Research Guide: Nutrition Resources

  Library E-Resources

• Access Medicine - Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, and many more titles.

• Encyclopedia of Human Nutrition

• NetLibrary - A diverse collection of E-Books

  Indexes & Library Databases

  OVID Databases :

• Medline - Structured, guided searching. Suggests MeSH headings and subheading topics to refine search.
• Evidence Based Medicine - All EBM Reviews link out from Ovid, most EBM databases are full-text.
• HealthStar - Patient outcomes, effectiveness of programs, products and services.
• Global Health - International in scope, non-western journals.

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• PubMed - An additional recommended search interface for Medline . Search the Clinical Queries to quickly find systematic reviews, etiology, diagnosis, therapy and prognosis. Icons link to Tulane subscriptions .

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• Web of Science- Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index - 1996-present.
  
• MDConsult - Includes a database of texts, online journals, patient education, and guidelines.
  
• International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements IBIDS - A collaboration of NIH and USDA. Searchable database includes MEDLINE, AGRICOLA, AGRIS, CAB Abstracts and CAB Health.

Other subject specific databases:

• AGRICOLA - USDA database on food, nutrition, agriculture, etc .
• CINAHL - Nursing and Allied Health.
• ERIC - Education topics, school nutrition.
• Health Source - Health, medicine and nursing, hard-to-find herbal and nutritional supplements.
• Physical Education Index  - Health and physical fitness, sports medicine.
• SPORTDiscus - Exercise and sports medicine.

Web Resources

• American Dietetic Association
• American Society for Nutrition - The nutrition research society.
• Dietary Supplements NIH - Information from labels of more than 2,000 selected brands of dietary supplements.
• Environmental Health & Toxicology - Enviro-Health Links - Dietary Supplements - An extensive resource from the National Library of Medicine. Specific Herbs, supplements, vitamins and minerals .
• Food Surveys Research Group USDA- monitors and assesses food consumption & eating behavior.  
• Institute of Food Technologists
• National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey NHANES - CDC Statistical information on nutrition and health.
• ScienceDaily - Nutrition research news.

Consumer & Educational information

• Nutrition.gov - a federal gateway to reliable information on nutrition, healthy eating, physical activity, and food safety for consumers.
• MedlinePlus - National Library of Medicine consumer source for nutrition

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