Culinary Arts

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What are articles and where can I find them?


About articles


A research article is a journal article in which the authors report on the research they did. Research articles are always primary sources but vary on if they are peer-reviewed. 

Published research articles follow a predictable pattern and will contain most, if not all, of the sections listed below. 

  • Title & Author(s)
  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • Methodology
  • Results
  • Discussion
  • Conclusion
  • References

TSTC libraries subscribe to online collections to help you find credible materials to support your studies. Databases provide access to thousands of articles which can be found in electronic journals or searched collectively through databases.

Culinary Arts article sources

  • Culinary Arts Best Bet

    More than five million articles from more than 250 major cooking and nutrition magazines, as well as book reference content from Delmar such as About Wine, Introduction to Catering, Advanced Bread and Pastry, and Eat Fit Be Fit.

  • Hospitality and Tourism Best Bet

    Provides access to scholarly journals, magazines, and trade publications that cover topics including the cultural and economic aspects of travel and tourism. The database offers current and relevant content that provides well-rounded coverage of both the historical and current state of affairs in the hospitality and tourism industries. The curious traveler will also find a wealth of information, from contents on state parks and information on planning a vacation to full-text travel guides from Fodor's.

  • Entrepreneurship

    Updated daily and provides insights, tips, strategies, and success stories for business researchers and entrepreneurs. Users find more than 500 subject-appropriate, active, full-text periodicals, including: Beverage Industry, Black Enterprise, Economist, Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice, HR Magazine, Real Estate Weekly, Restaurant Business, Tea & Coffee Trade Journal, and more.

  • Gale General OneFile

    Our largest general-interest periodical resource, General OneFile allows researchers to find the information they want quickly. With intuitive searching that mirrors Internet searches, users can easily tap into sources that are guaranteed for quality.  Most content in Gale General OneFile is full-text with no embargo and recommended by Bowker's Magazines for Libraries.