Explore Topic Ideas
Before you begin your research you must choose a topic. You can identify areas of interest by doing some initial exploration, then refine your topic prior to searching. Some useful resources to help you think about possible research topics include:
- Issues & Controversies This link opens in a new window Featuring a dynamic design and a wealth of features, Issues & Controversies helps researchers understand today's crucial issues by exploring hundreds of hot topics in politics, government, business, society, education, and popular culture. Issues and Controversies provides up-to-date, in-depth and objective information on prominent and hotly debated issues. It combines objective analysis with clear explanations of opposing points of view. Chronologies, illustrations, maps, tables, sidebars, bibliographies and contact information augment the balanced, accurate coverage of current and historical events.
Hint! Browse topics related to food and nutrition by scrolling down the homepage to "All Issues by Subject" and selecting "Health, Medicine, and Nutrition". On the following page you will see a list of associated topics, some of which include "genetically modified food," "junk food," "nutrition and diet," and "organic food," among others. Select any of these to be directed to a page with background information and resources on the topic.
- Credo Reference This link opens in a new window Credo Reference is a general knowledge database providing articles, images, charts, maps and other materials on thousands of topics. With 750+ searchable, full-text titles, Credo Reference places particular emphasis on subject encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, and reference handbooks. Also included are more than 1,100 short reference videos, more than 475,000 high-resolution art images, photographs, and maps across all subject areas.
Hint! Not sure where to start? Consider browsing the resources under "Human nutrition" in the "Health & Medicine" box on the homepage.
Example Topics
- Global Food Cultures
- Traditional Diets vs. the Modern Western Diet
- Impact of Marketing on Food Choices
- Food Labels
- Increasing Popularity of Processed Foods
- Industrialization of Food and its Impact on the Environment and Us