Research Guides: HES 351 Nutrition in Health and Disease: Finding Articles in a Database

Welcome

Welcome! You've found the research guide for Dr. Beaver's HES Nutrition in Health & Disease course. Hopefully these library resources will be helpful for your research papers and presentations.

If you need more help, please click on "Schedule Appointment" on the right to meet with your Science Librarian.

-Sarah H. Jeong, MLIS

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Tip: Download Figures (.ppt) from Articles

Sample journal article

Recommended Databases

Here are some good databases fo find journal articles when starting your research:

PubMed Essential resource produced by the National Library of Medicine for finding scholarly journal articles on biomedical topics.

PubMed Simple Subject Search Tutorial (1 min., June 2012)
- Set Filters: Last 10 years, Humans, English
- Click on WFU Full Text Options to check if article is available
PubMed Basics handout

Embase
Embase is a multipurpose and up-to-date biomedical database. It covers international biomedical literature from 1947 to the present day and all articles are indexed using Elsevier's Life Science thesaurus Embase Indexing and Emtree.
More HES/Medical databases

Scientific Papers

Information on Scientific Papers from Nature Education

Primary sources:

Present information and original research for the first time
Contain unique information
Uses a "peer-review" or "referee" process, in which articles are reviewed by other experts in the field
Review articles, which compile or analyze primary sources, are considered secondary sources

Subject Guide

Sarah Jeong

Contact:

475 ZSR Library

Subjects:Biology, Chemistry, Physics, & Other Sciences, Health & Exercise / Medicine

HES 351 Nutrition in Health and Disease: Finding Articles in a Database