You will research, analyze, and evaluate articles for class lecture topics. The articles must be relevant and current with industry trends. You will also develop marketing and merchandising tools to bring a professional product to the retail/wholesale market where you will produce, display, and "sell" this product at a class food show.
The Madigan Library Discovery catalog includes the largest network of content and services. Includes articles, books, eBooks, videos, and digital items.
Use the above tabbed keywords/phrases to search for information. When searching WorldCat, the Library Catalog, you may have to search using a broad keyword or topic. We may not have a book on a specific (narrow) subject such as “key lime pies”, so search “pies” or “pastry”. Narrower topics can be used when searching for articles in the subject specific Hospitality & Culinary Arts databases.
Search for your product, e.g., bite$ AND desserts (the $ = bite, bites, bite size, bite-size), also search pastry, cookies, muffins, etc.
Search “food equipment” or “baking AND equipment” Note: If the item is an e-book, click the url for access.
Search for purveyor or vendor or supplier or other related terms along with food or restaurant or other related terms.
Search “employees AND rating” as a subject
Search “hospitality AND training” or “foodservice management”
Search “employee motivation” as a subject
Search “conflict resolution” or “conflict management”
Recommended keywords and search terms to use:
bakery trends bakery techniques marketing and merchandising techniques retail bakery
performance appraisals and evaluations baking equipment bakery services breads pastry desserts
recipe standardization, conversion, costing team building strategies bakery technologies
Think about and consider how many different keywords (broad and narrow, directly and indirectly related) you can use to search for information about your topic.
Here is an example of a word cloud of varied keywords and terms to consider for the topic coffee. This example offers a myriad of ways to think about, describe, and search for this topic.
Apply this technique to your search strategy to inspire directly-related and indirectly-related words and phrases to find more extensive information..