13.11.2014 year students 4 attended the course educational library Odessa National Academy of Food Technologies for an analytical review of literature and periodicals. Research work of students (NDRS) is a mandatory component of the training of highly qualified specialists, capable, creatively, to apply the achievements of scientific, technical and cultural progress in their work. Spending personal time, the student develops such important qualities for the future researcher, as creative thinking, responsibility and the ability to defend one's own point of view. The scientific and research activity of students realized in the complex ensures the solution of such tasks: formation of students' scientific outlook, mastering the methodology and methods of scientific research; providing assistance to them in accelerated mastering of the specialty; development of creative thinking and individual abilities in solving practical tasks; initiative development, ability to apply theoretical knowledge in practical work; involvement of the most capable students in solving scientific problems, which are essential for science and practice; constant updating and improvement of one's knowledge; expansion of the theoretical horizons and scientific erudition of the future specialist, etc. Research work of students should be directed to the development of the system of intellectual creative qualities of the individual: intuition (direct vision of the essence of things without justification); creativity (creative) thinking (the ability to produce new ideas, hypotheses, methods of solving problematic problems); creative imagination (independent creation of new images, which are realized in the original results of activity); divergence of thinking (the ability to propose several approaches to solving a problem and change them, see problems, objects in different angles); originality of thinking (the originality of the qualities of the mind, way of mental activity); associative thinking (the ability to use associations, in t. h. analogies). The unity of educational goals and directions is characteristic of students' research work, scientific and educational work, close interaction of all forms and methods of work, which is implemented in the educational process and in extracurricular time. This ensures their continuous participation in scientific activities during the period of study.