Key Databases

Selecting a Database
Since Food Industry is an interdisciplinary field touching on a wide range of subject areas, you will want to search a variety of databases to find scholarly articles. Choose databases from the categories below:

Databases -- General & Interdisciplinary

Databases -- Economic & Social Sciences

Databases -- Business & Marketing

Databases -- Medical

Legal & Regulatory

Topic Suggestions

Many databases will include articles on food safety and food industry. Try some of the databases listed above for articles in scholarly journals, magazines and newspapers.

  • farm to table
  • farm bill
  • food safety
  • genetically modified foods
  • food (in)security
  • child nutrition
  • global food markets
  • organic agriculture; certification
  • local food
  • animal health
  • energy drinks
  • food labeling & packaging
  • dietary supplements regulation
  • recalls
  • food allergies

Research Tutorials

Take a look at a few of these videos designed to jump start your search skills and speed up the research process. No time for a video? Take a look at one of our slide presentations.

Take a look at these brief videos to help speed up your research process. No time for a video? Take a look at one of our slide presentations!

Not sure if an article is peer-reviewed or not? Take a look at this video!

If We Don't Have It

Try Interlibrary Loan to request books or articles not available at NU.