Food Science and Technology Abstracts (FSTA) is an index

Bibliographic index

A bibliographic index is a bibliography, an aid to search the literature of, for example, an academic field or discipline , to works of a specific literary form or published in a specific format , or to the analyzed contents of a serial publication...

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Abstract (summary)

An abstract is a brief summary of a research article, thesis, review, conference proceeding or any in-depth analysis of a particular subject or discipline, and is often used to help the reader quickly ascertain the paper's purpose. When used, an abstract always appears at the beginning of a...

ing database covering the literature of food science and food technology. Coverage includes all the major food commodities plus animal science, crop science, horticulture, biotechnology, microbiology, food safety (toxicology and hygiene), additives, nutrition, packaging and pet foods. FTSA indexes over 4,600 publications including journals, patents, books, conference proceedings, reports, theses, standards and legislation. It is produced by the International Food Information Service (IFIS), and published in 40 languages. Coverage is from 1969 to the present.

Online access points

Online access points are FSTA Direct, OvidSP, the Web of Knowledge, EBSCOhost, Dialog

Dialog (online database)

Dialog is an online information service owned by ProQuest, who acquired it from Thomson Reuters in mid-2008.Dialog was one of the predecessors of the World Wide Web as a provider of information, though not in form. The earliest form of the Dialog system was completed in 1966 under the direction of...

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External links

• Food Science and Technology Abstracts. Home page. January 2011.
• Food Science Central. International Food Information Service - Home page. January 2011.
• FSTA Direct. January 2011.