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Food Science and Nutrition library subject guide

Learn where to start your research in food science and nutrition.

Article databases

Article databases Search these databases for the articles you need in your study or research.

Extensive multidisciplinary database with a strong science and technology component. Includes citation linking and analysis, MEDLINE coverage, global patents coverage and high quality web resources. Scopus is an invaluable research tool.

Multidisciplinary Google search engine for scholarly articles and books. Includes citation linking, and full-text searching of many publications.

A Google-style search of selected journal article databases, ebooks, Pātaka Rangahau ۶ƵResearch Online, and other resources.

Agriculture & horticulture.

The free, public access to Medline.

New Zealand science collections and databases from the Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment.

Note:  SciFinder-N requires mandatory before first login (your ۶Ƶemail address is required).
Includes Chemical Abstracts and MEDLINE. This database has strong coverage of food chemistry, processing and nutrition. Allows for searching by chemical substances, reactions or structures and citation linking.

Key business article database - includes all types of articles, company and industry reports.

Interactive database of top level market data, statistics and reports on products, industries and consumers and companies. Global coverage. 

Terms and conditions for library online resources

Legal guidelines about how and by whom Library-subscribed article databases may be used.

Standards and Industry

Standards and Industry Find standards and patents

Find standards

Includes New Zealand (NZS), as well as Australian (AS/NZS) and international (e.g. ISO etc.) standards that have been adopted for New Zealand use.

Search for standards published by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. The library has 2011 available in print.

Dietetics, developed from practice questions and evidence-based answers. The site is grouped into broad Practice Categories: Population Health/Lifecycle; Health Condition/Disease; Food/Nutrients; Professional Practice.

Find patents

Useful New Zealand industry information supplied by the Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment.

Background information

Background information Find short overviews and concepts.

5th ed.

Highly recommended for all aspects of chemical technology, including food technology and engineering.

Includes extensive coverage of food engineering and processing.

ScienceDirect reference titles:

  • 3rd ed. 2019
  • . 2014
  • 2nd ed. 2011
  • 2nd ed. 2014
  • 2nd ed. 2003
  • 2nd ed. 2005
  • 2nd ed. 2014

6th ed. 2005

The standard reference on the chemistry and processing technology of edible oils and fats as well as industrial and non-edible derivative products.

Concepts and definitions

4th ed.

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8th ed.

5th ed.

Books and ebooks

Books and ebooks Find books and ebooks.

Find Library books, journals, videos, online resources & other material.

Search the full-text of books from around the world.

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