Nutrition
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Article Databases
- Science Citation Index
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Article Publisher Databases
- Elsevier
Reference Encyclopedia and Handbook Databases
- McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology
- includes: Annual review of nutrition; Annual review of physiology
- includes: Nutrition and well-being a to z; Weight in America: obesity, eating disorders, and other health risks
- incudes: A dictionary of food and nutrition; Food and fitness : a dictionary of diet and exercise; Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America
Periodicals
Nutrition Periodicals Reading Room
Browse a list of Diet and Clinical Nutrition periodicals in the Library Collection.
Books, Encyclopedias, and Links
Encyclopedias and Links
- CRC desk reference for nutrition. (ebook) Boca Raton, FL : CRC/Taylor & Francis, 2011
- The Cambridge world history of food. (ebook) New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000 2 vols.
- Dietary guidelines for Americans, 2010. The US Department of Health Guidelines are updated every 5 years.
- Dietary reference intakes. USDA National Agricultural Library. Interactive tool. Also in print (Ref 641.1 Ot8).
- Encyclopedia of Human Nutrition. (Ref 641.103 Sa15) 3 vols. San Diego: Academic, 1999.
- Encyclopedia of Vitamins, Minerals and Supplements. (Ref 641.18 N227) New York, Facts on File, 2004.
- Nutritional ergogenic aids. (Ref 641.1 W834) Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2004.
- Nutrient Data Laboratory - Searchable database that allows you to find nutritive values for food. You can also look up specific topics, such as Vitamin K, Sugar, Oxalic Acid Content of Selected Vegetables, and more. From the United States Department of Agriculture.
- Nutrition.Gov - government information on food and human nutrition.
- Oxford Companion to Food. (Ref 641.03 D281) Oxford: Oxford University, 1999.
- Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America. (Ref 641.03 Sm51) 2 vols. Oxford: Oxford University, 2004.
Style Guides for Citing Sources
Biology publications follow a few basic citation styles, all of which are described in the CSE manual below. If your instructor does not recommend following the style of a specific journal, use the CSE manual and choose one of the basic styles, which are based on APA, Chicago or NLM.
- Scientific style and format: the CSE manual for authors, editors, and publishers. (Ref 808.0665 C832) Reston, VA: Council of Science Editors in cooperation with the Rockefeller University Press, 2006.
- The Library's APA Style Guide provides a summary, or the 6th edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association is available in the Reference Room (Ref 150.149 Am35b). APA has a separate Style Guide to Electronic Resources.
- The Chicago Manual of Style (16th edition) is available in the Reference Room (Ref 808.02 Un3e). You can also visit the Quick Guide from the Chicago Manual publishers.
- AMA manual of style : a guide for authors and editors. (American Medical Association). (Ref 808.0666 Am35) Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2007
- Citing medicine: the NLM style guide for authors, editors, and publishers [Internet]. 2nd ed. Bethesda (MD): National Library of Medicine (US); 2007
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