Family and Consumer Science 606

Professor Lisagor's

Vitamins, Minerals and Metabolism Class

Choosing the Best Resources
(http://library.csun.edu/Research_Assistance/resourcechoice.html)

Developing a Search Strategy
(http://library.csun.edu/Research_Assistance/search.html)

How To Find a Book in the Library
(http://library.csun.edu/Research_Assistance/findbooks.html)

How To Locate Articles Online or in the Library
(http://library.csun.edu/Research_Assistance/locatearticles.html)

How to do Library and Internet Research
(http://library.csun.edu/Research_Assistance/strategies.html)

Library Databases A to Z
(http://library.csun.edu/Find_Resources/Databases/)

Library Services for Students and Faculty
(http://library.csun.edu/Library_Services/)

Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) : Selected Library Resources (http://library.csun.edu/dhelfer/fcsbib.html)

Oviatt Library Metasearch (http://library.csun.edu/Find_Resources/metasearch.html)

Sample of American Psychological Association (APA) Citation Style
(http://library.csun.edu/Research_Assistance/APAstyle.html)

Welcome to the New Interlibrary Loan (http://illiad.csun.edu/illiad/login/login.asp)

How to do Library and Internet Research
(http://library.csun.edu/Research_Assistance/strategies.html)

Online Citation Style Guide
(http://library.csun.edu/Find_Resources/e-books/estylegd.html)

Why Cite? Avoiding Plagiarism
(http://library.csun.edu/Research_Assistance/plagiarism.html)

Library Databases A to Z
(http://library.csun.edu/Find_Resources/Databases)

Library Services
(http://library.csun.edu/Library_Services/)

Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) : Selected Library Resources
(http://library.csun.edu/dhelfer/fcsbib.html)

Nutrition and Foods Selected Sources
( http://library.csun.edu/dhelfer/nutrit.html)

Periodical Indexes/Databases for Nutrition Related Information

In general, current research is published in periodicals before it appears in books. Indexing and abstracting services provide subject access to this periodical literature. An index simply lists articles, giving only enough bibliographic information to identify and locate the material. An abstract summarizes the contents of the article in addition to giving the necessary bibliographic information. Most of the indexes and abstracts are available online from the Library's home page and then click on Library Databases A to Z.

A. GENERAL

Academic Search Elite (EBSCOHost) is a computerized source, not available in print form. It covers a selection periodicals, some of which are scholarly, in all subjects. Abstracts to over 3,000 journals (over 1,700 peer-reviewed journals) with full text to 1200 of the journals, 1990-to the present.

Expanded Academic Index (Infotrac) and InfoTrac OneFile (both can be found at: http://library.csun.edu/Find_Resources/Databases/index.html#I) are computerized sources, not available in print form. It covers a selection of periodicals, some of which are scholarly, in all subjects. InfoTrac OneFile indexes all of the Gale periodicals; it has over 9700 journals with full text to 5547 journals, 1980-

Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature. New York, Wilson.
Library has: v.1- 1909- (Check catalog for current location of older print index in the Reference Room)
Covers popular magazines such as Time and Vogue, but few scholarly periodicals included. Current Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature is not available at CSUN but the Reader's Guide Retrospective is available via the web at URL (http://library.csun.edu/Find_Resources/Databases/index.html#R).

Dissertation Abstracts International. Ann Arbor, Xerox University Microfilms. Library has: v.1- 1938- (v.1 32 shelved in Oviatt Reference Room under ref Z 5055 U5 .A53, latest years and index of Index Table 1 - Reference Room)
The Library does not own most of the actual dissertations, but can help you acquire them through Interlibrary loan as the dissertations themselves usually reside only at the University where the dissertation was done. Also available on the web at URL (http://library.csun.edu/Find_Resources/Databases/index.html#D). Then select the Dissertation Abstract database. Provides author and subject access to Ph.D. dissertations written in the U.S. and Canada. Dissertations not owned by the Library can be ordered for a fee from University Microfilms. The Comprehensive Dissertation Index, 1861-1972 and its supplements are cumulative indexes for the abstracts.

Home Economics Research Abstracts. Washington, American Home
Economics Association. Library has; 1966-1978.
(Section on food and nutrition is TX 341 .A54 - Floor 3 - Check catalog for current location of older print abstracts)
Compiles abstracts of doctoral dissertations and masters' theses completed in colleges and universities in the U.S. that offer graduate programs in Home Economics.

Science Citation Index. Philadelphia, Institute for Scientific Information. Library has: 1962- (Check catalog for current location of older print index)
A unique index covering all of the sciences; provides a means of tracing a subject forward in time by referring to the work in which it was originally reported; also has a subject section. To have a search conducted contact Doris Helfer at (doris.helfer@csun.edu) .

ScienceDirect (Elsevier) access to the full text of over 1,100 journals. Select the Search tab or the Journals tab.

Wiley InterScience 1996- Wiley InterScience is a full-text resource of journal articles as well as indexing hundreds of online books and several Wiley reference works. Available on the web at URL (http://library.csun.edu/Find_Resources/Databases/index.html#W).

B. SPECIALIZED

Nutrition Abstracts and Reviews. (ref RM214 .N8 - Check catalog for current location of older print abstract) Library has: v.30- 1960-
Good for human nutrition. Available online at: (http://library.csun.edu/Find_Resources/Databases/index.html#N)
Abstracts current literature under a wide range of topics related to nutrition. Good for human nutrition.

Food Science and Technology Abstracts. International Food Information Service. Library has: v.3- 1971- (Check catalog for current location of older print abstracts. TX341 .F75)
Indexes periodicals, reports, patents, dissertations, laws. Worldwide coverage of all aspects of food science and technology, such as food microbiology, food packaging, and food additives. Each issue has author and subject indexes which cumulate annually. Indexes refer to issue, section, and abstract number. Online version of this database is only available via a mediated search. If you need an online search of this database done contact Doris Helfer at doris.helfer@csun.edu to request an appointment or for further information about such a search.

Applied Science and Technology Index. New York, Wilson.
Library has: v.1- 1958- (Index Table 11 - Reference Room)
One index for articles on food science and textiles. Online version is no longer available at CSUN but has been replaced by the much larger INSPEC database which is the computer version of Computer and Control Abstracts, Electrical and Electronics Abstracts, and Physics Abstracts.

Bibliography of Agriculture. New York, Macmillan Information.
Library has: v.1-11, 1942-1947; v.16- 1952- (ref Z 5073 .U572 - Reference Room)
Indexes books, periodical articles, pamphlets and translations related to agriculture in a broad sense, including the subjects of food, human nutrition and home economics.

Biological Abstracts. (Check catalog for current location of older print abstracts). Library has: v.1- 1926- Coverage includes food science and nutrition. Also available via Biological Abstracts on the web at URL (http://library.csun.edu/Find_Resources/Databases/index.html#B). Abstracts periodicals, unclassified research reports, serials and books; gives exhaustive, worldwide coverage of the entire field of biology, which includes materials related to the field of nutrition.

Biological and Agricultural index. ( Check catalog for current location of older print index (Ref) Z5073 .A46 Not currently received).
Covers food science and nutrition. For more current articles see Nutrition Abstracts and Reviews and Food Science and Technology Abstracts ( Reference Room TX341 .F75 Most recent issues are in the Reference Room and older issues are on Floor 3)

Business Periodicals Index. (Index Table 3 - Reference Room). Covers the economic and marketing aspects of the fashion, clothing, textile, and food industries. Also good for consumer issues. Also available on the web at URL (http://library.csun.edu/Find%5FResources/Databases/#B). Indexes business periodicals with coverage of the food industry and trade.

Chemical Abstracts. ( Check catalog for current location of older print abstaract. QD1 .A51 Not currently received)
A comprehensive, but complex, source for textiles, food. Online version of this database is available via SciFinder Scholar for instructions on installing the SciFinder client on your personal desktop. (http://library.csun.edu/Find_Resources/scifinder.html) Abstracts books, periodicals, serials, patents, reports, dissertations, government documents, etc.; gives exhaustive, worldwide coverage of new information in the fields of chemistry and chemical technology. Subject coverage is relevant to food science and nutrition.

Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) Glendale, Seventh Day Adventist Hospital Association. Library has: v.1- 1956- (Check catalog for current location of older print index)
Indexes articles on diet and nutrition from nursing periodicals. Good coverageof such subjects as diet, diet therapy, nutrition and nutrition education. Available to CSUN students and faculty to search on the web at URL (http://library.csun.edu/Find_Resources/Databases/index.html#C)

Hospital Literature Index. Chicago, American Hospital Association.
Library has: 1950- (Check catalog for current location of older print index) Provides an author and subject index of literature in the areas of administration, planning and financing of hospitals and health care facilities. This includes the food and nutritional services offered by these facilities.

Index Medicus. Bethesda, National Library of Medicine.
Library has: 1960- Check catalog for current location of older print index)
A monthly subject and author index to the medical literature of the world.Indexes about 3,300 periodicals ; the Medical Subject Headings List, Bibliography of Medical Reviews and a list of periodicals and abbreviations are included in the first and second volumes of the annual cumulations. An abridged version, Abridged Index Medicus (ref Z 6660 .I423) is in the Reference Room Stacks. Subject coverage is relevant for nutrition and dietetics. Available via the web at Medline is available via the web at URL (http://library.csun.edu/Find_Resources/Databases/index.html#M).

INSPEC database which is the computer version of Computer and Control Abstracts, Electrical and Electronics Abstracts, and Physics Abstracts.

Microbiology Abstracts. London, Information Retrieval Ltd.
Library has: v.2- 1966- (ref QR 1 .M Section B: Check catalog for current location of older print abstracts)
Published monthly in two sections: A. Industrial and applied microbiology and B. Bacteriology. The industrial section has a patent index. Useful for information on preservation and spoilage and fermentation processes.

Psychological Abstracts. Washington, American Psychological Association. Library has: v.1- 1927-
Useful for the psychological and neurological effects of food, its intake and deprivation. Excellent coverage of such topics as anorexia nervosa. Online version is PsycInfo and is available via the web at URL (http://library.csun.edu/Find_Resources/Databases/index.html#P). Online version coverage goes back to 1887..

SciFinder Scholar from Chemical Abstracts Service See SciFinder Scholar for instructions on installing the SciFinder client on your personal desktop. (http://library.csun.edu/Find_Resources/scifinder.html) Please be aware we have a very limited number of ports available at any one time and you may not always get in on your first try.

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