IDS 101 The Geography of Food
Kimberlee Chambers, Professor

1. Library Catalogs

Willamette University Libraries Catalog

Orbis Cascade Alliance Summit catalog of academic libraries in Oregon and Washington

2. Major Research Databases

Oxford Reference Online: 100 well-known and trusted dictionaries and reference books combined into a single cross-searchable web database. (Full-text)

LexisNexis Academic: Provides access to full-text information from newspapers, journals, magazines and reference sources with strengths in the areas of current news, business, law, and politics. (Full-text)

Academic Search Premier: Provides full text for more than 3,600 academic, social sciences, humanities, general science, education and multi-cultural journals. (Mixed)

GreenFILE: A research database focusing on the relationship between human beings and the environment, comprised of scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports. (Mixed)

Project Muse: Provides online access to the full text of over 300 journals in the disciplines of literary studies, classics, history, philosophy, and more. (Full-text)

JSTOR: Provides access to the complete back files of more than 624 cross-disciplinary academic journals in digital format, some of which date from the 1800s. (Full-text)

3. Government Internet Resources

Environmental Protection Agency

Ecoregion Maps

United States Department of Agriculture

Cornell University

USDA Economics, Statistics, and Market Information System(ESMIS)

4. Other Internet Resources

State-Specific Resources

California Dept of Food & Agriculture

Hawai`i Dept of Agriculture: Ag Resources

Montana State Univ. Extension Service

Univ. of Nevada Cooperative Extension

Oregon Agricultural Information Network

Washington State Dept of Agriculture

Locavore Resources

100-Mile Diet | The Salem Diet

Local Harvest

Farmers Market Search

Community Supported Agriculture finder

American Community Garden Association

USDA Hardiness Zone Finder

Image of Fruit and Vegetable Stand in Oregon by Susan Monahan
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