Dacus Library Research Guides: Nutrition: Cultural Foods

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Nutrition: Cultural Foods

David Weeks
Reference Librarian
Winthrop University
June, 2007

Book Sources:

Area Handbook Series	Documents Collection	D 101.22:
Background Notes	Documents Reference Desk	S 1.123:
Bowes and Church's Food Values of Portions Commonly Used	Main Floor Reference Desk	TX 551.B64 1998
Cambridge World History of Food	Reference Collection	TX 353 .C255
Countries and their Cultures (4 vols.)	Reference Collection	GN 307 .C68 2001
Culture and Customs of...	Reference Collection	GN 308.3:
CultureGrams	Main Floor Reference Desk	GT 150.C85 1997
Demographic Yearbook	Reference Collection	HA 17 .D45 1995
Encyclopedia Britannica Book of the Year	Main Floor Reference Desk	AE 5 .E364
Encyclopedia of Food and Culture	Reference Collection	GT 2850 .E53 2000
Encyclopedia of Human Nutrition	Reference Collection	QP 141 .E526 1999
Europa World Year Book	Reference Collection	JN 1 E85
Foods and Nutrition Encyclopedia	Reference Collection	TX 349 .F575 1994
The Little Data Book	Main Floor Reference Desk	HC 59.15 .L57
Pocket Guide to Cultural Health Assessment	Main Floor Reference Desk	RT 86.54 .G45 2003
Statesman's Year-book	Main Floor Reference Desk	JA 51 .S7
Statistical Abstract of the United States	Main Floor Reference Desk	HA 202 .S7
Statistical Abstract of the World	Main Floor Reference Desk	HA 154 .S68
UN Statistical Yearbook	Reference Collection	HA 12.5 U63
UNESCO Statistical Yearbook	Reference Collection	AZ 361.U45
World Atlas of Food and Agriculture	Main Floor Reference Desk	HD 9018 .D44
Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life (see Section 12 of each country's entry)	Reference Collection	GN 333.W67 1998
You Eat What You Are: People, Culture & Food Traditions	Main Floor Reference Desk	GT 2850 .B37 1999

Online Resources

Area Handbook Series (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/) Series published by the Library of Congress.

Pan American Health Organization (http://www.paho.org/)Use for Country Health Profiles, North, South and Central America only.

Background Notes, U.S. Department of State (http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn) Use for general Country information.

Infoplease (http://www.infoplease.com) Provides country profiles with links to other statistical information.

United Nations: Economic and Social Development (http://www.un.org/esa) Use for economic and social development, status of women.

UNICEF (http://www.unicef.org/infores) Use for literacy, infant mortality, some nutrient information; see the "Progress of Nations" report for status of child health and welfare; tables in "State of the World's Children" report provide breastfeeding statistics.

World Health Organization Statistical Information System (http://www.who.int/en/index.html) Extracts from "World Health Reports" provide health statistics and information on specific diseases.

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (http://www.fao.org/)Statistical databases for economics, general nutrition, food production and consumption.

World Bank (http://www.worldbank.org/countries) Provides overviews of nations, including some political information, quality of life issues, and economic figures.

World FactBook (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html)