LibGuides: BIO 1408/NSC 1408: Plants and Human Affairs: Books

Two Ways to Find and Use Books

Library Catalog
The Texas Wesleyan University Library catalog allows you to search through the print books that are located on the third floor. You can also access many electronic books through the catalog.
WorldCat
Worldcat is a world catalog because it allows you to search the collections and services of more than 10,000 libraries worldwide Worldcat has over 2 billion items to search.

Online Catalogs and Archives

National Academies Press--Medicine and Health
Hathi Trust Digital Library
The Internet Archive
Google Books
The Online Books Page
The Online Books Page is a website that facilitates access to books (about 1 million) that are freely readable over the Internet. The Online Books Page was founded, and is edited, by John Mark Ockerbloom, He is a digital library planner and researcher at the University of Pennsylvania. He is solely responsible for the content of the site. The site is hosted by the University of Pennsylvania Libraries, who provide the server, disk space, and network bandwidth for the site.

Books

Why use these: Use books for broad information about a topic, such as historical background, biographical information, or to fully understand the context of a specific research topic. All books listed are in the General Collection, which is on the Third Floor of the library. In addition to these books, you can search the library's catalog for your topic of interest. You may also browse the relevant sections of the library.

Q. Science
QH: Natural history--Biology
QK: Botany
QL: Zoology
QM: Human Anatomy
QP: Physiology
QR: Microbiology
R: Medicine
S: Agriculture
TX Home Economics
TX341-641 Nutrition. Foods and food supply

Agriculture

Darwinian agriculture how understanding evolution can improve agriculture by R. Ford Denison; R. Ford Ford Denison
ISBN: 9781400842810
Publication Date: 2012-07-22
The emergent agriculture : farming, sustainability and the return of the local economy by Gary Kleppel; John Ikerd (Foreword by)
ISBN: 9781550925777
Publication Date: 2014-06-30
Food a dictionary of literal and nonliteral terms by Robert A. Palmatier
ISBN: 9780313002526
Publication Date: 2000
Food : the key concepts by Warren Belasco; Warren James Belasco
Call Number: TX353 .B445 2008
ISBN: 9781845206734
Publication Date: 2008-10-15
Empires of food : feast, famine, and the rise and fall of civilizations by Andrew Rimas; Evan D. G. Fraser
Call Number: TX353 .F77 2010
ISBN: 9781439101896
Publication Date: 2010-06-15
The Oxford Companion to Food by Soun Vannithone (Illustrator); Jane Davidson (Editor); Helen Saberi (As told to); Alan Davidson; Tom Jaine (Editor)
Call Number: TX349 .D36 2006
ISBN: 9780192806819
Publication Date: 2006-10-01
Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America by Andrew F. Smith (Editor)
Call Number: TX349 .E45 2004 v.1 - 2
ISBN: 9780195154375
Publication Date: 2004-12-09