Selected Resources for: Nutrition (general aspects)


Subject Librarian: Amy Hribar
E-Mail: hriba007@umn.edu
Subject Description:This subject covers: information about food ingredients and their effects on the human body.


Abstracts and Indexes

Academic or Scholarly Articles Subject Indexes
AGRICOLA Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service.
Search here to find citations and abstracts for articles from over 600 periodicals, as well as USDA and state experiment station and extension publications, and selected books on agriculture, animal husbandry, animal and human nutrition, forestry, plant pathology, plant science, human ecology, agricultural economics, rural sociology. Basic truncation symbol is the asterisk: *.
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AGRIS Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service.
Strong in agricultural and development economics of developing countries; AGRIS, the International System for the Agricultural Sciences and Technology, is an international bibliographic database. It is produced by the AGRIS Coordinating Centre, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome, Italy, in cooperation with participating countries and international organizations. Basic truncation symbol is the asterisk: *.
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BIOSIS Previews Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service.
Covers the biological and medical sciences, including biochemistry, biophysics, biotechnology, botany, environment, microbiology, and zoology. Provides citations and abstracts to articles, conference papers, technical reports and chapters of books from over 5000 publications. [BIOSIS Previews consists of Biological Abstracts (journal articles) and Biological Abstracts/RRM (reports, reviews, and meetings).] Basic truncation symbols are the dollar sign: $ or the colon: :.

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CAB Abstracts Plus Full Text Select Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service.
CAB Abstracts covers agriculture in its broadest sense, including crop production, forestry, environment, animal health and nutrition, veterinary science, agricultural engineering, biotechnology, soil and water, agricultural economics, recreation and tourism, rural sociology, and human nutrition and health. It provides bibliographic citations with abstracts in English for records of all languages. Indexes journal articles, monographs, conferences, and other primary literature.
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Food Science & Technology Abstracts (FSTA) Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service.
Search here to find citations and abstracts for journal articles, conference papers, technical reports and international patents in food processing, storage, and safety, food additives, food chemistry and properties. Basic truncation symbol is the asterisk: *.
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IBIDS - International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements
IBIDS contains bibliographic records, including abstracts published in international scientific journals on the topic of dietary supplements, including vitamins, minerals, herbal and botanical supplements from the Office of Dietary Supplements at the NIH.
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PubMed - U of M Students, Staff & Faculty Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service.
Primary source of journal article access for the health sciences - the campus version provides full text access to all Medline e-journals subscribed to by the University of Minnesota TC Libraries.
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General Indexes to Magazine, Journal & Newspaper Articles
Academic Search Premier Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service.
This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education.
The world's largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides full text for nearly 4,600 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1975. This database is updated on a daily basis via EBSCOhost.
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Catalogs and Bibliographies

Bibliographies
ADA Evidence Analysis Library Authentication Required
From the American Dietetic Association, a synthesis of the most relevant nutritional research on important dietetic practice questions.
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Catalogs
MNCAT Classic
Search with MNCAT Classic to find books, journals, etc. owned by the library. Search by keyword, subject, title, or author for materials on your topic. MNCAT Classic lacks the faceted searching of MNCAT Plus, but can be easier to use if you already have a good idea of what you're looking for.
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WorldCat Authentication Required
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Covers all subjects. Provides bibliographic citations of books, serials, manuscripts, maps, music scores, sound recordings, films and machine-readable data files published worldwide. Provides holdings information for nearly 30,000 libraries. Producer/Publisher is OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc.

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General Reference Sources

Biographical Sources
American Men & Women of Science
Provides brief factual information on approximately 130,000 living scientists in biology, physical sciences, public health, mathematics, statistics, and computer science. Includes birthdate, education, professional career, and honors received.
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Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Provides authoritative, in-depth biographical articles on deceased scientists from classical antiquity to modern times. Each article includes bibliographies of works by and about the scientist who is the subject of the article. For biographical information on living scientists, check American Men and Women of Science or other sources.
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Dictionaries


International Dictionary of Food & Nutrition

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Directories
Directory of Food and Nutrition Information for Professionals & Consumers
Lists professional organizations and government agencies, food and nutrition programs at colleges and universities, software and databases, journals, magazines and books. 2nd ed.
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Encyclopedias

Foods and Nutrition Encyclopedia
Covers aspects of food, nutrition, and health with historical and interpretive context. Also includes recommended daily allowances and deficiency symptoms of some nutrients
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Nutrition Bible
Essentially an encyclopedia of foods, additives, nutrients and nutritional disorders.
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Handbooks and Manuals

Composition of Foods
This is better known as USDA Handbook No. 8. Standard tables of data on nutritional content of thousands of foods.
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Food Chronology
Year-by-year list of food and nutrition facts from ancient times to the present. Includes detailed index. Origins of many commercial food products.
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Recommended Dietary Allowances
Official National Research Council recommendations for daily intake of most specific nutrients.
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Internet Resources

Gateways & Megasites


Style Manuals and Writing Guides

Bibliography Software
RefWorks: Personal Citation Manager Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service.
RefWorks is a web-based citation manager that allows you to create your own databases of citations by importing references from MNCAT and other databases, and then in seconds automatically generate bibliographies in all major styles (MLA, APA, Turabian, Chicago, etc.).
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Library Information

Primary Subject Location


Books, journals and government publications in agriculture, biological sciences, human ecology, design, housing and apparel, vocational education, applied statistics, food science and nutrition, family social science, rural sociology and agricultural, and applied economics.
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Secondary Subject Location(s)


Health sciences: allied health, dentistry, medicine, mortuary science, nursing, pharmacy, psychiatry and public health.
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Related Pages

Internet Resources for Nutrition