Information Sources in NUTRITION
Use tomCat (the U of M Library catalog).
- For subject searches, use Library of Congress Subject Headings such as vitamins or nutrition disorders.
(LC Subject Headings volumes are available in Reference.)
- Also try searching by keywords such as women nutrition.
(Leave out words like in, of, on, and the; AND is assumed between words).
- To find video tapes, use "videorecording" as a keyword ;e.g., nutrition videorecording .
- Copy the call number from the catalog record to find the book. (See How to Find Books.)
Use an electronic database.
These are recommended. Other periodical databases are listed on
Periodical Index Databases by Academic Area. See also How to Find Periodical Articles
- AGRICOLA (AGRICultural On Line Access)
A government-sponsored database for articles in periodicals and books related to agriculture and allied disciplines.
- CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health, 1982- ) [web access*]
Covers nursing, allied health, biomedical and consumer health journals, publications of the American Nursing Association, and the National League for Nursing.
- ERIC (education journals, documents, 1966-) [web access*]
- Expanded Academic Index (magazines, journals, NYTimes/some full text, 1980-) [web access*]
- General Science Abstracts (science journals, 1984-)[web access*]
- Health and Wellness Resource Center (full text articles, dates of coverage not available ) [web access*]
Indexes not only articles in about 400 periodicals but also articles from medical reference works and Internet links. [Source title list]
- Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe [web access*]
Provides full text of many magazines and newspapers, including The Commercial Appeal since 1990.
- Medline ( medicine and health journals, books, 1966-) [web access*]
- PsycFIRST (Current year + preceding three) [web access*]
FirstSearch version of the last 3 years of PsycINFO.
- PsycINFO (1887 - ) [web access*]
Provides citations and abstracts to articles in over 1,300 journals, plus books and book chapters, and dissertations. Includes thesaurus of subject headings.
- Social Sciences Abstracts (social sciences journals, 1983-) [web access*]
- UnCover [web access*]
Uncover is now part of Ingenta. When you get to Ingenta, click on Uncover Plus to browse the publication list or search tables of contents to over 17,000 periodicals; period of coverage varies. Provides document delivery service.
*WEB ACCESS: Restricted to faculty, staff and students at the University of Memphis. You must be connected to the web through the U of M network. If using another ISP, you must set up a proxy with your U of M account.
Use a printed index, abstract or bibliography :
- Biological Abstracts (1929-)[Ref Abstract Shelves]
Use BA to find citations and abstracts from journals focusing on traditional life sciences (botany, ecology, zoology). It also covers journals relating to biochemistry, biomedicine, biotechnology and related areas (instrumentation, methods, etc.).
- Biological and Agricultural Index (1962-) [Ref Index Table 9]
- The Contemporary and Historical Literature of Food Science and Human Nutrition [Ref TX357.C564 1995]
- Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature (1956-) [Ref Index Table 12]
- General Science Index (1979-) [Ref Index Table 9]
- Hospital Literature Index (1975-) [Ref Abstract Shelves]
- Index Medicus [1960-93 on Ref Abstract Shelves ; 1994- on Ref Index Table 12]
- Nutrition Abstracts & Reviews (1986-) [Ref Abstract Shelves]
- Psychological Abstracts (1927-) [Ref Abstract Shelves]
- Science Citation Index [Older volumes on Ref Abstract Shelves; New volumes on Ref Index Table 12]
- Social Sciences Index (1965-96) [Ref Index Table 2]
- American Drug Index [Ref RS355.A48 2001]
- Dietician's Patient Education Manual. 2 vols. [Ref RM217.2.D5 1991]
- Drug Evaluations Annual [Ref RM300.A553]
- Encyclopedia of Herbs and Their Uses [Ref SB351.H5B645 1995]
- Encyclopedia of Human Biology [Ref QP11.E53]
- Encyclopedia of Human Nutrition (3 vols.) [Ref QP141.E526 1999]
- The Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine (4 vols.) [Ref R733.G34 2001]
- A Guide to the Medicinal Plants of the United States [Ref RS81.K76 1973]
- HACCP for Food Service: Recipe Manual & Guide [Ref TX537.L38 1998]
- Handbook of Vitamins and Hormones [Ref RM259.K88]
- McGraw-Hill Nursing Dictionary [Ref RT21.M33]
- The Merck Manual [Ref RC55.M4]
- Mosby's Medical, Nursing & Allied Health Dictionary [Ref R121.M89]
- Mosby's Nursing Drug Reference [Ref RM138.S59]
- Nutrition Support Policies, Procedures, Forms and Formulas [Ref RM217.2.S54 1995]
- Physician's Desk Reference [Reference Desk]
- Physician's Desk Reference for Non-Prescription Drugs [Ref RM671.A1P44]
- Wiley Encyclopedia of Food Science and Technology, 2nd ed. (4 vols.) [Ref TP368.2.E62 2000]
The Government Publications Department, on the first floor of McWherter Library, is a designated depository library for the United States Government and for Tennessee Government. Valuable information produced by agencies such as the Department of Health are available here. Staff in the department will assist you in finding and using these resources. You can also get information through their web page at http://exlibris.memphis.edu/govpubs/unclesam.htm . Examples of government sites:
Most terminals in McWherter Library allow you to access Netscape. You may want to explore web sites using various search engines or, if you have them, specific URLs. [See Robert Harris's Internet Search Tips and Strategies ] The web sites listed below are examples of the various types of information available via Internet.
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