Databases: Food Chain Management

Acta Horticulturae Online Library
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Full text database
Contains the "Acta Horticulturae" of the International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS).
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Agris - International System for Agricultural Science and Technology
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Bibliographic database
Contains references of international literature on agricultural technology, biotechnology, nutrition science and plant production, compiled by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

AMI-informiert.de - Serviceportal Forschung & Lehre
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Factual database
Contains facts, information, news and analyses of international agri-food markets, compiled by Agrarmarkt Informations-Gesellschaft mbH (AMI).

beck-online
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Full text database
Contains reference works, journals, case law, commentaries and formularies of all fields of law.
Modules licensed to Geisenheim are labor law,  planning and building laws and regulations, law of local government (Hesse), legal protection of industrial property, law of foodstuffs, environmental law, administrative law and civil law.

CAB Abstracts
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Bibliographic database, full text database
Contains literature references and abstracts of agricultural fields such as cultivation of plants, soil science, biotechnology, forestry, environmental science, nutrition and food science compiled by CABI (Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International), including the journal CAB Reviews in full text.

 

DOAJ - Directory of Open Access Journals
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Full text database
Contains articles from high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals.

Ebook Central from ProQuest
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Full text eBooks
On Ebook Central you will find selected eBooks that you can read online or download for a limited time. A free Adobe ID is required to download.

EconBiz
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Portal
Contains facts, bibliographic records and full texts in the fields of economics, business studies and business practice. Sources are important German and international databases. The service is provided by ZBW Leibniz Information Centre for Economics.

Food Science Source 
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Full text database
Food Science Source is a full-text database for food science and covers more than 790 journals and other sources.

FSTA - Food Science and Technology Abstracts
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Bibliographic database
FSTA is a bibliographic database with information relating to food, beverages, and nutrition.

Google Scholar
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Citation index
Contains literature references of journals and repositories of scientific publishers and societies, with citation analyses and well-known Google ranking.

HeBIS- Portal
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Portal
The Hessische BibliotheksInformationsSystem is the electronic information and service union of academic libraries in Hessen and parts of the Rhineland Palatinate with one central catalog and national research options.

ISL Reference Library SEABASE
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Bibliographic database
Contains references of national and international literature on transport, logistics, trade and shipping, compiled by the Information Center of the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL).

Langenscheidt Online-Wörterbücher
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Dictionary, full text database
Contains eight volumes of "Duden" and 50 general, technical and specialised dictionaries in 21 different languages.

Livivo
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Portal
Contains references of literature, research information and full texts in the fields of medicine, healthcare, nutrition and agri-food sciences. Sources are catalogs, databases, journals and websites. The service is provided by ZB MED Leibniz Information Centre for Life Sciences.

 

logipedia.de - Taschenlexikon Logistik
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Reference Work
Contains abbreviations, terminology and  explanations of key terms concerning material flow and logistics, provided by Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics IML.

OpenAgrar
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Bibliographic database
Contains references of publications of research centers and departments related to the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture.

Rosetta Stone
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Language learning program
Rosetta Stone is an online language course that covers learning content from beginner to advanced levels. There are courses in 24 languages, 7 of which go up to level C1. Included are English and German as a foreign languags.

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ScienceDirect von Elsevier
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Full text database
The database offers extensive access to full texts from journals published by Elsevier.

SFK.Online
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Facts database
The Souci-Fachmann-Kraut database contains nutritional data on more than 800 foods with details on over 300 different constituents.
Note: 15 simultaneous accesses are possible. To use the database (on the campus network and via VPN), click on “Login”. Please log out again at the end of your research to enable access.

Springer Link
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Bibliographic database, full text database
Contains literature references, abstracts and some full texts of journals, series, books, protocols, reference works of Springer Publishing, concerning science, technics and medicine.

Statista
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Factual database
Contains statistical data and market and economic data in the fields of agriculture, administration, social issues, etc., provided by Statista GmbH.

Web of Science
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Bibliographic database, citation index
Contains references of international literature on sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities and comprehensive citation analyses, provided by Thomson Reuters Publishing.

wiso-net.de
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Full text database, bibliographic database
Contains references of literature on economics and social sciences, e-books and journals in full text (see source list), as well as company profiles and market data, provided by GBI-Genios Wirtschaftsdatenbank GmbH.