Dietetic Internship

Database Tutorials

Comparing Pubmed and CINAHL
Understand the differences in content between these complementary health science search tools.
PubMed Tutorials
A menu of short tutorials to help you use the PubMed database.
Pubmed Clinical Queries Tool
This tool uses predefined filters to help you quickly refine PubMed searches on clinical or disease-specific topics.
CINAHL Support Center

Information for Authors from the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics has guidance on many aspects of research design and reporting.

See References under Manuscript preparation for guidance on citing sources.

Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
The American Dietetic Association is the world's largest organization of food and nutrition professionals.
MedlinePlus
Authoritative consumer health information from the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.
Evidence Based Practice
This tutorial from the University of Minnesota provides an excellent introduction to and overview of Evidence Based Practice.
PubMed Books
An online collection of free, full-text biomedical books.

Find Data
This excellent interactive tutorial by Kennedy Library's GIS and Data Specialist walks you through how to search for data on your topic. The advice will help you approach searching for information in any format, including literature.

RAND California
RAND California provides information, research reports and statistics on the California economy and public policy issues, as well as access to selected policy reports, statistics, and information at the national and international scale.
Statista
Statista is a statistics portal which provides direct access to quantitative data on media, business, finance, politics, and a wide variety of other areas of interest or markets. The database features unlimited downloads, source citations and direct use or export of results in PowerPoint, Excel PDF and Graphic (PNG) formats.

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