FSTA® is the food science resource,
an intelligence service constantly monitoring research and
developments in the areas of food science, food technology and
nutrition, from farm to fork and beyond.
FSTA features
Database type
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Bibliographic
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Record type
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Indexed abstracts with full text links where available*
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Number of records
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1,000,000+
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Update frequency
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Updated weekly
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Coverage dates
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1969-present
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Coverage
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- Comprehensive world-wide monitoring and coverage of relevant
scientific and technological literature relating to food, drink and
nutrition.
- 1000+ journals currently covered with
historical coverage of 4000+ journals. More information.
- Other content coverage includes patents**, standards**, books,
reviews, conference proceedings and reports.
- Monitoring content sources in 29 languages.
- Informative abstracts created by IFIS' expert scientists from
carefully selected sources.
- Sources constantly reviewed to ensure on-going relevancy and
focus.
- FSTA covers topics relating to every aspect of the food and
nutrition including all major food and drink commodities and
related life and pure sciences plus food products, food processing,
food safety, food spoilage, biotechnology, and pet foods.
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Thesaurus
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- Produced by IFIS' expert scientists.
- Over 10,700 terms including wide-ranging relational and
associative subject hierarchies plus synonyms, facilitating
information retrieval.
- Continuously updated with new terms to reflect the latest
concepts. Produced by IFIS' team of experts with extensive
knowledge in the fields of food science and technology, nutrition,
biology, plant science, biotechnology, biochemistry, chemistry and
microbiology, as applied to food and drink.
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Access options
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FSTA can be accessed directly from
IFIS as a datafeed or through a number of partners:
- EBSCOHost
- OvidSP
- ProQuest Dialog
- STN
- Web of Knowledge
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For more information please contact us.
* Access to full text dependent on platform and subscription held
by user's organisation.
** Patents and standards coverage includes European patents (EPO),
World patents (WIPO, covering 104 countries), International
standards (ISO) and Codex standards.
