Databases \ Nutrition and Dietetics

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Key databases

• Scopus View Me » Direct Connect

  Scientific publications, including journals in PubMed and Embase, and has 'cited by' links and hyperlinked reference lists as well as articles in press.

• Google Scholar View Me » Direct Connect

  Mainly articles, with results in relevancy order ranked by various criteria including how often the work has been cited in other scholarly works.

• MEDLINE (Ovid) View Me » Direct Connect

  Contents of the major medical and health journals mainly from 1946 onwards; Useful for doing structured searching.

• PubMed View Me » Direct Connect

  The free public version of Medline has the contents of the major medical and health journals from about 1946 onwards and is fast, easy to use and up-to-date.

• EMBASE (1980-present) View Me » Direct Connect

  Journal articles in all fields of medicine, biomedicine, health sciences and allied health.

• PEN : Practice-Based Evidence in Nutrition View Me » Direct Connect

  An information service from Dietitians of Canada designed to provide current authoritative evidence-based guidance on food and nutrition questions encountered in every day practice.

• FSTA: Food Science and Technology Abstracts View Me » Direct Connect

  Indexes and abstracts articles from the international literature on food science, food technology and human nutrition.

• Cochrane Library View Me » Direct Connect

  Evidence-based information on the effectiveness of healthcare interventions, including systematic reviews and controlled trials.

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Additional

• MIMS Gateway (previously MIMS Online) View Me » Direct Connect

  New Zealand medicines, searchable by therapeutic class, generic name and brand name, including all schedule products, unfunded and common OTC medicines.

• New Zealand Formulary View Me » Direct Connect

  Independent clinically validated medicines information and guidance on best practice for New Zealand healthcare professionals.

• New Zealand Formulary for Children View Me » Direct Connect

  Independent clinically validated medicines information and guidance on best practice that enables healthcare professionals to select safe and effective medicines for children.

• Weight Management FAB View Me » Direct Connect

  Information on weight management using the FAB approach (food, activity, and behavioural support) - useful for New Zealand information.

• Trip View Me » Direct Connect

  Quickly and easily find high-quality research evidence to support clinical practice and patient care.

• Australasian Medical Index View Me » Direct Connect

  Indexes and abstracts articles from over 160 Australian health and medical journals not indexed for MEDLINE.

• CINAHL Plus View Me » Direct Connect

  Covers journals in nursing and the allied health professions, including dietetics.

• Natural Medicines View Me » Direct Connect

  Evidence-based systematic reviews on dietary supplements and complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) and therapies.

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Books, e-books

• FOODnetBASE View Me » Direct Connect

  Food research reference collection from CRC Press.

• NUTRITIONnetBASE View Me » Direct Connect

  Books covering all aspects nutrition in health and disease and nutrition science.

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Dictionaries, encyclopedias

• Encyclopedia of Food Sciences and Nutrition View Me » Direct Connect

  Covers all aspects of the field, including many new topics of interest, such as functional foods, genetically modified foods, and food security.

• Encyclopedia of Human Nutrition (3rd edition) View Me » Direct Connect

  Covers a wide range of topics including food safety, weight management, vitamins, the bioengineering of foods.