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point. U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.
Variety of information on HACCP including HACCP for land and seafoods, education and training, and information from both other governmental and non-governmental sources.

Home Food Preservation. Food Science Department, Pennsylvania State University. 
A searchable database of full-text resources including extension, USDA, and industry publication.

Horwitz, W. and Latimer, G.E. (eds.). 2005. Official methods of analysis of AOAC International. 18th ed. Gaithersburg, MD: AOAC International. various paging
Sci Ref S587.O34 2005

Hui, Y.H. (ed.) 2007. Handbook of food products manufacturing. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. 2 vols. 1221p.
Sci Ref TP370.4.H375 2007
Vol. 1: Principles, Bakery, Beverages, Cereals, Cheese, Confectionary, Fats, Fruits, and Functional Food.
Vol. 2: Health, Meat, Milk, Poultry, Seafood, and Vegetables

Hui, Y.H. (ed.) 2006. Handbook of food science, technology, and engineering. 4 volumes. Boca Raton, FL: Taylor & Francis.
Sci Ref TP370.4.H38 2006

Kern, M. 2005. CRC desk reference on sports nutrition. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. 202p.
SciRef TX361.A8K47 2005

Kress-Rogers, E. Handbook of biosensors and electronic noses: medicine, food, and the environment. 1997. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. 695 p.
Sci Ref R857.B54 H36 1997

List of Canadian acceptable common names for fish and seafood. Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

Manual of clinical dietetics. 2000. Chicago: American Dietetic Association, 874p.
Sci Ref RM216.M29 2000

McCabe, B.J., Frankel, E.H., and Wolfe, J.J. (eds.) 2003. Handbook of food-drug interactions. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. 567p.
SciRef RM302.4.H36 2003

Nollet, L.M.L. 2004. Handbook of food analysis. 2nd ed. rev/exp. New York: Marcel Dekker. 3 vols.
Sci Ref TX 541.H36 2004

The nutriBase nutrition facts desk reference. 2nd ed. 2001. New York: Avery Books. 947p.
Sci Ref TX551.U43 2001

Nutrient lists - USDA national nutrient database for standard reference, Release 18

Nutrition Analysis Tool v2.0 (NATS 2.0). Developed and maintained by the Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

The Nutrition Source. Detailed information on nutrition related subjects including: carbohydrates, protein, fiber, calcium and milk, and type 2 diabetes.  Developed and maintained by the Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health. 

NutritionData (ND). A searchable database that generates nutritional labels. A majority of data from USDA.  Sources are referenced.

Official methods for the microbiological analysis of foods. The compendium of analytical methods. 5 vols. Methods used by Health Canada, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

Olver, L. 1999, 2008. The food timeline. The history of food + recipes.

Otten, J.J., Hellwig, J.P., and Meyers, L.D. (eds.) 2006. Dietary DRI reference intakes [:] The essential guide to nutrient requirements. Washington, D.C.: The National Academies Press. 543p.
Sci Ref QP141.D75 2006

Regulatory Fish Encyclopedia. U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition.

Rucker, R.B., Suttie, J.W., McCormick, D.B., and Machlin, L.J. 2001. Handbook of vitamins. 3rd ed. rev. exp. NY: M. Dekker. 600p.
Sci Ref QP771.H35 2001

Salunkhe, D.K. and Kadam, S.S. 1995. Handbook of fruit science and technology : production, composition, storage, and processing. NY: M. Dekker.  611 p.
ORO Stacks SB354.8 .H35 1995

Scherz, H. and Senser, F. (compilers) Food composition and nutrition tables. 2000. 6th ed. Stuttgart: Medpharm Scientific Publ. 1182p.
Sci Ref TX551.S62 6th 2000

Smith, J. and Hong-Smith, L. (eds.) 2003. Food additives data book. Oxford: Blackwell Science. 1016p.
Sci Ref TX 553.A3F573 2003

Spiller, G.A. Handbook of lipids in human nutrition. 1996. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. 233 p.
ORO Stacks QP751 .H334 1996

SWISS-PROT Enzyme Nomenclature Database. Geneva University Hospital and the University of Geneva.

USDA-NCC Carotenoid Database for U.S. Foods - 1998.  Collaboration between USDA and Nutrition Coordinating Center, University of Minnesota.

USDA Nutrient Database
A searchable database of the nutrient content of over 5,900 foods.

Valentas, K.J., Rotstein, E. and Singh, R.P. Handbook of food engineering practice. 1997. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. 718 p.
Sci Ref TP370.4 .H37 1997

van Wyk, B-E. 2005. Food plants of the world[:] An illustrated guide. Portland, OR: Timber Press. 480p.
SciRef QK98.5.A1V36 2005

Vaughan, J.G. and Judd, P.A. 2003. The Oxford book of health foods. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 188p.
Sci Ref TX369.V38 2003

Zempleni, J., Rucker, R.B., McCormick, D.B., and Suttie, J.W. (eds.) 2007. Handbook of vitamins. 4th ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. 593p.
Sci Ref QP771.H35 2007

Association and Organizations

Food industry associations on the Internet. The Food Institute.

Individual Associations and Societies

American Association of Cereal Chemists
American Chemical Society
American Dairy Science Association
American Society for Microbiology
American Society for Nutrition
American Dietetic Association
Council for Agricultural Science and Technology
Grocery Manufacturers Association/Food Products Association
Institute of Food Science and Technology
Institute of Food Technologists
International Association for Food Protection
Maine Dairy & Nutrition Council
Maine Dietetic Association
Maine Nutrition Network
Potato Association of America
Society for Nutrition Education

Virtual Libraries

Agricultural Network Information Center
developed by the National Agricultural Library (NAL) and maintained by NAL, land-grant universities, and others.

Arbor nutrition guide. compiled by Australian physician and nutritionist Dr. Tony Helman.
Topics covered include food composition, phytochemistry, functional foods, food genetic engineering, food law and labels, food safety and additives, food science organizations, and food science journals. There is subject access as well as a search engine. The food science journal links are particularly informative because each of the individual listings contains annotations about journal availability.

Food and Nutrition Information Center. Food and Nutrition Information Center, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, National Agricultural Library.
Internet food resources covering areas such as: food safety, food composition, and nutrition.

Food resource. College of Health and Human Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR.
Extensive list of food resource links categorized by subject, includes: baked products, fish and seafoods, and flavor.

Martindale's Virtual Nutrition Center.  This Center is broken down into a variety of subjects including anatomy, chemistry, food microbiology, types of  food, food management, preservation, and equipment to name a few. Each link is annotated.  Updated almost continuously.   

Nutrition.gov. The U.S. government virtual library of food and nutrition information.

Subject Guides: Food science. Sara Schild and Robert Sessions, Steenbock Memorial Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Extensive list of food science resources with coverage of databases, U.S. government, organizations, directories, and publications. Brief annotations are provided for many items.

Jim Bird | Revised: 06/25/2008

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