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Dietetics |
This guide suggests resources and strategies for research on
dietetics and nutrition.
The
Nursing
Review Guide may also prove
useful.
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Contents
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Background
Information | Facts & Figures
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Find Books |
Selected Books | Organizations
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Web Resources
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Background
Information (Overview Sources)
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Encyclopedias and other reference
works are an excellent place to start a research project or
simply learn more about a particular topic. They provide
topic summaries, context, and bibliographies for further reading.
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Facts
& Figures (Fact Sources) |
Use dictionaries, statistical works, atlases, handbooks and
similar works to find and check facts about topics, people,
or events.
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Find Articles |
Search indexes, abstracts, and databases
to find journal, magazine, and newspaper articles. For
a complete list of Kent Library's online indexes and databases,
see the Find:articles page
(http://library.semo.edu/find/articles.asp).
To find recent articles and scholarly/peer-reviewed articles
use the following online databases:
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Find General Collection Books |
Use the
Kent Library
Catalog to find books, periodicals (journals, magazines, &
newspapers), videos, government documents and other materials.
Keyword searches allow you
to use your own words as search terms.
Subject heading searches use Library of Congress
subject headings. Printed volumes of these headings are located
near the Reference Desk on the third floor.
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Keyword Examples: |
Subject Heading Examples: |
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food
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Dietary Supplements |
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nutrition and statistics |
Dietetics |
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women and nutrition and
requirements |
Food Analysis
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diet and supplements |
Nutrition Children
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Browse the shelves
by call number. Use this Dewey
Decimal chart to get you in the right subject areas or try the following:
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362.176
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Nutritional Services (special
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612.3
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Nutrition and Digestion |
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613.2
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Dietetics and Applied Nutrition
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641.1
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Applied Nutrition |
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Food Technology |
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Organizations |
Professional organizations and/or
societies often provide very useful topic related information.
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Web
Resources
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For a list of Web searching
tools, see the
Find: web searching tools page
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page developed by Information Services/ MM, revised by MO
last updated: 08/26/09 |
