Food Science Research Guide

To create a compelling story, you might want to investigate these three types of sources:

1. Popular Magazines to get a view into what the public is reading; use the database Academic Search Premier
2. Newspaper articles - Start with the NY Times or Wall Street Journal
3. Websites - Great places to get topic ideas and to find what's currently trending
4. Peer-reviewed scholarly research articles
5. Government information for statistics and legislation; CRS reports are particularly helpful

When starting a research project, it is sometimes helpful to search popular magazines to scaffold information and learn the level of information communicated to a public audience.

The database Academic Search Premier is the ONLY database that will let you search specifically for magazine and trade publications.

• Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window

  Scholarly journals from all academic disciplines - an excellent starting point for multidisciplinary research projects. 3,200 full-text journals. Coverage from 1975 to present.

Also, check out the Food Science Trade Journals & Website tab in this research guide for popular magazines publishing in the food science field.

Target your database search by using these tips with your strategic keywords.

Using quotes "_____"  keeps words together as a phrase.  Example: "Climate Change"

Using parentheses (_____)  collects like terms.  Example: (Sea OR Ocean OR Coast)

Using an asterisk * at end of of a word returns all the various word endings.  Example: Flood*  for Flood, Flooded, Flooding