Food Studies - Article Databases

Cultural & Social Approaches

America History & Life
Covers all aspects of U.S. and Canadian history, culture and current affairs from prehistoric times to the present.
Anthroplogy Plus and AnthroSource
Covers the fields of social, cultural, physical, biological, ethnology, folklore, material culture, and interdisciplinary studies.
Art Full-text and ProQuest Arts Databases
Covers journal articles in art, built environment, design and visual culture.
DAAI Design and Applied Arts Index
International coverage of all aspects of design related to architecture and iindustrial design, and visual communication.
Historical Abstracts
Covers the history of the world since 1450 except for the U.S. and Canada.
PAIS and Political Science Complete and IPSA
In-depth coverage, including social, public and governmental policies.
PsycINFO
Includes citations of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, technical reports and dissertations, all in psychology and related disciplines.
Religion (ATLA Database)
Covers world religions, Church history, and religious perspectives on social issues, rituals and customs.
SocINDEX and Sociological Abstracts
In-depth coverage and community and sociological approaches.

Business Source Complete and ProQuest Business Databases
Include subject areas such as food management, environmental responsibility, and more.
CBCA Business & Current Affairs
Indexes Canadian publications, including business periodicals, trade journals, general business publications, topical journals, and professional publications.

BIOSIS
Includes earth science, ecology, geography and marine science. Useful for interdisciplinary environmental and geographical studies.
Compendex and INSPEC on Engineering Village
Core engineering databases that can be searched simultaneously. Together they cover academic journal and conference literature in all areas of engineering.
Geobase (on Engineering Village platform)
Includes earth science, ecology, geography and marine science. Useful for interdisciplinary environmental and geographical studies.
PubMed
Includes relevant life science, chemical science, toxicology and bioengineering content.
SciFinder
Contains a comprehensive database of chemical and chemical engineering literature including the CAS Registry with information on 18 million substances. Useful for engineering, biotechnology, toxicology.

Scopus
Large, comprehensive and up-to-date multidisciplinary article database. Includes both scientific and social aspects of sustainability. Offers citation searching..
Web of Science
Multidisciplinary article database. Includes both scientific and social aspects of sustainability. Offers citation searching.
Google Scholar
Includes scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations.
Academic Search Complete
Great starting point for undergraduate research in any subject area.
ProQuest Combined Canadian
Interdisciplinary resource, includes academic, magazine and news articles and more.

Theses often provide new and emerging approaches and scholarship on interdisciplinary topics.