Collection Development and Strategies Department
February 2025
You can use databases to easily find organized collections of articles, journals, news, streaming videos, primary sources, data, and more!
Here’s one of our favorite recipe databases.
What’s in it?
AtoZ World Foods is a database of recipes, cuisine, and food culture. It provides recipes from countries around the world, ingredient information, and videos and articles on cooking techniques and food preparation. Users can search by recipe type, country of origin, and ingredient, as well as investigate the “pantry” items most commonly found in recipes for each country.
Why should you use it?
Feeling like you’re in a rut with coming up with new meals? Tired of eating the same thing every day? Trying to branch out and explore new foods from around the world? Then this database is for you!
Who should use it?
This database is a useful tool for all Auraria Library users, from brand-new cooks to culinary artists trying to develop new recipes and flavors.
Why use a database?
When you use a specific database, rather than a search engine or discovery tool, you often can find more relevant sources. For example, subject databases include sources about that subject only, rather than a general search engine or discovery tool that includes information about everything. This way you don’t have to wade through thousands of irrelevant results!
Want more databases?
Browse or search our Databases List.
If you have questions about this database or others, please see our Ask Us page.