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This guide is an introduction to the research process that, while not
being an exhaustive list of information resources available, should be helpful in getting
started in your research about hunger. Below you
will find pointers to suggested research terms about hunger, materials in the library catalog about
hunger,
websites relevant to hunger, and links to library
databases that contain information about hunger.
Please use our email reference
service, contact us at (310) 434-4254, or visit us in the library at
the reference desk if you need further assistance.
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Research Terms Materials in the Library
Catalog Websites
Library Databases
Suggested Research Terms
One of the really helpful things when searching for information about a topic
is a short list of terms related to a topic. In addition to the terms
listed below for searching the library catalog, we think the following terms
will help with your research about hunger:
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Materials in the library catalog related to hunger
We have the following materials in the library catalog related to hunger:
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Websites on hunger
The following websites will help you with your research on hunger:
USDA Food
and Nutrition Information Center:
Food Security/Hunger
The U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) presents a series of reports
and studies on hunger, food security, and food insecurity. Some of the
reports include topics related to children, hunger in America, nutrition,
and overweight.
Prevalence
of Food Insecurity and Hunger, by State, 1996-98
This U. S. Department of Agriculture page presents statistics on a
state by state basis for the two years of the study.
Food and Agriculture Organization
of the United Nations
Homepage of the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO),
where researchers can obtain information on UN activities and programs
aimed at addressing world food needs.
U N FAO Nutrition Country
Profiles
Part of the United Nations' Food and Agriculture (FAO) services, this
site presents "analytical summaries describing the food and nutrition
situation in individual countries, with background statistics on
food-related factors such as agricultural production, and selected
economic and demographic indicators."
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Library Databases relevant to hunger
The following Santa Monica College Library online databases may contain
material relevant to hunger. Databases may include magazine,
newspaper and journal articles. Off-campus users, please note: you must be a Santa
Monica College student, faculty or staff member to use these services.
Health Source
Health Source: Consumer Edition offers information
on many health topics
including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition,
childcare, sports medicine and general health. Has full text for
nearly 300 journals.
Academic Search Premier, MasterFile Premier
Academic Search Premier and MasterFile Premier provide
full text for over 6200 periodicals including full text
for more than 3,500 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans
virtually every area of academic study and offers information
dating as far back as 1975.
Ethnic NewsWatch
News, culture and history from the newspapers,
magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native
press -- English and Spanish language.
National Newspapers (U.S.)
Searchable index for recent issues of the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and the Christian Science Monitor. Full-text for newer issues and citations for older materials. More information on coverage
Newspaper Source (Regional, National and International)
Provides selected full text for 25 national (U.S.) and international newspapers. The database also contains full text television & radio news transcripts, and selected full text for more than 200 regional (U.S.) newspapers.
CountryWatch
Country Reviews provide geographical, political, economic, corporate and environmental information for every country in the world. Country Wire is compiled from the wire services on the latest political, economic, corporate, and environmental events on a country by country basis.
Medline
Search abstracts from over 4,600 biomedical journals
for information on medicine,
nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care
system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more.
Encyclopedia Americana
Includes 45,000 articles, plus thousands of hypertext
links to web sites featuring additional data. It is updated quarterly.
Encyclopedia, Funk and Wagnalls New World
Provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.
Philosophy and Religion Collection
Covers such topics as epistemology, political philosophy,
philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of
philosophy, world religions, biblical studies,
religious history. Includes more than 300 full text journals.
JSTOR
Back issues of over 300 scholarly journals in a wide variety of disciplines: African American Studies, African Studies, Anthropology, Archeology, Art and Architecture, Asian Studies, Ecology, Economics, Education, Finance, Geography, History, Language & Literature, Latin American Studies, Mathematics, Music, Middle East Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Population Studies, Slavic Studies, Sociology and Statistics.
RAND California
An extensive database on California and its cities and counties. Includes information on California public policy issues, statistics on business, employment, population, real estate, and crime rates, school test scores and monthly reports on the California economy.
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