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New EBSCO Database for the Food Industry

EBSCO Publishing (www.ebscohost.com) has released a new database designed to provide food-related content to food industry experts, related academic programs, and government researchers. Food Science Source includes hundreds of publications, food industry and market reports, and benchmarks and best practices. Food Science Source encompasses sectors such as food science, food service, processing, packaging, and shipping.

Food Science Source offers cover-to-cover content from hundreds of publications, including journals, monographs, magazines, and trade publications all dealing directly with food industry-related issues. Researchers will also have access to more than 1,000 key food industry and market reports as well as tens of thousands of additional highly relevant articles, benchmarks, and best practices selected from thousands of trade and industry publications.

The release of this new resource marks another addition to the collection of scientific and technical databases offered via EBSCOhost. FSTA-Food Science and Technology Abstracts provides more than 750,000 records with retrospective coverage dating from 1969 to the present. Academic Search R&D is a full-text database, geared specifically toward addressing the needs of research and development. Food Science Source serves as a complement to these resources and provides users with extensive coverage on one platform.

Source: EBSCO Publishing