Subject Guide: Nutrition
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Databases
Academic
Search Premier - This is a good place to begin research
on any subject. Provides full text for more than 3,460 scholarly publications
covering a number of academic areas.
Health
& Wellness Resource Center - Instant access to carefully compiled
and trusted medical reference resources such as Gale Encyclopedia of
Medicine, Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence, and PDR Family
Guide to Health and Nutrition. Key health web sites are also listed
here, as well as 2,200 general interest health publications, and over
400 health and medical journals. Reliable information can be found by
searching under latest news, subject, or key words.
Health
Reference Center: Academic - A full service resource for people
needing health related research. It provides an integrated collection
of general interest health and fitness magazines, medical and professional
periodicals, reference books and pamphlets. Records are available in
a combination of indexing, abstracts or full-text formats. Topics included
in the collection include information about alcoholism, AIDS, fitness,
psychology, cancer, pediatrics, and much more.
MEDLINE
- Provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry,
veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences,
and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE
allows users to search abstracts for over 4,000 current biomedical journals.
STAT!Ref
- An electronic medical library that enables users to cross-search more
than 35 medical resources such as Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment,
Mosby's Drug Consult®, the Griffith 5 Minute Clinical Consult, and
more.
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Internet Sites
Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, (CDC) - recognized as the lead federal
agency for protecting the health and safety of people,
providing credible information to enhance health decisions, and promoting
health through strong partnerships.
Hardin Meta
Directory of Internet Health Resources - links to health related
sites.
Health Web - guide to Internet
resource in health and medicine.
Land of Medical
Links - medical health sites, research tools, news and more.
MedWeb
- directory of biomedical information on the net.
MyPyramid: http://www.pyramid.gov- USDA site offers users the chance
to see how the food pyramid would work best for them.
National Guideline
Clearinghouse
- An Internet based comprehensive database of evidence-based clinical
practice guidelines and related materials that have been submitted
by
167 health care organizations, associations, medical societies and
Federal agencies.
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Books and Journals
Books may be found using the library's online
catalog. In the library, you can find books according to their classification
number.
If you need help ask any of the librarians, technical staff or student
assistant to assist you.
Library of Congress (LC) classifications for nutrition related books
are:
QP
RA
RC
RM
TX
Online
full-text journals are available. These journals are arranged by
title.
Also, the library subscribes to periodicals
in paper copy or microfiche. They are shelved or filed in alphabetical
order according to title.
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