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Food Studies

This guide covers resources for the study of the history and social ramifications of food. See the Nutrition guide for other topics.

How to start your research

Starting your research & writing your thesis
  • Developing a Research Question: Seeking the expertise and guidance from your Advisor/Professor.You need to think of -How to choose a topic? How do you frame your research question? How do you Start searching? How do you develop a thesis?
  • Consulting your Subject specialist librarian: in order get suitable help and guidance for identifying, discovering and accessing relevant resources on your topic
  • Deciding on Sources: What's the difference between academic and popular sources, primary and secondary sources or how to identify and access authentic resources?
  • Locating Sources: How do you locate articles, books and literature reviews both from NYU Libraries and other academic institutions?
  • Saving & Citing your sources:
    • Import citations from databases, websites, catalogs
    • Organize citations using folders and tags
    • Attach PDFs, images, etc. to your citations
    • Annotate your citations and/or PDFs
    • Output auto-formatted bibliographies and in-text citations (APA, MLA, & hundreds more styles)
    • How to choose a Citation Management tool for your thesis

    Select Citation Tools: Please see the Citation Management Tools tab on the left of this Guide for detailed info.

     

Finding additional relevant resources

When you find a relevant resource, try the following strategies to find additional material:

  • In books, use the Table of Contents to determine if one or two chapters might be useful. You don't have to use the whole book in your project.
  • Always read the Abstract to determine if an article might be useful in your research
  • Look for the subjects listed under each resource. You can click on the subjects link in order to get access to additional relevant resources under that subject.
  • Browse the References list at the end of a chapter or article to find additional sources.
  • Copy/paste the article title into Google Scholar and use the "Cited by" feature at the bottom of each citation to find more recent material.

Area/World Regions Librarian Experts at NYU to consult

Food Studies Subject Specialist Librarian Faculty is Aruna P. Magier. We also have a number of librarians who are area/regional specialists. They have an in-depth knowledge of the most relevant resources from/about the regions they cover, and they know how to best access foreign language material.

  • Alla Roylance, Librarian for Russian & Slavic Studies
  • Aruna Magier, Librarian for South Asian Studies & International Relations & FOOD STUDIES
  • Beth Katzoff, East Asian Studies Librarian
  • Guy Burak, Librarian for Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies (interim Africana Librarian)
  • Kristen Owens, Librarian for African American and Black Diaspora Studies
  • Melissa Aslo de la Torre, Librarian for Latin American, Caribbean, Spanish and Portuguese Studies

 

Related Research Guides at NYU

Here are a few additional useful research guides for you:

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