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For questions regarding the selection of materials for the collection, reference assistance, or to arrange a library instruction class please contact .
Looking for articles? The best place to start looking for articles is in one of the Libraries' databases.
What is a database? A database is an organized collection of information (which includes journal, magazine and newspaper articles) that is in an electronic format. Below are some recommended databases to start with if you need to find articles for a research paper. These databases are only a few of the numerous databases the University Library makes available to you. To access these or any other databases, go to http://www.lib.ua.edu/databases/ and go to the appropriate letter for the name of the database, OR go to the Subject Listing for Nutrition & Health.
CINAHL Plus with Full Text provides authoritative coverage for over 3000 journals from the fields of nursing and allied health. CINAHL Plus with Full Text covers nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines. In addition, this database offers access to health care books, nursing dissertations, selected conference proceedings, standards of practice, educational software, audiovisuals and book chapters, as well as Evidence-Based Care Sheet.
Special features of CINAHL Plus
- Can limit to age groups (Aged, 65+ years, Aged, 80 and over, etc.)
- “Nutrition” as a Specific Interest limit
- Can limit to peer review
Health Source: Nursing/Academic provides over 520 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Also featured are abstracts and indexing for over 560 journals. This product offering also includes USP Pharmacopoeia DI: Volume II Advice for the Lay Patient and Stedman's Medical Dictionary - providing users with access to terminology of genetics, oncology, pediatrics, pulmonology, emergency medicine, bacteriology, and laboratory medicine. Coverage of nursing and allied health is particularly strong, including full text from a number of journals related to the field of nursing.
- Can limit to peer review
ProQuest Nursing and Allied Health Source provides abstracting and indexing for more than 525 titles, with over 470 titles in full-text in nursing and allied health. ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source covers over 70 wide-ranging topics.
- Can limit to peer review
ScienceDirect Coverage: Varies Description: Information source for world's scientific, medical, and technical research, but also includes social science and humanities topics. Contains 1,500,000+ articles on topics such as chemistry, mathematics, computer and materials science, medicine, etc. Includes links to 10,000 journal titles, articles that have been accepted for publication but not yet in print, access to Medline, a web search engine, and information on available jobs for scientists.
- Can limit to subjects “Medicine and Dentistry,” “Nursing and Health Professions,” etc.
- All articles are full-text
- Expert search recommended
The best way to find books is to use the Libraries' online catalog: http://library.ua.edu and search by keyword or subject heading. Some suggested subject headings are:
Nutrition
Diet therapy
Diet
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