Slides from Library presentation
- Library Resources for FSCN 4612@Slides from Megan Kocher's in-class presentation.
Tutorial: Choosing a research paper topic
Searching For Peer-Reviewed Articles
Use these databases to find peer-reviewed articles on human nutrition. You can also use the Libraries' search box at the top of this page.
- PubMedSearches MEDLINE, which is the primary source of journal articles for the health sciences (fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, public health, health care systems, and basic sciences). Coverage is from the 1940s to the present. View this tutorial to learn how to go from a general idea to a very precise set of results of journal articles and scholarly materials.
- AGRICOLA Agriculture (Ovid)Search agriculture, animal husbandry, animal and human nutrition, forestry, plant pathology, plant science, human ecology, agricultural economics, and rural sociology. Limited to 8 simultaneous users.
- SPORT DiscusThe world's most comprehensive bibliographic resources for all aspects of sport and fitness. Includes websites, conference papers, journal articles, unpublished papers and theses. It also includes Full-text access to over 350 journals. Limited to 8 simultaneous users.
- Guide: Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Sources in the Health SciencesSources are considered primary, secondary, or tertiary depending on the originality of the information and how close they are to the source of information.
Citing Your Sources
- Citation and research help (from Purdue OWL)Examples and instructions for how to cite many types of materials in MLA, APA, Chicago, and AMA styles.
- ZoteroBibZoterobib formats bibliographies in any style automatically. Just enter a doi or title.
Zotero
Zotero is a free, open-source citation manager that:
- imports and organizes citations and PDFs;
- recognizes and creates citations for wide range of file types;
- formats citations in thousands of styles including APA and Chicago;
- easily adds in-text citations to Word and Google Doc documents, and creates a bibliography from those citations;
- allows you to add notes to your citation information for later use.
Tutorial: What are citations?
Last Updated: Jan 24, 2023 11:49 AM
URL: https://libguides.umn.edu/course/FSCN/4612W