LibGuides: Latin American Cuisine Concentration: Finding Articles

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ProQuest Research Library
A diversified mix of scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, and other timely sources across the most common subject areas.
ProQuest Social Science Database
Social Science Database offers indexing and full text for hundreds of academic journals, providing extensive coverage across a wide range of social science disciplines including anthropology, communication, criminology, economics, education, political science, psychology, social work, and sociology.
Hospitality and Tourism Complete
Covers scholarly research and industry news relating to all areas of hospitality and tourism. This collection contains more than 828,000 records, with coverage dating as far back as 1965. There is full text for more than 490 publications, including periodicals, company & country reports, and books.
ABI/INFORM Collection
The collection features thousands of full-text journals, dissertations, working papers, and key business and economics periodicals such as The Economist and Sloan Management Review. It also contains company/country/industry-focused reports, and major news sources like the Wall Street Journal. Its international coverage gives researchers a complete picture of companies and business trends around the world.
ABI/INFORM Complete includes full‐text scholarly & professional journals, business press, key trade publications, conference proceedings, and market reports.
Comprises ABI/INFORM Global, Dateline, Trade & Industry, and the ABI/INFORM Archive of many of the most important business journals of the last century.
Subject coverage: Economic conditions, Corporate strategies, Management theory & techniques, trends, Competitive landscape and product information, Finance and more.
JSTOR
A full-text digital archive of scholarly journals.
Food Science Source
This database offers full-text coverage for more than 1,400 publications, including journals, magazines, and trade publications, dealing with food industry-related issues. More than 1,000 key food industry and market reports are available.
GreenFILE
Offers researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.

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