NS 10: Guide to Library Research

• Finding Books
• Finding Articles
• Suggested Print Resources
• Suggested Web Sites
• Managing Your References/Evaluating Your Sources

Finding Books

Use a library catalog to find books, journals, magazines, government reports, maps, and other materials owned by the UCB libraries. Library catalogs do not index the individual articles within magazines and journals.

Catalog	Coverage	Unique Features
MELVYL MELVYL Help	All libraries on the UCB campus AND the entire UC system; web-based	Request feature allows you to request items UCB doesn't own
GLADIS GLADIS Help	Most UCB libraries (excludes Law, IGS, WRCA, several others); telnet-based	Renew your books online; look up reserve items by course number (NOTE: Telnet links are disabled in Windows Vista and in IE 7: click here for help.)
Pathfinder (web version of GLADIS) Pathfinder Help	Most UCB libraries (excludes Law, IGS, WRCA, several others); web-based	Allows you to request items stored offsite at NRLF

Finding Articles

Search article databases to find journal, magazine, and newspaper articles. These databases index articles published in selected journals and magazines, papers presented at conferences, and other sources. Most records include citations and abstracts with links to the full text of articles (when available). To access the full text, use the button.

Core Article Databases in the Nutritional Sciences	Years Covered	Peer-reviewed Content?
AGRICOLA Agriculture, nutrition, biotechnology, ecology, economics, and forestry; indexes journal articles and USDA reports. US focus. (Quick Reference Card: PDF)	1970-present	Some
BIOSIS The most comprehensive biological sciences article database; indexes over 6000 peer-reviewed journals. (Guide: HTML, PDF)	1926-present	Most
CAB ABSTRACTS Agriculture, nutrition, ecology, forestry, rural sociology, and economics. U.S. and international focus.	1910-present	Some
PUBMED The National Library of Medicine's premier bibliographic database, indexing articles from more than 4500 journals in biology and biomedicine. (Guide: HTML, PDF)	1949-present	Most
Related Article Databases	Years Covered	Peer-reviewed Content?
Expanded Academic ASAP Contains records for articles from popular magazines, newspapers, general interest journals, scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and general sciences. The complete text of articles (including some full-text images) is available for many of the 3,500 journals covered in the database, 2,100 of which are peer-reviewed.	1980-present	Some

Suggested Print Resources

General Information:

1. The Oxford companion to food / Alan Davidson ; edited by Tom Jaine. 2nd ed.
   Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006.
   Bioscience TX349.D36 2006 Ref Shelves.
   Doe Reference TX349.D36 2006 Non-circulating.
   
2. Encyclopedia of food sciences and nutrition / editor-in-chief, Benjamin Caballero, editors, Luiz C. Trugo and Paul M.... 2nd ed. San Diego, Calif. : London : Academic, c2003.
   Bioscience TX349.E47 2003 Ref Shelves. Library has: v.1-10 (c2003).
   
3. Nutrition : concepts and controversies / Frances Sienkiewicz Sizer, Eleanor Noss Whitney. 10th ed. Australia ; Belmont, CA : Wadsworth, [2005], c2006.
   Bioscience QP141.H34 2006 Reserve: on 2 hour reserve.
   
4. Bowes & Church's food values of portions commonly used / Jean A.T. Pennington & Judith Spungen Douglass. 18th ed. Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2005.
   Bioscience TX551.P385 2005 Reserve: on 2 hour reserve.
   

For Further Reading:

1. Fast food nation : the dark side of the all-American meal / Eric Schlosser. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2001.
   Bioscience TX 715.S2968 2001. Library has: 3 copies.
   Moffitt TX715.S2968 2001. (Other libraries on campus also have copies.)
2. Food politics: how the food industry influences nutrition and health / Marion Nestle. Berkeley: University of California Press, c2002.
   Bioscience TX 360.U6.N47 2002 Reserve. Library has 3 copies on 7-day reserve.
   (Also held at Anthropology, Public Health, and Moffitt libraries.)
3. The curious cook : more kitchen science and lore / Harold McGee. San Francisco: North Point Press, 1990.
   Bioscience TX 651.M268 1990 Reserve. On 7-day reserve.
4. The omnivore's dilemma : a natural history of four meals / Michael Pollan. New York: Penguin Press, 2006.
   Bioscience GT 2850.P65 2006. Library has 5 copies. 2 copies are on 2-hour reserve. (Other libraries on campus also have copies.)
5. "Food culture around the world" series. Search GLADIS with the command "f se food culture" to find all volumes in the series. Titles include Food Culture in France, Food Culture in India, Food Culture in South America, etc.

Suggested Web Sites

• American Dietetic Association
• ADA Nutrition Care Manual (American Dietetic Association)
  
• Dietary Guidelines for Americans (NAL/USDA)
• FDA Consumer Archive
• Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
• Medline Plus: Nutrition - The National Library of Medicine's consumer health information center.
• Nutrition.gov - Federal government information on nutrition.
• USDA Nutrient Database for Standard Reference - Includes information published in Agriculture Handbook no. 8, Composition of Foods.
• Dietary Reference Intakes and Recommended Daily Allowances

Managing Your References and Evaluating Your Sources

• Critical Evaluation of Resources Questions to ask when evaluating the suitability of a book, article, website, or other material.
• Citing Your Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism Quick guides to APA, MLA, and Chicago-Turabian styles.
• RefWorks The UCB Libraries have purchased a site license to RefWorks. Sign up for a free account, and manage your references and format bibliographies with just a few clicks. (Tutorials and Guides)