Introduction
Using the Catalogs
Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Directories, etc.
A Selective List of Works on the History of Food, Beverages, and Cookery
A Selective List of Editions of Historical Texts
Other Sources of Historical Menus and Recipes
Bibliographies
The Menu Collection
Computerized Catalogs and Periodical Indexes
Selected Internet Sites
Print a Copy of This Guide
Return to Research Guides

Computerized Catalogs and Periodical Indexes

Mainstream periodicals on food, beverages, and cooking are indexed in Periodical Abstracts and Reader's Guide Abstracts on the Library's networked computers. Other useful networked indexes include America: History and Life and Historical Abstracts. The French database for humanities, social sciences and economics, FRANCIS, is also available. The networked union catalogs, WorldCat, help to locate culinary collections, including manuscripts, at other libraries in the U.S. and Canada. Some specialized periodicals such as Petits Propos Culinaires are not indexed commercially but may have separately published indexes. The same is generally true of conference and symposia proceedings.