To find out if a specific book is in the Library you just need to check the Enterprise catalogue (search box below). This will show you where the book is located (which floor and its location number - known as the 'Call Number'). Enter the author's surname and one or two words from the title:
For example: geissler human nutrition
You can also search Enterprise for a topic, to find related books.
Finding printed books and e-books
Search the Enterprise catalogue to find specific books or books on a topic.
Finding online book chapters
To find online book chapters on a topic search the Summon discovery service:
If you are unable to view these videos on YouTube they are also available on YuJa via the links below (University login required):
The Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences recommend using the Cite Them Right Harvard style for citations. See the Citing references tab in this guide for more detailed guidance.
Citing a whole book example
Jeukendrup, A. and Gleeson, M. (2019) Sport nutrition. 3rd edn. Champaign: Human Kinetics.
Citing a book chapter example
Patterson, M.F., Ledward, D.A., Leadley, C. and Rogers, N. (2012) 'High pressure processing', in Brennan, J.G. and Grandison, A.S. (eds) Food processing handbook. 2nd edn. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH, pp. 179-204.
3rd Floor
| 540 | Chemistry |
| 543 | Analytical chemistry |
| 547 | Organic chemistry |
| 570 | Life sciences |
| 579 | Microbiology |
| 610 | Medicine and health |
| 612.3 | Digestion |
| 613.2 | Dietetics (applied nutrition) |
| 641 | Food and drink |
| 641.2 | Beverages |
| 641.3 | Food |
| 660 | Chemical technology |
| 660.6 | Biotechnology |
| 663 | Beverages technology |
| 664 | Food technology |
| 664.07 | Food analysis |
2nd Floor
| 330 | Economics |
| 338.47664 | Economics of the food industry |
| 340 | Law |
| 347.1462 | Food law |
| 363.192 | Food safety policy and control |
Additives 664.06
Analysis 664.07
Antioxidants 613.286
Biochemical engineering 660.63
Biochemistry 572
Canning 664.0282
Carbohydrate chemistry 547.78
Carbohydrates in food 613.283
Cheese industry 637.3
Cocoa and chocolate 663.92
Coffee 663.93
Colloid chemistry 541.345
Dietetics 613.2
Digestion 612.3
Drying food 664.0284
E. coli 615.9529342
Enzyme technology 660.634
Enzymes in the body 572.7
Fats and oils in nutrition 613.284
Fermentation 660.28449
Fibre 613.283
Flavour 664.072
Food biotechnology 664.024
Food emulsions 664.001541345
Food ethics 174.9664
Food industry 338.47664
Food lipids 612.397
Food poisoning 615.954
Food safety control 363.192
Food safety law 347.1462
Freezing 664.0285
Fruit and vegetable juices 663.63
Functional foods 613.2
HACCP 664.00684
Heat 536
Listeria 615.952937
Maillard reaction 664.02
Malting and brewing 663.3
Metabolism of food 612.39
Microbiology of foods 664.001579
Microbiology, Industrial 660.62
Milk industry 637.1
New food products 664.00685
Nutraceuticals 613.2
Nutrition 613.2
Omega-3 613.284
Packaging 664.09
Preservation techniques 664.028
Production management 658.5
Protein chemistry 547.75
Proteins in food 613.282
Quality control technology 664.07
Quality control management 658.562
Retail marketing 658.87
Sensory evaluation 664.072
Toxicology 615.9
Vitamins 612.399
Water analysis and safety 628.16
Wine 663.2
Yoghurt 637.174
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Getting to the login page...
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Our Inter-Library Loans service can get books not held at Reading from other libraries (usually from the British Library).
For more information see our webpages:
Advances in Food Rheology and Its Applications by 
Applications of Next Generation Biosurfactants in the Food Sector by 
Handbook of Phytonutrients in Indigenous Fruits and Vegetables by 
Reducing Salt in Foods. 2nd ed. by 
Rice by-products : phytochemicals and food product application by 