Culinary History and Cookbook Collection at RBSC

Welcome to the subject guide for Culinary History and Cookbooks at Rare Books and Special Collections! To navigate this guide, select one of the tabs on the left.

The guide includes:

• Get Started: Sources for background information to get started
• Find Books: Suggestions to find books in the McGill Library catalogue
• Find Articles: Key secondary source databases
• Find Primary Sources: Databases with digitized primary sources and information about local archival sources
• At McGill: information on searching McGill's archival and print collections

Questions about using the Library? Find out about commonly used services:

Opening & Service Hours

• To find out when each branch is open and when in-person services are available

Borrowing from the McGill Library

• To learn about borrowing basics, your Library account, and more

Interlibrary loan (ILL) information for McGill students, faculty, and staff

• To request items not owned or licensed by McGill Library

Article/chapter scan service

• To request scanned copies of articles or book chapters from McGill's print collection, for delivery via email 

Questions? Ask us!

• Contact the Library via chat, email, or text

See the McGill Library home page for links to details about all available services.