Getting Started
Start by searching for your food OR your region.
Later, if there are plenty of results, narrow your results by adding in whichever you left out the first time.
Catalyst
The best place to start when looking for the history and social significance of a food is Catalyst. You'll want to search for BOOKS with your food (usually pluralized) as a SUBJECT.
WorldCat
What our library doesn't have, another library might. Try searching for BOOKS with your food (usually pluralized) as a SUBJECT in WorldCat.
Encyclopedias
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Credo Reference(Searches through citations and the full text)
Provides full access to hundreds of subject encyclopedias, dictionaries, biographical information, images, bibliographies, and links to journal articles, books, and online sources. -
Oxford Reference Online(Searches through citations and the full text)
Search across all of Carleton's online reference sources from Oxford University Press, including dictionaries, encyclopedias, maps, timelines, and quotations. -
Reference Universe(Searches through citation information)
Searches the indexes of our library's print reference books. When you find an entry you'd like to read, click the "Locate this book" button or put the title of the reference book into Catalyst to find the book's location in the Reference Collection.
Browsing the Library
Another great way to see what's available is to browse the library in a few key areas:
- Your open reserves shelf!
Make use of all the great selection work your professor did. - Books (reference and downstairs on 3rd)
- SB175-177 - Food Crops
- SB183-317 - Field Crops
- SB320-402 - Fruits and Vegetables
- SB450.9-467.8 - Gardens
- SF191-275 - Cattle
- SF391-397.83 - Pigs
- SF481-507 - Poultry and eggs
- TX341-641 - nutrition and food generally
- TX353 - Food History
- TX360-361 - Diet, food supply of countries and groups
- Books (reference and downstairs on 2nd)
- GN406-442 - Material Culture
- GT2400-3390.5 - Customs relative to private life
- GT3400-5090 - Customs relative to public and social life
Diving Deeper
Remember
Keep track of names, vocabulary, concepts, and alternate spellings so that you can experiment with your search terms effectively! If you'd like to have a template to work from to remind you what you're looking for, feel free to make a copy of this document for yourself: http://bit.ly/InstrumentalReading
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Anthropology of FoodMultilingual journal focusing on food and social sciences.
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Anthropological Literature(Searches through citations, subject indexing, and abstracts)
Allows you to discover international scholarly work in the fields of anthropology, archaeology, and related interdisciplinary research. Covers late 19th century - current -
Business Source Premier(Searches through citations, subject indexing, and some full text)
One of the best tools for business research, includes scholarly and trade publications, industry profiles, and the like. An ELM Database. -
eHRAF World Cultures(Searches through citations and the full text)
Access full-text ethnohistories and ethnographies on cultures from around the world. The documents are organized into cultures and ethnic groups and are indexed at the paragraph level. -
Google Scholar(Searches through citations and the full text)
Use Google's special academic search to locate scholarly articles from across disciplines. On campus, the preferences are set to indicate the Library's full-text access to what you find (links on the right). Use the "cited by" link to who has cited a particular work you're interested in. -
Historical AbstractsAbsolutely the best place to find non-U.S. historians talking about culture and events. Experiment with the "Historical Period" limiter in the advanced search to find articles about a particular time in history that you're interested in. Covers publications from 1955 - present
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ProQuest Social Science Database(Searches through citations, subject indexing, and some full text)
Search across the scholarly literature on a wide range of social science disciplines including anthropology, criminology, economics, education, political science, psychology, social work, and sociology. -
Sociological Abstracts(Searches through citations, subject indexing, and some full text)
Main index to research in sociology, anthropology, and related fields in the social and behavioral sciences. Covers 1963 - current. -
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts(Searches through citations, subject indexing, and some full text)
This is the core disciplinary index to political science journal articles. Broad coverage of political science along with complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration & policy. Covers 1975 - present.
Are you interested in instances of food that show up in film, literature, law, policy, etc? Explore the Subject Research Guide for the discipline that makes the most sense for your question.
Cookbooks
Carleton has quite a few cookbooks, some of them covering international food. You can find them in two places:
- The first bank of shelving in in the East Wing of the library on the 4th floor
- In the main book collection on the 3rd floor
- TX703-714 - Cooking by time period
- TX715 - Cooking outside of North America
