Nutrition and Food Management
This is a general research guide for the undergraduate and graduate courses in OSU's Nutrition and Food Management program. You'll find suggestions for locating books, articles, topical overviews, research tools, and factual information. If further assistance is needed, please contact the subject librarian for Nutrition and Food Management: Alison Bobal , ph# 737-7274, alison.bobal@oregonstate.edu
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Finding Books
OSU Libraries Online Catalog: OSU Libraries Online Catalog is the primary finding tool for locating books, journals, conference proceedings, government documents and reports in the library. You can search by author, title, and subject. Keyword searching is also available, as are other searches, such as call number, government document number (SuDoc and OrDoc), and ISSN/ISBN.
Summit (Orbis): OSU is part of Summit, a combined online catalog for many academic libraries in Washington and Oregon. Links from the OSU Libraries Online Catalog allow you to duplicate a search in Summit, and if the item is available at another library, you can request it and it will be delivered within three days to The Valley Library Circulation desk.
WorldCat: Index to over 30 million records cataloged by most North American and European libraries. Materials indexed include books, journals, conferences, films, videos, recordings, musical scores, computer software, maps and manuscripts. Materials date back to the 11th century.
Finding Journal Articles
Journal indexes: To find individual articles in journals, you will typically use periodical indexes/databases which can either be in printed form or online. Most indexes allow you to search by author or title of the article, as well as subject or topic. Many online indexes also allow you to search the article citation and abstract with a keyword or free text search.
Locating journals: With the exception of journals that are full-text online, you will need to locate the actual journal to read the article. You can search the OSU Libraries Catalog for the Journal Title (name of the journal) to determine if we own the journal. If not, you can get copies of journal articles through our Interlibrary Loan service at: http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/ill/.
Electronic Journals: Search or browse the E-Journal list to see if a journal is available online.
For a complete listing of electronic databases see The Valley Library Alphabetical List of Research Databases.
Basic searching
- Health Source - Available as an academic or a consumer edition. Provides full text for nearly 550 health periodicals, including almost 450 peer-reviewed journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Also includes over 1,000 health pamphlets and over 130 health reference books. Coverage is from 1975-present.
Comprehensive searching
- AGRICOLA - A comprehensive index covering all areas of agriculture including biological, economic, environmental and sociological issues related to agriculture. Coverage is from 1970- present.
- Biological Abstracts/BIOSIS - Contains information on all aspects of biology, including biochemistry, endocrinology, genetics, microbiology, molecular and cellular biology, and physiology. This databases indexes over 6,000 serials published in over 90 countries, as well as monographs, published theses, literature reviews, symposia, conference proceedings, bibliographies, institutional or governmental reports and scientific book reviews. Coverage is from 1990-present.
- Business Source Premier - Provides full-text from over 1,100 peer-reviewed journals covering business, management, economics, banking, finance and accounting. In addition to the full-text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for nearly 8,200 journals. Coverage is from 1965-present.
- CAB Abstracts - This database includes abstracts from a wide variety of international agricultural literature. Areas covered include: food composition and safety, animal nutrition; crop science; horticulture; human nutrition; and rural development. Coverage is from 1973-present.
- ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) - This government information source indexes educational related research reports and journals. Includes materials on the topics of general home economics, nutrition education, poverty, hunger, school lunch and other government food programs, as well as a number of nutritional studies. Coverage is from 1966 - present.
- Food Science and Technology Abstracts (FSTA) - Includes citations and abstracts of journal articles, research papers, conference proceedings and other materials in all areas of food science, including food engineering, microbiology, packaging, technology and toxicology. Citations to materials on food laws, regulations and patents are also included. Coverage is from 1969-present.
- MEDLINE - NLM's biomedical bibliographic database of over 15 million citations. Contains information related to clinical and experimental medicine; health care administration; microbiology; nursing; pathology; pharmacology; physiology; reproductive biology; psychology; toxicology; and veterinary medicine. Coverage is from 1950-present.
- Science Citation Index - A comprehensive index of citation from science and engineering journals. Subject searching is limited to keywords from article titles. Citations from over 3000 major journals covering about 100 scientific disciplines. (1996-present) online / (1985-1995) - only on Valley CD network / (1955-1991) - print, Ref Z7402.S35.
- Social Sciences Citation Index - Provides in-depth, multidisciplinary coverage of the social sciences. Search indexes include cited author, subject and corporate entries. (1999-present) online / (1969 - 1996) - print, Ref H1 .S62.
Other Useful Internet Sites
- Food Surveys/Food and Nutrition Center Topic Page
- Nutrition.Gov - This federal resource provides easy access to all online federal government information on nutrition. This resource makes obtaining government information on nutrition, healthy eating, physical activity, and food safety, easily accessible in one place.
- Oregon State University - Food Resources Page - This page is the creation of Professor ZoAnne Holmes. The site consists of images, links and citations to articles on food-, health- and nutrition-related information and knowledge. Additionally, links to "instruction" in food-related knowledge are available.
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration Nutrient Data Laboratory
- Public Health Office of Minority Health - Statistics and Data
Other Useful Subject Research Guides
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