Guides: Applied Human Nutrition: Articles & Journals

Science & Nutrition Databases

(Note: Also see Multidisciplinary Databases below.)

CINAHL Plus This link opens in a new window
CINAHL Plus provides coverage for thousands of journals from the fields of nursing and allied health, including nutrition. It covers nursing, biomedicine, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and dozens of allied health disciplines.

CINAHL video tutorial

Medline (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
A sub-set of PubMed; 4,600 biomedical journals indexed/abstracted, with links to full-text in Academic Search Premier.
PubMed This link opens in a new window
Over 15 million citations from MEDLINE and the biomedical and life sciences literature dating back to the 1950's. PubMed includes links to some sites providing full text.

New PubMed interface video
In May 2020 PubMed changed its interface. This video reviews the changes and provides a good introduction to searching the database.

Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
8000 journals indexed/abstracted (4600 full-text) in various disciplines
PEN (Practice-Based Evidence in Nutrition) This link opens in a new window
PEN provides nutrition practitioners with ready access to timely, current and authoritative guidance on food and nutrition. It offers evidence-based answers to the questions encountered in every day practice. Five (5) simultaneous users only - please log out when done.
Science Direct (CRKN - Elsevier) This link opens in a new window
1800 full-text multi-disciplinary (but mostly science) journals published by Elsevier.
Agricola (National Agricultural Library) This link opens in a new window
Open access index to resources in the field of agriculture and allied disciplines, including plant sciences, forestry, aquaculture and fisheries, agricultural economics, extension and education, food and human nutrition, and earth and environmental sciences.
Royal Society of Chemistry Journals (CRKN) This link opens in a new window
Full-text access to 47 key chemistry journals.

Multidisciplinary Databases

APA PsycINFO (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
2000 international psychology journals, books, chapters, dissertations indexed/abstracted, links to full-text in ASP & PsychArticles. Useful for researching health and eating behaviours.
Business Source Premier (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
8,060 journals indexed/abstracted of which 7,608 are full text and 1,112 are full text and peer-reviewed. Full text is also provided for industry and market research reports including SWOT analysis.
Ageline (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
300 journals on gerontology indexed/abstracted
Education Research Complete (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Coverage spans all levels of education from early childhood to higher education.
ERIC (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
980 education journals and 2200 digests indexed/abstracted, links to full-text in ASP and ERIC Documents (EDRS). Useful for nutrition in schools and daycares.
Child Development & Adolescent Studies (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Hundreds of journals indexed/abstracted related to the growth and development of children, links to full-text in ASP.
Gender Studies Database (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Combines Women's Studies International and Men's Studies databases. Hundreds of journals indexed/abstracted related to women’s studies, sexual diversity, men’s studies; links to full-text in ASP.
CBCA Complete (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
With over 4.5 million records and more than 1,680 titles, CBCA Complete is ideal for anyone interested in current events, business, science, the arts, and education as produced in Canada. Includes 640 full-text periodicals and daily news sources (over 480 of which are Canadian), plus indexing to an additional 1,100 other titles (over 95% Canadian). Updated daily with full-text content (1985 to present) and bibliographic content (1971 to present).
DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals This link opens in a new window
A collection of articles from over 5,100 scholarly and scientific journals 25 of which are in the field of nutrition and food science.
Taylor & Francis: Social Sciences and Humanities Collection (CRKN) This link opens in a new window
A collection of 662 electronic journals in the humanities and social sciences, pubished by Taylor and Francis.

New PubMed interface videos

PubMed video (via Dal library)
PubMed - new interface video
In May 2020 PubMed changed its interface. This video reviews the changes and provides a good introduction to searching the database.

Getting started with MeSH in PubMed, MedLine and CINAHL

MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) database
MeSH is the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus used for indexing articles for PubMed. These are the standard terms to search on when available.
Video: How to locate MeSH terms in the PubMed database
Video: Searching EBSCO's MedLine and CINAHL using MeSH terms

Applied Human Nutrition

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Getting started with MeSH in PubMed, MedLine and CINAHL