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Library Resources for NTR 302

Important Links on the Library Home Page:

• Databases: guides to which articles have been published on your topic
• Journal Finder: guide to which journals we own in print and online
• Ask Us (sidebar): info for contacting the library for help

If you need journal articles

1. Search a database (from the library home page choose Databases > Nutrition)
2. When you have a reference for an article, type the name of the journal into Journal Finder to see if we have a subscription
3. In a Journal Finder result, click the computer icon to see which years our subscription includes. Compare these dates to the article reference you've found - will our subscription include the dates you need? If so, hit the hyperlinked journal title to get into the online journal

Databases Useful for This Course:

Most databases offers similar search features. But many databases index (describe) different journals. Which database is best for your search depends on your topic and which search features you need.

Academic Search Premier - Guide to journal articles in health, sciences, social sciences, humanities, 1980 - present. ALSO uses the EBSCOhost search system, so these directions are very similar to the directions for searching CINAHL. This database has limits for Scholarly/peer reviewed journals and publication dates, but no limit for research articles.

1. Type your topic, such as: vending machines in schools
2. “Refine Search” to get fewer results: Scholarly (peer reviewed) journals
3. Hit Search button

• Does the author describe the population s/he studied, how the data were gathered and analyzed, etc? This is probably a primary report of research.
• Or does the author talk about the topic in a general way, with no discussion of research methods? This is probably a review article.

• Look under the citation
• PDF full text or HTML full text = the whole article
• Check for full text = will tell you if the library subscribes to the journal

PubMed (MedLine) - Leading guide to medical, biomedical, nutrition, and public health journal articles published early 1950s - present. Made freely available by the National Library of Medicine. The PubMed search system includes Medline, OldMedline, and more.

1. Type topic, such as: school vending machines
2. Limits tab: set language to English
3. Hit Go

Author, I. Author, I. Author, I.
Abbreviated J Title. Year; Vol (Issue): pp – pp

Each citation (list of publication details) begins with a hyperlink. Hit it to read the abstract (paragraph describing the article).

1. Mouse over the journal abbreviation to see the full journal title
2. Open another tab or window the library home page
3. Search for the journal name in Journal Finder

CINAHL - Guide to articles published in nursing, nutrition, and public health journals, 1937-present. Uses the EBSCOhost search system, so searching and getting full text work much like Academic Search Premier and ERIC. Much of the content concerns nursign but the search limits are great for nutrition, including:

• Peer reviewed articles
• Research articles
• Articles published within a certain date range

There are OTHER databases that might suit your topic best! Read the descriptions of other databases recommended for nutrition on the Nutrition Databases page.

Lea Leininger
Public Health Librarian