Guide to Nutrition,
Food Science
and Hospitality Research
Databases, Indexes and Abstracts
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To locate articles from journals, magazines and other periodicals, use the following indexes and
abstracts.
E-mail the
SDSU Librarians
for more information or if you are unable to login
to one of the online databases.
AGRICOLA 1970+
Also accessible via the National Agricultural Library at
www.nalusda.gov.
Published by the National Agricultural Library, Agricola's primary focus
is agricultural topics, but it also indexes journals in food technology, human
nutrition, and recreation, and Cooperative Extension Service publications. Older
literature can be identified using the paper volumes of the Bibliography of
Agriculture (1942-1969) shelved on the main floor of the library.
Cab
Abstracts 1984+
The CAB Abstracts database provides international coverage of the
literature of agriculture, recreation, and related areas, including leisure
studies and human nutrition. Journals, monographs, conferences, books, annual reports, and other
sources from more than 100 countries are scanned regularly for inclusion in the CAB
Abstracts database.
Current
Contents 1995+
This multidisciplinary, current awareness resource provides indexing and tables
of contents to over 6,000 journals covering a broad range of disciplines. Many
clinical and social/behavioral journals are included in this database.
Food Science and Technology Abstracts
1969+ (Abstracts 664.05 .F739)
This serial abstracts articles, information from patents, books, conference
proceedings, legislative papers, etc., devoted to food science, food technology,
and human nutrition.
ERIC-CSA
or
ERIC-Direct
1966+
The premier national database of
educational literature from 1966 to the present, ERIC also provides good
coverage of other social sciences. It provides comprehensive subject and author indexing to more than 800
scholarly and professional journals in education and other social sciences.
It also indexes other types of documents including
research reports, project and technical reports, curriculum guides, doctoral
dissertations, masters theses, etc. Many recent ERIC documents are available
online (see E*Subscribe below) or on microfiche in the library.
healthopedia.com
This medical resource provides comprehensive and
reliable information from trusted sources in user-friendly language. Browse
specific areas: Diet & Nutrition; Medical Symptoms; Medical Tests & Exams;
Children's Health; Pictures & Images; News; Quick Drug Information; etc.
IBIDS -
International Bibliographic Information on
Dietary Supplements Database
1986+
Provides access to bibliographic citations and abstracts from published,
international, and scientific literature gathered from Medline, Agricola, AGRIS
and CAB Abstracts. Users can choose to search the Full IBIDS Database, a subset
of Consumer Citations Only or Peer Reviewed Citations Only.
Medline
(via CSA) 1997+
This National Library of Medicine
database is the the premier bibliographic database covering medical journal
literature and much information related to human and animal nutrition. Includes links to many
full-text journals.
MEDLINE/PubMed
1950+
This National Library of Medicine database is the premier bibliographic
database covering medical journal literature including many articles of interest
to nutrition researchers. Some pre-1950 literature is also included. PubMed
provides searching of older literature, but includes links to fewer full-text journals
than Medline via CSA above.
Nutrition Abstracts
Electronic access through CAB Abstracts (see above). Paper volumes of
Nutrition Abstracts, Series A (1931-1997) and paper volumes of
Nutrition Abstracts, Series B, Livestock and Feeding (1977-1997) are
located on the lower level of the library under this call number 612.3905
.N9593.
Web of Science (Science
Citation Index)
1992-present
This multidisciplinary database of citations and abstracts from journal
literature can be used as a conventional author-subject index, or it can be
searched by cited author or cited paper. Prior years of the Science Citation Index are available in paper on the main floor of
the library at Abstracts 016.5 .Sci27
Additional Databases
The following databases include useful
information pertaining to some aspects of nutrition and the
hospitality industry.
E-mail the
SDSU Librarians for
more information or if off-campus access is denied.
AgEcon Search --
Full text copies of scholarly research in the field of agricultural economics
including sub disciplines such as agribusiness, food supply, natural
resource economics, environmental economics, policy issues, agricultural trade,
and economic development.
CINAHL 1982+
CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature)
Although primarily an index to nursing
journals, CINAHL has much of interest in nutrition and allied health sciences.
Dissertation
Abstracts International 1861+
This resource provides a subject, title, and author guide to over 1.2 million
doctoral dissertations and masters theses.
Academic Search Premier
(Ebsco) 1980+
Academic Search Premier is the world's
largest scholarly, multi-disciplinary full text database containing full text
for more than 4,600 scholarly publications, including more than 3,500
peer-reviewed publications. In addition to the full text, this database offers
indexing and abstracts for all 8,040 journals in the collection. This scholarly
collection offers information in nearly every area of academic study including:
health and medical sciences, social sciences, humanities, education, computer
sciences, engineering, arts & literature, ethnic studies, and many more.
Healthfinder -- An extensive searchable database of online health publications, clearinghouses, Web sites, self-help groups, government agencies, academic centers, and nonprofit agencies.
Ingenta
A database indexing the contents of over 16,000 journals and magazines in a wide
range of disciplines. Full text articles are available for a fee.
LexisNexis
Academic
Provides online access to full-text and bibliographic information from
newspapers, news and business magazines, newsletters, wire services, broadcast
transcripts, and biographical sources.
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MarciveWeb
DOCS 1976+
Provides citations to United States government publications from July 1976 to
the present.
ProQuest
- 1970's+
Search for articles on nutrition, hotels and restaurants, hospitality industry, careers,
training and development, health policy, marketing, and more. Many
citations are linked to full-text or full-image articles.
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