ILS 110: The Mediterranean Diet & Health: Ancient to Modern, Local to Global (Fall 2024) : Find Articles

The following are different ways to access databases on the Library website for searching for articles:

Below are databases, paid for by the libraries, that are useful for finding  mostly academic (scholarly) sources such as journal articles and book chapters or essays.  Some databases cover many subjects (for example, Articles Search and JSTOR); others focus on specific subjects. Access databases through this guide or the library website to have access to all content the library has paid for and avoid paywalls.

Food topics are interdisciplinary and may relate to such subjects as agriculture, anthropology, economics, health, history, nutrition, political science, sociology, and more. 

Follow   (Find It button) or the "Find It at UW Madison" link in most databases to:

• access the full article (when available)
• determine if the journal is available in print (Library Catalog)
• request a copy of the article (PDF) if the full article is not available online (Request a Copy link)

If you already have a citation, use the Citation Search to find the full article.

• Use AND to combine different words to find all those words, in any order - usually narrows search, reduces results  
  • pasta AND history
• Use OR to combine similar words or synonyms or variations - usually broadens search, increases results
  • food OR cooking
• Use quotation marks ( " ") to search words as a phrase - usually narrows search, reduces results
  • "food habits" 
• Use an asterisk ( * ) to find varied endings of words and singular and plural forms - usually broadens search, increases results
  • gastronom* finds gastronomic, gastronomy 
• Look at Subject Terms to find additional keywords and use them to find relevant and specific results.
• Look for an option to limit to Scholarly Journals on the left side of search results in most databases

For more search tips, see this tutorial: