Library: Biology: Nutrition

Encyclopedias and Handbooks

Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
ISBN: 9781410317391
Publication Date: 2015
Introductory articles on most nutrition topics, though you may have to search using more general words.

Other Secondary / Background Sources

EBSCO eBook Collections
You can search within just the Home Economics, Health, and Medicine subjects. You may also need to search by more general terms, such as 'dietary oils'

Nutrition in Clinical Practice by David L. Katz; Rachel S. C. Friedman; Sean C. Lucan
ISBN: 9781451186642
Publication Date: 2014-09-19

Research and Consumer Health Articles

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Good coverage of nutrition research articles, as well as patient education periodicals.
If your search results have too many highly detailed research articles, search for review articles.

Example Search in Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine

Pick a key word from the research question.

Example Searches in Health Source

Combine key words for different concepts with AND

- supplement* (asterisk) retrieves supplementation as well as supplements
- Searching in the Title field so that the retrieved articles are focused on your topic.
- Quotation marks retrieves the two words in the given order (phrase)

Searching for Review articles on fructose, one of the controversial dietary sugars.

Biology: Nutrition

Encyclopedias and Handbooks

Other Secondary / Background Sources

Research and Consumer Health Articles

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