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PubMedThis link opens in a new windowThis open access database combines content from the National Library of Medicine's database of journals (MEDLINE), NLM's full-text archive (Pubmed Central), as well as technical reports, reference works, systematic reviews, clinical guidelines, online monographs.
Food Science and Technology Abstracts (FSTA) (Web of Science)This link opens in a new windowFSTA focuses on pure and applied research in food science, food technology, and food-related nutrition. It covers the complete food manufacturing cycle, from initial market research to final packaging, and includes research and development literature, patents, standards, and legislation.
CABI: CAB Abstracts and Global Health (Web of Science)This link opens in a new windowCAB Abstracts provides research information on agriculture and related applied life sciences, including Agriculture, Animal Health, Forestry, Human Health and Nutrition, and Natural Resources Management. Global Health from CABI is the definitive international public health database.
AGRICOLA (EBSCOhost)This link opens in a new windowAGRICOLA is a comprehensive index to journal articles, book chapters, theses and more in the field of agriculture. Disciplines covered include food & human nutrition, agricultural engineering & technology, earth & environmental sciences.
CINAHL Plus with Full TextThis link opens in a new windowCINAHL Plus with Full Text covers topics including nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and allied health disciplines.
Training resources for learning to use the CINAHL database on the EBSCOhost platform.
PsycInfoThis link opens in a new windowAPA PsycInfo, produced by the American Psychological Association (APA), contains citations and summaries of journal articles, books, dissertations, and technical reports, in psychology, behavioral science, mental health, and related fields. Special features include the ability to search by study group, methodology, or specific test.
APA PsycExtra complements APA PsycInfo and the other American Psychological Association (APA) databases with extensive coverage of gray literature relating to psychology and the behavioral sciences. Indexing includes technical, annual and government reports, conference papers, newsletters, magazines, and brochures.
Sociological AbstractsThis link opens in a new windowIndexes and abstracts articles in the fields of sociology, anthropology, criminology, demography, education, law and penology, race relations, social psychology, and urban studies.
This database features influential journals in all subject areas, as well as books and conference proceedings. It contains citation network data that allow the searcher to find works that are related to each other through references, institutions, funding sources, etc.
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Find Government Information
Food Environment AtlasState and regional data covering a variety of indicators of a community's ability to access healthy food, including concentration of farms, restaurants and farmers markets, and food benefit program eligibility and use.
Nutrition.govProviding easy, online access to government information on food and human nutrition for consumers.
National Institutes of HealthThe National Institutes of Health (NIH), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services External Web Site Policy, is the nation’s medical research agency—making important discoveries that improve health and save lives.
Food and Nutrition Information CenterProvides credible, accurate, and practical resources for nutrition and health professionals, educators, government personnel and consumers