NST 104: Guide to Library Research

• Finding Books
• Finding Articles
• Suggested Print Resources
• Suggested Web Sites
• Managing Your References/Evaluating Your Sources

Finding Books

Use a library catalog to find books, journals, magazines, government reports, maps, and other materials owned by the UCB libraries. Library catalogs usually do not index the individual articles within magazines and journals.

Catalog	Coverage	Unique Features
OskiCat OskiCat Quick Guide (PDF)	Most UCB libraries (more information)	Renew your books online; find course reserves; request items checked out by another borrower or stored offsite; restrict your search to specific UCB libraries, to online items only, or to available items only.
NextGen Melvyl Pilot NGM Help	Most UCB libraries and many libraries worldwide, plus citations to selected articles (more information)	Search libraries worldwide; create and save lists and add tags to items; automatically format citations; find selected article citations; easy-to-use, Amazon-like interface.
MELVYL MELVYL Help	Nearly all libraries on the UCB campus and the entire UC system (more information)	Request feature allows you to request items UCB doesn't own; most complete coverage of libraries on the UCB campus.

Finding Articles

Search article databases to find journal, magazine, and newspaper articles. These databases index articles published in selected journals and magazines, papers presented at conferences, and other sources. Most records include citations and abstracts with links to the full text of articles (when available). To access the full text, use the button.

Core Nutritional Sciences Article Databases	Years Covered	Peer-reviewed Content?
AGRICOLA Agriculture, biotechnology, ecology, economics, and forestry; indexes journal articles and USDA reports. US focus. (Agricola Factsheet)	1970-present	Some
BIOSIS The most comprehensive biological sciences article database; indexes over 6000 peer-reviewed journals. (Guide: HTML, PDF)	1926-present	Most
CAB ABSTRACTS Ecology, forestry, agriculture, rural sociology, and economics. U.S. and international focus.	1910-present	Some
PUBMED The National Library of Medicine's premier bibliographic database, indexing articles from more than 4500 journals in biology and biomedicine. (Guide: HTML, PDF)	1949-present	Most
Related Article Databases	Years Covered	Peer-reviewed Content?
Academic Search Complete Multidisciplinary source for scholarly journal and popular magazine articles; indexes and abstracts articles from more than 10,900 English, Spanish, German, French, Italian and Portuguese sources. Full text is available for over 5300 journals.	1865-present	Some
PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) Citations to articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, pamphlets, book chapters and statistical sources in the fields of social and political policy. (Quick Reference Card: PDF)	1972-present	Minimal

Suggested Print Resources

1. Encyclopedia of food and culture / Solomon H. Katz, editor in chief ; William Woys Weaver, associate editor. New York : Scribner/Thomson Gale, c2003.
   • Bioscience GT2850.E53 2003 Ref Shelves
   • Doe Reference GT2850.E53 2003
2. Food politics: how the food industry influences nutrition and health / Marion Nestle. Berkeley: University of California Press, c2002.
   • Bioscience TX 360.U6.N47 2002 Reserve. Library has 3 copies on 7-day reserve. (Also held at Anthropology, Public Health, and Moffitt libraries.)
3. The omnivore's dilemma: a natural history of four meals / Michael Pollan. New York: Penguin Press, 2006.
   • Bioscience GT 2850.P65 2006. Library has 5 copies. 2 copies are on 2-hour reserve at the Bioscience Library Circulation Desk. (Other libraries on campus also have copies.)
4. The Oxford companion to food / Alan Davidson ; edited by Tom Jaine. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006.
   • Bioscience TX349.D36 2006 Ref Shelves.
5. "California studies in food and culture" series. Choose Advanced Search in Melvyl to search by Series = “california studies in food and culture;” this will show all volumes in the series.
6. "Food culture around the world" series. Choose Advanced Search in Melvyl to search by Series = “food culture around the world;” this will show all volumes in the series. Titles include Food Culture in France, Food Culture in India, Food Culture in South America, etc.

Suggested Web Sites

• American Dietetic Association
• Cornell Food and Brand Lab (food psychology)
• Food and Nutrition Information Center (USDA)
• Nutrition.gov (National Agricultural Library, USDA)
• What We Eat in America (food surveys, USDA)

Managing Your References and Evaluating Your Sources

• Critical Evaluation of Resources Questions to ask when evaluating the suitability of a book, article, website, or other material.
• Citing Your Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism Quick guides to APA, MLA, and Chicago-Turabian styles.
• RefWorks The UCB Libraries have purchased a site license to RefWorks. Sign up for a free account, and manage your references and format bibliographies with just a few clicks. (Tutorials and Guides)