Professional Cookery
The Library and Learning Centres provide a wide range of resources and this guide highlights those which are relevant to your course.
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Online resources
These resources are available on and off campus. If asked, select UK Federation login, Home Institution and/or Shibboleth, enter New College Lanarkshire then log on to the resources using your college username and password.
ClickView
This is a video collection of over 19,000 titles including current TV recordings.
Articles, statistics, personal accounts and links to websites on a wide range of topics.
To access the Complete Issues site, click the link above. You will then be taken to the Moodle Home screen –click on the top right-hand corner of the page to log in with your college email and password. A page will then be displayed which contains a link to click to access Complete Issues, and below the link the Username and Password required to access the site are also displayed.
Gale News, Business and Reference
Access to a large range of online reference materials for including journals, newspaper archives and e-books.
A range of databases from the National Library of Scotland. They cover many subject areas and include e-books, newspapers, journals, audio-visual resources and images. You need to register on the website to gain access to the resources.
Expert authors combine facts, analysis, new insights, and enthusiasm to offer concise and original introductions to a wide range of subjects.
Useful websites and Open Access resources
Useful cooking techniques, recipes, food news and consumer information.
CCF Project: Vocational Resource Bank
Website offering a collection of videos and other resources covering many subjects.
Website for an independent government department who are responsible for food safety and hygiene throughout the UK, providing information on industry policies, research and latest news.
Information and advice on health and safety in the workplace for the catering and hospitality industries.
Scotland Food & Drink is the industry leadership organisation tasked with driving responsible growth for the sector and building Scotland’s global reputation as a Land of Food and Drink.
UK Hospitality
Website for the leading representative organisation in the hospitality industry, representing hotels, restaurants and food service providers. Website features news, facts & policy information.
Click here for more free online resources.
Books and Electronic books (e-books)
Most of the print books for your course will be found in Food and Drink (shelf mark 641 and above) section of the LLC.
All books on Professional Cookery can be found on the LLC catalogue.
Click here for a guide to using the Library Catalogue.
The LLC also has a range of ‘English for speakers of other languages (ESOL)’ books, as well as a selection of fiction books.
E-books for Professional Cookery can be found on the catalogue or through our providers Ebook Central, VLe Books and E-books for Further Education.
Further e-books are available through the ‘Useful websites and Open Access resources’ section above.
Below are just a few of our most popular e-books – click on the title or image to access the book. If asked, select UK Federation login, Home Institution and/or Shibboleth, enter New College Lanarkshire then log on to the resources using your college username and password.
Patisserie by Leonard. J. Hanneman
Food and Beverage Service, 10th Edition by John Cousins and Suzanne Weekes
The Theory of Hospitality and Catering by David Foskett et al.
Journals
Journals provide up-to-date information about a subject. In addition to the print titles we hold, we have access to many online titles on Gale News, Business and Reference and Emerald Insight.
Further journals are also available through the ‘Useful websites and Open Access resources’ section above.
Accessibility
Our campus libraries have lots of resources to assist you with your accessibility needs – click here to learn more.
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