Consumer and Family Sciences 

Thinking of words

. . . using dictionaries, thesauruses, quotations

Casino Gaming Dictionary:  Terms and Language for Managers (Reference GV1301 .F46 1996)

Dictionary of Travel, Tourism and Hospitality (Reference G155.A1 M443)

Food in Five Languages (Science Reference TX350 .N385 1997)

Food Lover's Companion: Comprehensive Definitions of over 3000 Food, Wine, and Culinary Terms (Science Reference TX349 .H533 1990)

Master Dictionary of Food and Wine (Stacks TX349 .R83 1996)

Travel Dictionary (Reference G155.A1 D47 1998)

Webster's New World Dictionary of Culinary Arts (Science Reference TX349 .W42 1997)

Gaining an Overview

. . . using encyclopedias, guides, handbooks, textbooks, yearbooks

Encyclopedia of Foods: a Guide to Healthy Nutrition (Reference TX349 .E482 2002)

Encyclopedia of Herbs, Spices, & Flavorings (Science Reference TX406 .E54 1992)

Encyclopedia of Human Nutrition (Science Reference QP141 .E526 1999)

Encyclopedia of North American Eating and Drinking Traditions, Customs, and Rituals (Reference GT2853.U5 G39 1995)

Exploring Wine: The Culinary Institute of America's Complete Guide to Wines of the World (Stacks TP548 .K578 1996)

Food Lover's Tiptionary : an A to Z Culinary Guide with More Than 4,500 Food and Drink Tips, Secrets, Shortcuts, and Other Things Cookbooks Never Tell You (Stacks TX349 .H534 1994)

Food Science: The Biochemistry of Food and Nutrition (Stacks TX551 .M45 1997)

Gaming Industry: Introduction and Perspectives (Stacks HV6711 .G35 1996)

Handbook for Safe Food Service Management (Stacks TX911.3.S3 H36 1998)

Health Professionals Guide to Popular Dietary Supplements (Stacks RM217.2 .S27 2000)

Hospitality and Tourism: An Introduction to the Industry (Stacks TX911 .B915 2000)

Oz Clarke's New Encyclopedia of Wine (Science Reference TP546 .C524 1999)

Restaurant Manager's Handbook: How to Set Up, Operate, and Manage a Financially Successful Food Service Operation (Stacks TX911.3 .M27 B76 1989)

Restaurant Service Basics (Stacks TX925 .D33 2002)

Ultimate Service: The Complete Handbook to the World of the Concierge (TX911.3 .C63 S85 1994)

Finding current information

. . . using databases & indexes, alerting services (some may require free registration), journals to browse

Academic Search Premier -

Coverage: Indexing coverage varies, with full-text content for some titles beginning 1975 or earlier, and most titles indexed from the 1990s. Brief Description: Provides abstracts and indexing of articles in more than 8,000 popular magazines, scholarly journals, and major newspapers in all fields of study, with nearly 4,000 titles available full text. Tools Available: A complete list of titles covered is available.

ABI/INFORM Suite -

Coverage: Indexing coverage varies, with full-text content for some titles beginning 1971, and most titles indexed from 1990. Brief Description: Regional, national, and world-wide business information from scholary sources as well as news and trade publications. Tools Available: An online list of journals indexed is available. Information on search options

Business Source Premier -

Coverage: Indexing coverage varies, with full-text content for some titles beginning 1975 or earlier, and most titles indexed from the 1990s Brief Description: Provides abstracts and indexing of articles in more than 3,800 national, regional, and international business journals, updated daily, with more than 3,000 titles available in full text. Tools Available: A complete list of titles covered is available here and here.

CINAHL (EBSCO) -

Call Number: Reference Z6675.N7 C8 Coverage: 1981 to present Brief Description: Provides monthly updated indexing of more than 2,900 journals in the fields of nursing and allied health and publications from the American Nurses' Association and the National League of Nursing, covering 1981 to present. Other IPFW Formats: IPFW library owns the printed index 1956-1997.

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition -

Coverage: 1975 to present Brief Description: Provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals, including nearly 450 peer-reviewed journals focusing on many medical disciplines.

Medline (Ovid) -

Coverage: 1950 to present Brief Description: Produced by the National Library of Medicine, Medline indexes over 4,600 national and international journals covering all areas of medicine, 1950 to present.

Medline (NLM Gateway) -

Coverage: 1950 to present Brief Description: The NLM Gateway is a Web-based system that allows users to search multiple retrieval systems simultaneously at the U.S. National Library of Medicine. Tools Available: A Gateway Basics brochure is available.

Browsing journals

. . . Selected current journals in biology are available on the second floor of Helmke Library:

Beverage World (Periodicals TP659 .A1 N3)

Consumer Reports (Periodicals TX335 .A1 C6)

Consumers' Research (Periodicals TX335 .A1 C68)

Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration (Periodicals TX901 .C67)

Food Management (Periodicals TX901 .F68)

Food Technology (Periodicals TP370 .F64)

Home (Periodicals TX311 .H77)

Hotel & Motel Management (Periodicals TX901 .H76)

Journal of Family and Consumer Science (Periodicals TX1 .J7)

Lodging Hospitality (Periodicals TX901 .L6)

Nutrition Reviews (Periodicals TX341 .N85)

Nutrition Today (Periodicals QP141 .A2 N97)

Restaurant Business (Periodicals TP628 .S7)

Restaurant Hospitality (Periodicals TX901 .R43)

Restaurants and Institutions (Periodicals TX1 .I58)

Discovering books

. . . using library catalogs, bibliographies

IUCAT Catalog (Indiana University's online library catalog) -

Brief Description: Search Helmke Library's online catalog to find books, electronic resources, periodicals (scholarly journals, popular magazines, or newspapers), government publications, music CDs, videorecordings (DVDs, VHS), and other library materials. Tools Available: Searching IUCAT Tutorial How Do I Use IUCAT Guides

WorldCat -

Brief Description: Provides access to the OCLC database with more than 1 billion bibliographic records for materials in all formats. Tools Available: Online tutorials are available.

Checking facts

. . . using almanacs, statistics

Statistical Abstract of the United States (Government Publications C 3.134:, Service Desk [7B])

Seeking people & organizations

. . . using biographies, directories, cited/co-cited author indexes

Biography Resource Center -

Coverage: Current and retrospective reference sources Brief Description: Provides biographical information on more than 275,000 people from throughout history and around the world, across all disciplines and subject areas. Tools Available: An online list of sources indexed is available. An online research guide and  search tips are also available.

Science Citation Index, 1970-1991; see science librarian (Reference Z7401 .S365)

Encountering facts & opinions

. . . using reviews, editorials

Book Review Index (Reference Z1035.A1 B6)

Editorials on File (Reference D839 .E3, latest binder at Service Desk [3B])

Facts on File (Reference D410 .F3, latest binder at Service Desk [3B])

Using writing & editing tools

. . . using style guides, guidelines for authors

Electronic Reference Formats Recommended by the American Psychological Association

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (Reference BF76.7 .P82 1994, Service Desk [1A])

Purdue University's Online Writing Lab (OWL)

Writer's Guide to Nursing and Allied Health Journals (Reference RT24 .B69 1998, Service Desk [18])

Crossing boundaries

. . . using subject headings, call numbers, syndetic structure

Library of Congress Classification Outline for Schedule G: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation

Library of Congress Classification Outline for Schedule TX: Home Economics

Library of Congress Classification Outline for Schedule R: Medicine