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Food Science and Technology is an extremely broad field, and information about it is widely scattered in many books, magazines and the Webb. This page is a guide to a number of sources of information that will be of value to you in full-filling your assignments for FST 696. These include:

• Data Bases
• The World Wide Web
• The Agricultural Library: -books on reserve; -current journals; -published data bases and abstracts

GUIDE TO FINDING TECHNICAL INFORMATION

Data Bases:

There are a number of data bases available that provide access to citations and abstracts of literature of interest to the food scientist. To access data bases on line, go to the Libraries Research Tools Page:
     http://www.lib.ohio-state.edu/Tools/titles.html

Of the data bases, FSTA is probably the most useful. It provides you with access to a  data base of the world literature relating to food science and technology:
    http://www.lib.ohio-state.edu:8590/webspirs/start.ws

The Web:

1. How to Surf the Web -- Link to be completed
2. Some Useful Sites to Visit --
3. FST 696 Index

You will want to explore for yourself the ever expanding amount of information available through the Web. Some specific sites to visit include:

General:

Federal Code of Regulations http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-table-search.html

Food On Line home page http://www.foodonline.com/

http://www.olen.com/food/fast food facts

Centers for Disease Control http://www.cdc.gov/

Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov

Life Science Journals (last 5 years) available on the web can be reached at the following:

    For those Journal that are more directly related to Food Science, see

Go to the letter of the Journal of interest and click on specific journal of interest.    
The lists includes:

   Trends In Food Science & Technology
    Food Chemistry
    Food Control
    Food Microbiology
    Food Quality And Preference
    Food Research International
    Food Science & Technology
    Fruits
    International Journal Of Antimicrobial Agents
    International Journal Of Food Microbiology
    Journal Of Agricultural Engineering Research
    Journal Of Colloid And Interface Science
    Journal Of Fermentation And Bioengineering
    Journal Of Food Composition And Analysis
    Journal Of Food Engineering
    Journal Of Nutritional Biochemistry
    Journal Of Stored Products Research
    Le Lait
    Meat Science
    Nutrition Research
    Plant Physiology And Biochemistry
    Postharvest Biology And Technology
    Progress In Lipid Research
    Advances In Colloid And Interface Science
    Carbohydrate Research
    Membrane Technology
    Phytochemistry
    Separation And Purification Technology
    Fems Microbiology Reviews
    Food And Chemical Toxicology

Food Company Sites:

Hershey Foods http://www.hersheys.com/index_flash.shtml

Frito-Lay Foods http://fritolay.com/fritoco.html

The Library:

The Agricultural Library has a good collection of current journals, abstracts and books that have relevance to food products and their processes. Some of the key reference sources are outlined below:

Journals:

• Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry
• Journal of Food Science
• Journal of Food Technology
• Food Processing
• Food Quality
• Prepared Foods
• Food Formulating
• Food Engineering
• Food Product Design
• Food Testing & Analysis

Books on Line: 

• (http://www.netlibrary.com/index.asp)
  There is a search page to find books that are on line and can be read a page at a time.  Books that may be of use include:
  
  Food Chemistry, O. Fennema, ed
  Handbook of Food Engineering
  Food packaging
  Food Product Design
  Food Microbiological Methods
  
  

For comment or questions, contact Sheryl Barringer at barringer.11@osu.edu

01/08/04
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