This guide provides a set of resources for advanced undergraduate research in Food & Nutrition at the Cabot Science Library. This list is not intended to be exhaustive or comprehensive. Cabot Library holds the general science collections for the university; additional resources are available at the Countway Library of Medicine and the Schlesinger Library. Please consult the HOLLIS catalog and the E-Research @ Harvard site for all of Harvard’s holdings.
Dictionaries
A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition / Bender, A. & Bender, D. ; Online in the Oxford Reference Online Premium Collection: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:oxfordro
Food and Fitness: A Dictionary of Diet and Exercise / Kent, M. ; Countway Ref.1 QU 13 .K37f 1997 or Online in the Oxford Reference Online Premium Collection: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:oxfordro
An A-Z of Food and Drink / Ayto, J., ed. ; Online in the Oxford Reference Online Premium Collection: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:oxfordro
A Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives / Winter, R. 5th ed. ; Cabot REF TX553 .A3 W55 1999
The Nutrition Bible : A Comprehensive, No-Nonsense Guide to Foods, Nutrients, Additives, Preservatives, Pollutants, and Everything Else We Eat and Drink / Anderson, J. & B. Deskins ; Cabot TX531 .A533 1995
Encyclopedias
Encyclopedia of Food Science and Technology / 2nd ed. ; Cabot REF TP368.2 .E62 2000
Encyclopedia of Human Nutrition / Sadler, M., ed. ; Cabot REF QP141 .E526 1999
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America / Smith, A., ed. ; Widener WID-LC TX349 .O94 2004x
Encyclopedia of Food and Culture / Katz, S., ed. ; Widener WID-LC GT2850 .E53 2003
The Oxford Companion to Food / Davidson, A. ; Lamont REF.ROOM TX349 .D38 1999x
Handbooks
CRC Desk Reference for Nutrition / Berdanier, C. ; Cabot REF TX349 .B523 1998
Nutrition : A Reference Handbook / Bender, D. ; Cabot REF TX353 .B45 1997
Handbook of Nutrition and Food / Berdanier, C. ; Cabot REF QP141 .C774 2002
Handbook of Food Additives / Ash, M. & Ash, I. 2nd ed. ; Countway Ref.6 WA 39 H2355 2002
Tables
McCance and Widdowson's the Composition of Foods / 6th ed. ; Cabot REF TX531 .M332 2002
The NutriBase Nutrition Facts Desk Reference / 2nd ed. ; Cabot REF TX551 .N75 2001
The Corinne T. Netzer Encyclopedia of Food Values / Netzer, C. ; Cabot REF TX551 .N42 1992
Nutritive Value of American Foods in Common Units / Adams, C. ; Cabot TX551 .A3 [1975]
Bowes & Church's Food Values of Portions Commonly Used / Pennington, J. 18th ed. ; Countway REF.6 QU 145.3 .B786f 2005
History
The Cambridge World History of Food / Kiple, K. & K. Ornelas, eds. ; Cabot REF TX353 .C255 2000
The Food Chronology: A Food Lover's Compendium of Events and Anecdotes from Prehistory to the Present / Trager, J. ; Widener WID-LC TX355 .T72 1995
Journals and Databases for Journal Articles
Journals
Cabot Science Library has a large collection of current journals on the main floor of the library. We have couches and arm chairs available for comfortable browsing of the collection. Older issues can be found in the basement. For access to electronic copies of journals, look up the journal’s title in the HOLLIS catalog, where an internet link will be available if Harvard owns a subscription. Or you may use the E-Journals list available through the E-Research @ Harvard site. To locate individual articles within the journals, use one of the databases listed in this guide (individual articles are not available in the catalog or the e-journal list).
Databases for Journal Articles
PubMed (MEDLINE) (1950- )
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn3:hul.eresource:pubmedpi PubMed indexes the international literature on biomedicine, including the allied health fields and the biological and physical sciences, humanities, and information science, as they relate to medicine and health care.
BIOSIS Previews (Biological Abstracts) (1969- )
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:biosisp1 BIOSIS Previews is a database for life science research covering traditional areas of biology and zoology as well as biomedical fields, agriculture, pharmacology and ecology. Interdisciplinary fields such as biochemistry, biophysics, bioengineering and biotechnology are also included.
Citation Indexes / Web of Science (1900- )
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:scicitin Science Citation Index covers journal literature in all sciences; the added value is the inclusion of bibliographies of each article, which can be further searched.
CAB Abstracts (1910- )
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:cababstr CAB Abstracts indexes research and development literature in agriculture, forestry, human and animal nutrition, animal health, natural resource management and conservation, and related aspects of human health.