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Food Science & Human Nutrition
Online Reference Books

A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition (Oxford Reference Online)
A good and accessible resource for understanding food terms designed to be of use to researchers of food science and nutrition as well as to consumers who want to know what food product labels mean.

Encyclopedia of Life Sciences
Provides a wealth of full-text articles in the life sciences, including biochemistry, cell biology, developmental biology, ecology, and microbiology. Includes articles that will appeal to undergraduates and introductory researchers as well as articles written for advanced researchers.

FAO Glossary of Biotechnology for Food and Agriculture
Provides a comprehensive and accessible list of terms and acronyms that are used frequently in biotechnology for food and agriculture. The entries should be useful for researchers, students and technicians.

Food and Fitness: A Dictionary of Diet and Exercise (Oxford Reference Online)
A readable and accessible resource that covers basic information on diet and fitness.

Online Biology Book
(Estrella Mountain Community College, Az.) A collection of modified lecture outlines for college-level introductory biology. Includes well-illustrated sections on plant and animal biology.

The Prokaryotes
and EcoSal [E. coli / Salmonella) Electronic resources for the microbiological community but of interest to food scientists.

The Royal Society of Medicine Health Encyclopedia
(xreferplus) Contains information on health and nutrition as well as basic medical information.