FSTA - 20

FSTA - 20

SUBJECT COVERAGE

All human food and drink commodities, and all aspects of food science, terminology, processing and human nutrition, including:

Composition and properties of food, food analysis
Food handling and transport, storage and packing
Food engineering and processing, quality control, biotechnology
Management of processes and plants, economics
Food quality and safety, hygiene, public health and nutrition
Sensory analysis and consumer research.

DATABASE DESCRIPTION

The Food Science and Technology Abstracts (FSTA) database corresponds to the printed journal of the same name. It covers the entire field of food science and technology.

DATABASE PRODUCER
International Food Information Service
IFIS Publishing
Lane End House, Shinfield
Reading RG2 9BB
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 1189 883895
Fax: +44 (0) 1189 885065
Email: IFIS@IFIS.ORG SOURCES

Publications scanned for FSTA include:

More than 1,800 journals published in more than 80 countries
Patents from 8 individual countries plus PCT and European Patent Office patents
Books and thesis
Conference proceedings
Standards and legislation
Scientific abstracts
Abstracts of full text market research reports.

AVAILABILITY ON GEM

Time Span:	1969 to present
Database Size:	Approximately 595,370 references
Database Update:	Weekly, approximately 20,000 references per year

The FSTA database is available on the GEM Web site www.einsgem.org through the gateway to FIZ-Karslruhe.

ACCESSING THE DATABASE
To access FSTA with a Begin command in Command Search you can use the database number or database name, ie:
B 20
B FSTA
OUTPUT FORMATS

You may totally or partially display references using the following formats:

Format	Abbr.	Display
Scan	S	Titles
Reference	R	Titles, Authors, Corporate Source, Bibliographic (Source) Details
All	A	Complete reference

Notes:
(1) The format MUST always be abbreviated, eg to display references 3-5 in scan format for set 4 type:
T 4/S/3-5
(2) Not all fields shown in the All format can be searched and expanded, some fields can only be displayed.

FURTHER INFORMATION ON FSTA

More detailed information on searching FSTA, including a sample reference, access codes and limit options can be found on the FSTA Infosheet. If you subscribe to GEM Documentation this is available free of charge. If you do not subscribe to GEM Documentation this is available at a cost, for which we will invoice you. For details of the costs please see your National Centre’s Price List.

See the FSTA Infosheet for detailed information.

NB: You will be charged for this if you do not subscribe to GEM Documentation.

GENERAL INFORMATION

For information on basic search commands, eg Expand, Select, Limit, Zoom, refer to your GEM Quick Reference Guide.

The SDI Alert service is available. Results are sent to an email address.

Document ordering is available.

HELP

For more detailed help refer to your National Centre.

Last update: March 2002