Chocolate

To find books in the MHS Media Center, open Destiny (the online catalog) located on the MHS Media Center Web page. Type in the topic you want to search. If you don't already have a topic, located some lists of books by typing in:

613.2 ENC	*Encyclopedia of Foods: A Guide to Healthy Nutrition.* San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 2002.
641 SOK	Sokolov, Raymond. *Why We Eat What We Eat; How the Encounter Between the New World and the Old Changed the Way Everyone on the Planet Eats.* New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991.
641.3 JOH	Johnson, Sylvia A. *Tomatoes, Potatoes, Corn, and Beans: How the Foods of the Americas Changed Eating Around the World.* New York: Atheneum, 1997.
641.3 LOP	Lopez, Ruth. *Chocolate: The Nature of Indulgence.* New York: Harry Abrams, 2002.
641.3 RIN	Rinzler, Carol Ann. *The New Complete Book of Food: A Nutritional, Medical and Culinary Guide.* New York: Facts on File, 1999.
REF 306.03 COU	*Countries and Their Cultures.* New York: Macmillan, 2001 (4 vols.)
REF 391.4 ENC	*Encyclopedia of Food and Culture.* Edited by Solomon H. Katz. New York: Scribner, 2003 (3 vols.)
REF 641.1 NET	Netzer, Corinne T. *The Corinne T. Netzer Encyclopedia of Food Values.* New York: Dell, 1992.

A Chocolate Timeline
www.cuisinenet.com/digest/ingred/chocolate/timeline.shtml
Cusine Net's Website has lots information on chocolate, including a detailed timeline.

*Search in Google under "chocolate timeline" for other sites with chocolate timelines.

Library of Congress Country Studies
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
Descriptions of the historical settings, social, political and economic systems of various countries of the world are provided on this site.

World Cocoa Foundation
http://www.chocolateandcocoa.org
The World Cocoa Foundation provides information on cocoa research, farming, production of chocolate, and environmental issues relating to chocolate.

     Infotrac -- contains databases of magazine articles, a biography resource, and health and
     business references. Try Reference Center Gold, Expanded Academic ASAP, and Biography
     Resource Center.

bigchalk eLibrary -- online reference center including books, magazines, newspapers,
pictures, maps and TV transcripts.

Massachusetts Newsstand -- newspaper articles from the Boston Globe (1980 - current),
Boston Herald (1991 - current), and ten other Massachusetts Newspapers.

     Grolier Online -- 2 electronic encyclopedias-- New Book of Knowledge and Grolier Multimedia
     Encyclopedia. Articles in these encyclopedias link you to other articles and also to relevant Web
     sites where you can find more information on your topic.

These databases are also available from home. You can gain access to these resources from home by going to the Answers...To Go! web page made available from the Northeast Massachusetts Regional Library System:

and enter your public library card number (from Methuen or any MVLC member
library) where you are prompted for a patron or user number.