Research Resources for Italian Foodways
Welcome to the research resources page for Italian Foodways. You can use this guide to identify key resources that will help you to locate information for your class presentations. You can also consult the class Padlet for help with the research process.
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Finding Journal Articles
1. All Subjects
2. Subject-specific Databases
- In EBSCOhost databases, you can select to search across the following databases, among others:
- Communication & Mass Media Complete
- Environment Complete
- Film & Television Literature Index
- Historical Abstracts (World history and culture)
- History of Science, Technology & Medicine
- Women's Studies International
3. A Few Noted Journals
Evaluating Information
Finding Books
Path of Discovery in JumboSearch, (our book catalog and more)
- Find a relevant book (e.g., from your assigned readings?)
- Note the descriptive language of the Catalog record.
- Use that language in further searches
e.g., Click on subject headings in the record to see further results and related topics; and/or combine these subject phrases with other keywords for a more focused search:
Here are a few more subject browsing patterns for your reference:
- Cooking, Italian -- Venetian style
- Food habits -- Italy -- History
- Gastronomy -- Italy -- History
- Food habits -- Italy -- Psychological aspects -- History
- Food habits -- Social aspects -- Italy -- History
- Food in motion pictures
- Food in popular culture
Some Background Readings:
