information resources for food, culture & lifestyles hkied library

Information Resources forInformation Resources forFood, Culture & LifestylesFood, Culture & Lifestyles

HKIEd Library

Food & Culture

•Everyone eats from birth to end

•What is food?

•How is food related to your life?

•Food study has multiple dimensions

Food study involves different subjects

Sociology

Nutrition

Linguistics

Anthropology

Culture

History

Example: Food and LanguageExample: Food and Language

EnglishFrench

SpanishItalian

GermanDutch

IndonesianMalay …

JapaneseKorean

ThaiArabicHindiGreekCzech

Swedish …

Chá

•Two Chinese pronunciations of “Tea” have made their way into other languages around the world

Tê

Reference Works

Provide background information or definition of specific topic

Keywords Food culture, food habits, cookery Encyclopedia, Dictionary

Some E-reference tools are available online

Cambridge world history of foodEncyclopedia of food and culture Encyclopedia of food sciences and nutritionFoods & nutrition encyclopediaThe Oxford companion to foodThe Oxford encyclopedia of food and drink in America

EncyclopediaEncyclopedia

Why is the soft drink named 7 Up? Search at Library Catalogue: Keywords = encyclopedia food America The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America

ExampleExample

General Works

Useful Subject Headings•Cookery•Eating (Philosophy)•Food habits•Food preferences•Diets•Dinners and dining•Drinking behavior•Food consumption•Food preferences•Gastronomy•Vegetarianism

Useful Call No. RangeUseful Call No. Range

Subject Call No.

Manners and customs. Eating and drinking GT2850

Food processing and manufacture TP368 - 456

Nutrition. Foods and food supply TX341 - 641

Food preferences TX357

Cookery TX642 - 840

Hospitality industry. Hotels, clubs, restaurants, etc. Food service

TX901-946.5

Is there any books on Globalization of Chinese foods?

Search at Library Catalogue Keywords = globali?ation AND (china OR chinese)

AND food*

The globalization of Chinese food China to Chinatown : Chinese food in the West

ExampleExample

Media Resources Media Resources Collection: DVD, VCD, VHS …Example: Any DVD/VCD on religious aspects of food?

Search at Library CatalogueKeywords = food* AND religio*Limit to Media Resources Collection Limit to DVD/VCD formatA world of food : tastes & taboos in different cultures

Media Resources Collection

A world of food : tastes & taboos in different cultures Bugs for breakfast : food & culture

Culture and cuisine Foodessence

Global eating : learning from other cultures Slow food revolution

Sushi : the spirit of embracing nature Tell me what you eat The real food of China

Why we eat, what we eat! 謝天 : 臺灣人的米食文化 …

Local TV Programmes (EdVideo)Local TV Programmes (EdVideo)Video-On-Demand serviceAvailable in WMV format

Local TV Programmes (EdVideo)

Keywords = food*, drink*, 食物 , 飲食…Examples:

Variety is the spice Beyond foodways 天下一碗 世界在廚房 滋味人生 香港故事 [2007]

涼藥 • 苦口 食古 • 不化

香港故事 [2008] 米 東江逆流 燒出好滋味

E-Databases

Academic Research Library•Arts, business, education, humanities, psychology and sciences etc

Academic Search Premier•Multi-disciplinary, covers all aspect of academic study

Humanities Full Text•All areas of humanities studies

中文電子期刊服務 (Taiwan)•人文學、社會科學、自然科學、應用科學、醫學與生命科學等

中國期刊全文數據庫 (China)•教育與社會科學綜合輯 , 文史哲輯

Databases

Find articles on How sushi becomes a globalized food?

Try Academic Search PremierKeywords = sushi, globalizationSearch

Title Abstract Subject All Text

Internet Resources

World Food HabitsWorld Food Habitshttp://lilt.ilstu.edu/rtdirks/

References of food habits of different regions

Bibliography on Food and CultureBibliography on Food and Culture

http://www.utexas.edu/courses/stross/bibliographies/foodbib.htmhttp://www.cuhk.edu.hk/ant/publish/culture.pdf

Ask your librarian @

Library Information CounterTel: 2948 6653

Email: libinfo@ied.edu.hk