Class Help Page: Biology 493b: Diet & Disease, Spring 2008

Annual Reviews a database of authoritative, analytic reviews in 33 focused disciplines

Cochrane Library full-text reviews of evidence-based health care

MEDLINE via PubMed a primary database for this class [more...]

Entrez Journals Database (use for finding journal names/abbreviations from PubMed searches)

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AGRICOLA indexes human nutrition in the agricultural literature

SciFinder Scholar If you wish to search for chemical information on nutrients and supplements, see Prof. Resetar for help in using this database; restricted access within VU-community.

Especially useful journals

If you already have a journal title, use JournaLocator to determine if VU has a subscription.While the [tips] provide you with general information about journals in the Christopher Center, here are some specific print & electronic titles you may want to browse:

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition RC584 .A5
Annual Review of Nutrition QP141.A1 A64
Journal of Nutrition RM214.J6
Journal of the American Dietetic Association RM214 .A6

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Library of Congress Classification System [tips]
 QP Physiology
 QP 141-185 Nutrition--Physiological aspects
 QP 500-899 Animal biochemistry (Vitamins, lipids, etc.)
 R Medicine
 RA 784 Personal health--Nutrition
 RM 214-259 Diet therapy. Clinical nutrition TX Home economics
 TX 349-560 Food

WorldCat resources available for loan from other libraries worldwide [more...]

Online -- Selected Reference Resources

Print -- Christopher Center Reference, 2nd floor
CRC desk reference for nutrition, 2nd ed. Ref. QP141 .B523 2005
Encyclopedia of human nutrition, 2nd ed. Ref. QP141 .E526 2005
Nutrients A-Z Ref. QP141 .S56 2005

The American Dietetic Association's complete food & nutrition guide, 2nd ed. Ref. RA784 .D89 2002
Nutrition and diagnosis-related care, 4th ed. Ref. RM217.2 .E83 2002
Nutraceuticals: the complete encyclopedia of supplements, herbs, vitamins, and healing foods Ref. RM258.5 .N88 2001
The 5-minute herb and dietary supplement consult Ref. RM666 .M33 F84 2003
PDR for nutritional supplements Ref. RM671 .A1 P482 2001

Oxford book of health foods Ref. TX369 .V38 2003
Bowes & Church's food values of portions commonly used, 18th ed. Ref. TX551 .P385 2005

Biology WWW page http://www.valpo.edu/library/www/bio.html

Dietary guidelines for Americans
http://www.health.gov/dietaryguidelines/dga2005/recommendations.htm

United States Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service
http://www.ers.usda.gov/
 See links to Diet, Health & Safety and Food & Nutrition Assistance
 http://www.ers.usda.gov/Browse/FoodNutritionAssistance/

EAFUS (Everything Added to Food in the United States) -- a food additive database http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/eafus.html

Institute of Medicine. Food and Nutrition Board (provides PDF files of all current dietary reference intakes) http://www.iom.edu/CMS/3708.aspx

Nutrition Source, Harvard School of Public Health, Dept. of Nutrition http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/

Nutrition Analysis Tool http://nat.crgq.com/

Nutrition.gov http://www.nutrition.gov/

United States Department of Agriculture Nutrient Data Laboratory http://fnic.nal.usda.gov/nal_display/index.php?info_center=4&tax_level=1

United States Department of Agriculture Recommended Dietary Intakes http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/etext/000105.html

Google Scholar scholarly literature on the open web; useful in almost every class [more...]

Scirus "the most comprehensive science-specific search engine on the Internet" [more...]

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Scientific style and format: the CSE manual for authors, editors, and publishers T11 .S386 2006

Documenting Sources: CSE Style: Biology and Other Sciences
  http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/p04_c11_o.html

CSE Citation Guide [Name/Year format]   http://library.osu.edu/sites/guides/csegd.php

How to Cite Cochrane Collaboration Products
  http://www.cochrane.org/docs/howtocitecc.htm

Scientific papers and presentations T11 .D324 2005
How to write and publish a scientific paper T11 .D33 2006
A Student Handbook for Writing in Biology QH304 .K64 2002
Writing Papers in the Biological Sciences QH304 .M36 2001
Successful Scientific Writing: a step-by-step guide for the biological and medical sciences R119 .M28 2000

Take a Study Break with these . . .

LaRousse Gastronomique Ref. TX 349 .L365 2001
Cambridge World History of Food Ref. TX353 .C255 2000
Something from the Oven TX649.A1 .S53 2004
Vegetables, from Amaranth to Zucchini Ref. TX801 .S353 2001
Fast Food Nation TX945.3 .S355 2001

Babette's Feast [video] PN1995.9 .F67 B332 1999v
Chocolat [DVD] PN1995.9.C85 C46 2001v
Super Size Me [DVD] RA645 .N87 S87 2004

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