Nutrition Research Tools

Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library

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For background and book information use:

Eccles Library Catalog: Find what Eccles Library owns in electronic and print (along with Utah Health Sciences Library Consortium (UHSLC) libraries.)
Marriott Library Catalog: Find what Marriott Library and Quinney Law Library own.
eBooks
- Access Medicine includes fulltext to books such as "The Metabolic and Molecular Basis of Disease, MMBID."
- Stat!Ref: provides access to electronic textbooks
LocatorPlus - NLM's Catalog: a record of materials owned by the National Library of Medicine
WorldCat: Find items in libraries near you. Free version.

Find articles:

PubMed MEDLINE - a primary source for journal citations in the health sciences
AGRICOLA - a bibliographic database consisting of literature citations for journal articles, monographs, proceedings, theses, patents, translations, audiovisual materials, computer software, and technical reports pertaining to all aspects of agriculture
Biological Sciences Collection - covers literature on biology and applied life sciences from thousands of journals. From CSA.
Biosis Previews via Web of Science
CINAHL with EBSCOhost; a source for nursing and allied health literature
Cochrane Library - a database of evidence-based systematic reviews
Natural Standard
Nutrition Abstracts and Reviews - includes international coverage of analytical methods, foods, physiology and biochemistry, human health and nutrition, nutritional disorders and therapeutic nutrition

Selected Online Journals

Annual Reviews in Nutrition
British Journal of Nutrition
Journal of Agricultural & Food Chemistry
Journal of Nutrition
Nutrition Bulletin
Nutrition in Clinical Care
Obesity Reviews

Find statistics:

CDC Data & Statistics
National Center for Health Statistics - the Federal Government's principal vital and health statistics agency.
U.S. Census Bureau

A few good websites:

Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion - is the focal point within USDA where scientific research is linked with the nutritional needs of the American public
Evidence-based Health Care
Food and Nutrition Information Center - collects and disseminates information about food and human nutrition from USDA
MedlinePlus
NIH Office of Dietary Supplements: IBIDS database - a database of published, international, scientific literature on dietary supplements, including vitamins, minerals, and botanicals
Nutrition.gov - a portal to online federal government information on nutrition

Helpful tutorials:

PubMed MEDLINE Tutorial

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PubMed Tutorial Reviews process for searching PubMed to find the evidence to support clinical decision making. Produced by an Interdisciplinary Team of faculty at the University of Utah Health Sciences Center.

Who Named It? is a biographical dictionary of medical eponyms.

Use Skype to Connect with Colleagues

LibraryThing.com Tag and keep track of your favorite books.

DynaMed is an evidence-based clinical reference tool for use at the 'point-of-care'. Available in PDA.

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