Finding Books

Reference sources are a good place to start your research. You will find reference sources in the print reference collection, e-books and electronic databases.

Suggested reference books include:

  • A dictionary of food and nutrition
    • REF TX349.B4115
  • The Oxford companion to food
    • REF TX349.D38
  • The Oxford encyclopedia of food and drink in America
    • REF TX349.E45
  • Encyclopedia of foods : a guide to healthy nutrition
    • REF TX349.E482
  • Foods & nutrition encyclopedia
    • REF TX349.F575
  • Larousse gastronomique
    • REF TX349.L365

Suggested reference databases include:

Available off-campus from the Off Campus Access Menu.

A catalog search is the best way to find books owned by the library.

If you want to browse the shelves, most horticulture books are located at the following call numbers:

  • TX - Home Economics (restaurant management, planning, design, construction, recipe pricing, and more)
  • HB - Entrepreneurship
  • HD - Business Plans

Finding Articles

Much college-level research will be done using periodicals/journal articles. Journal articles can be found through our subscription databases.

Suggested article databases include:

Available off-campus from the Off Campus Access Menu.

Search Tips

AND

Narrows it down!

 cookery AND vocational guidance Finds items containing BOTH terms.

OR

Brings more!
restaurants OR bars
Finds items that contain ANY one of the terms
"QUOTATIONS"
"Mchenry County College"
Finds items that contain the EXACT phrase.

 

Finding Websites

Remember to carefully evaluate information found on the Internet. Unlike most traditional print sources, Internet sources may not go through any review process before the information is made available to the public.

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