Foods and Nutrition

Connect your Google Scholar search to the full text of articles that are available to you at no cost in PCC Library databases. Instructions are on the library's Google Scholar page.

USDA National Nutrient Database

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:29:25 -0700

Find out the nutritional content of thousands of foods.

ChooseMyPlate.gov

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 10:31:09 -0700

Consult ChooseMyPlate.gov, which features practical information and tips to help Americans build healthier diets based on USDA's new food guidance icon, MyPlate. Use the interactive tools for weight management, physical activity and meal planning.

Food and Nutrition Information Center

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 10:32:23 -0700

Located at the National Agricultural Library (NAL) of USDA, the FNIC website contains over 2000 links to current and reliable nutrition information.

Oxford Dictionary Food & Nutrition

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 10:33:02 -0700

Search this online dictionary for the definitions of terms covering many aspects of food and nutrition, diet and health. (Enter your last name and student ID number to access this dictionary from off campus.)

Food Industry Center

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:49:20 -0700

Browse publications at the University of Minnesota's Food Industry Center.

Life Behind Bars

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 12:56:08 -0700

View this documentary on factory farming, produced by Farm Sanctuary, an organization dedicated to ending farm animal suffering caused by confinement and mechanized farms.

Food, Inc.

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 11:38:01 -0800

Watch a recent episode of NOW on PBS about the new documentary Food, Inc. What goes into the food products we so readily consume?

Food Safety - Medline Plus

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:04:14 -0700

Browse Medline Plus's Food Safety links for overview articles on food safety, recent news, information on specific conditions, related issues, and much more. Medline Plus is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.

Google News Results

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:31:55 -0700

Read recent news articles on "food safety" posted at Google News.

World Health Organization

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:40:18 -0700

Read recent publications from the The World Health Organization's Department of Food Safety, Zoonoses and Foodborne Diseases (FOS).

Food Safety

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:18:58 -0800

Find information on food handling, food recalls, food irridation, and foodborne illnesses at the United States Department of Agriculture's Food Safety page. Explore resources about food preparation and handling.

Get Help in Person or by Phone

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 11:34:41 -0700

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Email Us

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 11:34:58 -0700

Need to ask a question by email? That's easy too. Use Ask a Librarian, or find your favorite librarian's email address on Library Staff.

Help from Tutors

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 11:35:15 -0700

Tutors are available to you both in person and online, and the service is free! Cascade, Sylvania, Rock Creek and Southeast Center each have a tutoring center with excellent in-person tutors in most subjects. If you're working on a paper, the writing tutors are popular (so don't wait until the last minute)! You can get more information about each campuses hours and locations at the links below:

Cascade Campus Learning Center

Rock Creek Student Learning Center

Tutoring at Southeast Center

Tutoring at Sylvania

Or get started working with PCC's online tutors:

eTutoring at PCC

Chat or Text a Librarian for Help

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 11:35:30 -0700

You can chat with a PCC librarian any time you see the PCC Ask A Librarian chat widget on any of the library's pages (like the PCC Library home page) or in a subject guide like this one. You can also get to us through AIM, Yahoo!, or Google Talk.

AIM/Y!: pcclib
Google Talk: pcclib@gmail

You can also text a librarian for help at:
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Need help when the library isn't open? Chat with an L-Net librarian 24-7.

Helping Yourself!

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 11:35:44 -0700

PCC Library has lots of resources that you can use on your own. You may already know that about the quiet study spaces as well as study rooms you can reserve.

Citing sources is another way you can help yourself! PCC Library has all the information you need on Cite Sources. The library also has video tutorials on everything from how to develop a topic for your paper to figuring out how to incorporate those citations. You'll find those videos, as well as information about using e-resources, at Tutorials and Handouts.