This guide is intended as a research tool to help you locate background information, books, articles, and internet/web links on a variety of nutrition & health topics.
Background Information Sources
Available in the library's reference area:
| Nutrition: science and applications |
REF QP 141. S5375 2008 |
| The new Harvard guide to women’s health |
REF RA 778 .S647 1993 |
| The nutrition almanac |
REF RA 784. N837 2002 |
| The encyclopedia of nutrition and good health |
REF RA784. R646 2003 |
| Krauses’s food, nutrition & diet therapy |
REF RM 216 .M285 2004 |
| Nutrition: everyday choices |
REF QP141 .G766 2006 |
| Nutrition for women |
REF RA778 .S647 1993 |
| Diet and nutrition sourcebook |
REF RA 784 .D542 2006 |
| American Dietetic Association complete nutrition guide |
REF RA784 .D89 2002 |
| Nutrition and well-being a to z |
REF RA784 .N838 2004 |
| Foundations and Clinical Applications of Nutrition |
REF RM 216 .G946 2007 |
| Nutrition; from science to life |
REF TX 354 .G76 2002 |
| Controversies in food and nutrition |
REF TX355.5 .G65 2002 |
| Essentials of sports nutrition 2nd ed. |
REF TX361 .A8 B74 2002 |
| The Oxford book of health foods |
REF TX369 .V38 2003 |
| Weight in America: obesity, eating disorders, and other health related risks |
REF HN 17.5 .W435 2009 |
Books
Search the library catalog for books on your subject using words or word combinations below:
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- Digestion
- Food
- Food Habits
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- Malnutrition
- Biochemistry
- Physiology
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- Dietary Supplements
- Food Preferences
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You can also browse the shelves under the following call numbers:
- QP 141-185.3 Nutrition and Physiology
- RA 784 Personal Health and Nutrients
- RM 214-238 Diet Therapy
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- TX 359-360 Nutrition Policy
- TX 369-TX415 Nutrition and Foods
- TX 537 Nutrition- Research
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- TX 541-545 Food- Analysis
- RM 218.7 Nutrition Counseling
- TX 360-360.5 Diet
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- TX 361.A8 Athletes-Nutrition
- TX 361.W55 Women- Nutrition
- TX 551 Food- Caloric Content
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Here is a short list of some of the books on nutrition in the circulating collection:
| Advanced nutrition and human metabolism |
QP 141 .G76 2000 |
| Nutrition and health: topics and controversies |
QP 141 .N7765 1995 |
| The vitamin book Rev. Ed. |
QP 771 .S55 1999 |
| The American Medical Women’s Association guide to nutrition and wellness |
RA 784 .G86 1995 |
| The college student’s guide to eating well on campus |
RA 784. L58 2000 |
| Harvard Medical School guide to healthy eating: eat, drink, and be healthy |
RA 784. W67 2001 |
Periodicals
The following publications can be accessed through the Medline Database, for a more comprehensive list of periodicals that Medline carries, go to the database, select publications and browse through the list of journals. Journal of the American Medical Association, Nutrition and Metabolism, Nutrition, Nutrition and Cancer, Nutrition and Health, Nutrition for Healthy Living, Nutrition for Life, Nutrition Journal, Nutrition News, Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Disease
Available through the American Society for Nutrition Website:
www.nutrition.org are the following:
The Journal of Nutrition, The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Databases
- Medline: A comprehensive collection of authoritative medical articles
- Health Source- Nursing/Academic: Provides scholarly full text articles on medical disciplines, primarily nursing and allied health
- Health Reference Center Academic: select from the list of Gale databases, this database provides full text articles from nursing and allied health journals (also available off campus)
- PubMed: Provided by the U.S. National Library of Medicine, PubMed provides citations from Medline and links to full text articles and other resources
Internet Resources