Article databases
Scopus
Extensive multidisciplinary database with a strong science and technology component. Includes citation linking and analysis, MEDLINE coverage, global patents coverage and high quality web resources. Scopus is an invaluable research tool.
Google Scholar
Multidisciplinary Google search engine for scholarly articles and books. Includes citation linking, and full-text searching of many publications.
Discover
A Google-style search of selected journal article databases, ebooks, Massey Research Online, and other resources.
CAB Abstracts
Agriculture & horticulture.
Biological Abstracts
PubMed
The free public version of MEDLINE.
New Zealand Science
A comprehensive index of New Zealand science provided by the Crown Research Institutes, Conservation Department and the Royal Society of New Zealand.
SciFinder-N
Note: SciFinder-N requires mandatory registration before first login (your Massey email address is required).
Includes Chemical Abstracts and MEDLINE. This database has strong coverage of food chemistry, processing and nutrition. Allows for searching by chemical substances, reactions or structures and citation linking.
Passport
Interactive database of top level market data, statistics and reports on products, industries and consumers and companies. Global coverage.
Terms and conditions for library online resources
Legal guidelines about how and by whom Library-subscribed article databases may be used.
Standards and Industry
Find standards
Standards New Zealand
Includes New Zealand (NZS), as well as Australian (AS/NZS) and international (e.g. ISO etc.) standards that have been adopted for New Zealand use. About this resource
Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code
Massey Library's ISO standards
Official Methods of Analysis of AOAC International
ASABE Technical Library
Search for standards published by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. The library has ASABE Standards 2011, supplements 2011/2012 available in print.
PEN: Practice-based Evidence in Nutrition
Dietetics, developed from practice questions and evidence-based answers. The site is grouped into broad Practice Categories: Population Health/Lifecycle; Health Condition/Disease; Food/Nutrients; Professional Practice. About this resource
Find patents
Food and Beverage
Useful New Zealand industry information supplied by the Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment.
Background information
Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology 5th ed.
Highly recommended for all aspects of chemical technology, including food technology and engineering.
Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry
Includes extensive coverage of food engineering and processing.
ScienceDirect Reference Works
Select from Library's subscribed ScienceDirect reference titles, including:
- Encyclopedia of Food Chemistry 3rd ed. 2019
- Encyclopedia of Agriculture and Food Systems. 2014
- Encyclopedia of Dairy Sciences 2nd ed. 2011
- Encyclopedia of Food Microbiology 2nd ed. 2014
- Encyclopedia of Food Sciences and Nutrition 2nd ed. 2003
- Encyclopedia of Human Nutrition 2nd ed. 2005
- Encyclopedia of Meat Sciences 2nd ed. 2014
Bailey's Industrial Oil and Fat Products 6th ed. 2005
Print copies at Massey Library
The standard reference on the chemistry and processing technology of edible oils and fats as well as industrial and non-edible derivative products.
Food encyclopedias in Discover 2000 onwards
Concepts and definitions
A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition 4th ed.
The Oxford Book of Health Foods. Print copies at Massey Library
Bender's Dictionary of Nutrition and Food Technology 8th ed.
Dictionary of Food Ingredients 5th ed. Print copies at Massey Library
Discover search for dictionaries 2007 onwards
Books and ebooks
Search Discover
Find Library books, journals, videos, online resources & other material.
Google Books
Search the full-text of books from around the world.
Find books, ebooks and textbooks
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