FS 101 Smith The Columbian Exchange  

FS 101:  The Columbian EXCHANGE: eUROPE AND THE AMERICAS

Professor: Nancy Smith

Librarian: Cynthia Burton, x2982

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Some sample titles of relevant reference books:

The Oxford Companion to Food

The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Food, Agriculture & Nutrition

Search ALLECAT, the online catalogue of Pelletier Library

Look at the subject heading Food in Allecat.

Food to investigate:  Coffee

Find Background Information in the Encyclopedias listed in the box on the right and the title listed below:

Larousse gastronomique : the new American edition of the world's greatest culinary encyclopedia / edited by Jenifer Harvey Lang

Subject Search in Allecat:

Coffee

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Bookbag desirable records, then submit your list to the screen.  This creates an accurate list of books to look for on the shelves.  You may also email yourself this list.

If you locate a book that is in use (checked out) or missing, request a copy for yourself using EZBorrow for Books

Truncate Keywords in the search
   cultur* will search for culture, cultures, cultural, cultura, etc.

Use Boolean Operators to improve results

    or    either word will be retrieved   
          diet or food*

    and   both words must be in the result    coffee* and imperialis*

   and (or)   to combine related terms 

       coffee and (diet*  or histor* or  islam*)

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