Food Studies covers a wide range of topics, so to make your research easier and more focused, it’s a good idea to choose a specific theme or issue that interests you. For example, some of the following keywords were used to develop this LibGuide:
food justice, food systems and inequality, food studies and culture, food and social justice, food insecurity and public policy, colonialism and food practices, food history and race, Cultural food practices in history, food deserts and urban planning, systemic inequalities in food access, sustainable food systems, food sovereignty movements, racial inequities in food systems, food insecurity in higher education, SNAP and childhood education outcomes, food pantries and stigma, Urban agriculture and food sustainability, food and environmental justice, food and public health, cultural identity and food practices, food equity in marginalized communities
Boolean searches use AND, OR, and NOT to make your search more precise:
Pro Tips:
Use quotation (" ") marks for exact phrases: "food deserts".
Use an asterisk (*) to find word variations: farm* (farm, farms, farming).
When using phrase searches quotation marks (" ") will keep the keywords together: "Cultural food practices in history".
Use Nesting () to group keywords making it easier to perform multiple searches at the same time.: (Urban OR Rural) and SNAP.
Use Proximity searching to find words that are near each other within a specific number of words: " Food (Near/5) Equity"