Subject Guides help you discover print and online resources—including e-books, e-journals, databases, and special collections—by subject.
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Search Luiss Library Discovery by subject or title word
Remember to use the filters on the left to refine or expand your search. Here are a few examples.
Search for physical and electronic books by Decimal Dewey Classification
330 Economics
- 333.796 Energy for specific uses
- 338.19 Food supply
- 338.47664 Food industry
- 338.927 Greening
340 Law
- 343.076 Agricultural industries
- 344.04232 Food
344.4504323 Food - Italy - 345.0242 Crimes against public health and safety
363 Other social problems and services
- 363.192 Food
- 363.8 Food supply
600 Technology
- 647.95 Restaurants
- 663 Beverage technology
- 664 Food technology
664.024 Processing
658 Management
Search for books by EuroVoc term
Key
- MT (MicroThesaurus): subset of a thesaurus, usually containing terms from a subject area narrower than the scope of the whole thesaurus;
- NT (Narrower Term): used to indicate the relationship of the generic concept to a more specific one, together with an indication of the number of hierarchical steps between the broader term and each narrower term;
- RT (Related Term): preferred label for a concept that has an associative relationship with the one in question.
28 Social questions
MT 2841 health
- nutrition
NT1 food hygiene
NT1 human nutrition
NT1 foodstuffs legislation
RT food industry
RT food production
RT health legislation
NT2 food inspection
NT2 food control
NT2 food standard
NT1 food policy
NT2 food systems
NT1 food resources
NT1 food safety
RT traceability
NT1 food security
60 Agri-foodstuffs
MT 6031 agri-foodstuffs
- agri-foodstuffs
RT bio-industry
RT food processing
NT1 food production
RT foodstuff
RT foodstuffs legislation
RT food technology
NT1 agro-industry
eBook collections
Some subscription portals let you browse content through curated thematic lists or search by subject. Here are a few examples.
Brill Online
- Food (search by title)
Cambridge Core Books
- Food (search by title)
Elgaronline eBooks
Elsevier ScienceDirect Handbooks
Perlego
- Agriculture & Food Policy
- Food industry
- Food science
- Nutrition, dietics & bariatrics
- Sustainable agriculture
SpringerLink eBooks
Scopus
Scopus contains abstracts and citations from scientific literature and other qualified sources in the fields of science and technology, as well as the humanities and social sciences. Use it to easily find authoritative references and build your bibliographic lists. Here are a few sample searches.
Find documents by subject and remember to use the filters on the left or at the top of the page to refine or expand your search:
- Subject Area ( agri ) AND KEY ( food )
- Subject Area ( agri ) AND KEY ( food AND safety )
- Subject Area ( eart ) AND KEY ( food )
- Subject Area ( econ ) AND KEY ( food AND safety )
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Web of Science
The platform effortlessly retrieves a wide range of scientific resources, including articles, datasets, conference proceedings, books, preprints, and patents, as well as content from leading and authoritative journals, with a focus on subject areas. The database also offers a powerful tool for creating and managing citation lists for your bibliography. Here are a few examples.
Find documents by subject and remember to use the filters on the left or at the top of the page to refine or expand your search:
- Agricultural economic & policy (Web of Science categories)
- Food science & technology (Web of Science categories)
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Search journals by Decimal Dewey Classification
330 Economics
- 333.796 Energy for specific uses
- 338.19 Food supply
- 338.927 Greening
340 Law
- 343.076 Agricultural industries
363 Other social problems and services
- 363.192 Food
- 363.8 Food supply
660 Chemical technology
658 Management
Search journals by subject (below are a few examples)
- Agriculture
- Beverage industry
- Food
- Food control
- Food & beverage
- Food industry
- Food law
- Food product
- Food security
- Food technology
- Nutrition
- Product quality
- Sustainable agriculture
- Sustainable development
- Sustainable food
- Sustainable growth
- Sustainable production
eJournal collections
Some subscription portals let you browse content through curated topic lists or search by subject.
Among the largest collections:
Brill Online Books and Journals
Cambridge Core Journals
Elsevier ScienceDirect
Heinonline
SpringerLink
Taylor & Francis Online Journals
- Biological Agriculture & Horticulture
- Biotechnology & Biotechnological Equipment
- British Poultry Science
- Cogent Food & Agriculture
- Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition
- CyTA - Journal of Food
- Ecology of Food and Nutrition
- Food Biotechnology
- Food, Culture & Society
- Food and Foodways
- Food Reviews International
- International Journal of Food Properties
- International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition
- Journal of Culinary Science & Technology
Wiley Online Library
Free portals
- Eufic - Food facts for healthy choices
- Eurostat
- FAO – Food and Agricultural Organization
- Food composition data - EFSA
- FoodData Central - United States government
- Institute of food science and technology
- Istat
- The World Bank
Subscribed portals
- Marketline
- Analysis reports (Alcoholic Beverages, Food, Food & Drinks Ingredients, Non-Alcoholic Beverages)
- Industry case studies (Alcoholic Beverages, Food, Food & Drinks Ingredients, Non-Alcoholic Beverages)
- OECD iLibrary
- Statista