Research Subject Guides: Nutrition: Finding Articles

Key Nutrition Databases

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CINAHL Complete (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Citations and abstracts of scholarly, peer-reviewed articles and professional association news and information for thousands of publications. Covers nursing and 17 allied health disciplines, going as far back as 1937. Links to full text where available.
Nursing dissertations, National League for Nursing and American Nurses' Association publications, selected conference proceedings, evidence-based Care Sheets, and 250+ research instrument descriptions. Features CINAHL Headings - controlled vocabulary search terms for more precise, comprehensive search results.
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PubMed (NU customized) This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive source of journal literature in the life sciences and biomedicine from the National Library of Medicine. PubMed is a free web resource, however this version contains links to Northeastern-subscribed journals that require a login.
MEDLINE (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Medline is the U.S. National Library of Medicine's database of articles in medicine, with indexing and abstracts for the most important peer-reviewed biomedical and health sciences research journals. Links to full text.
Medline includes literature published from 1966 to the present, with selected coverage prior to that period. Journals are selected by a committee of the U.S. National Institutes of Health.

Coverage scope is biomedicine and health broadly defined, including public health, health care systems and delivery, health policy, pre-clinical sciences, bioengineering, life sciences, nursing, dentistry and veterinary medicine. Medline features CAS Registry numbers and Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) controlled vocabulary search terms for more precise, comprehensive search results.
Web of Science, All Databases This link opens in a new window
Use this link for access to citation tracking and subject searching of scholarly literature. Data visualizations, alerts, and journal impact factors. Includes the Web of Science Core Collection. One of the largest curated databases of scholarly research, with citations in some subjects from 1900 to the present.
Northeastern's subscription includes:Web of Science Core Collection (Arts and humanities, social sciences and Science Citation indexes)
Biosis Citation Index
Biosis Previews
Current Contents Connect
Data Citation Index
Derwent Innovations Index
KCI-Korean Journal Database
Medline
SciELO Citation Index
Embase (Elsevier) This link opens in a new window
An up-to-date biomedical research database covering the most important international biomedical literature from 1947 to the present day. Structured and natural language searching.
Embase includes unique non-English content and coverage of the most important types of evidence, such as randomized controlled trials, controlled clinical trials, Cochrane reviews and meta-analyses.
Academic Search Complete (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Scholarly, peer-reviewed articles and professional association publications, Abstracts and links to full text, about half are peer reviewed, covering all academic subjects including STEM fields.

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AGRICOLA (US Department of Agriculture) This link opens in a new window
The US National Agriculture Library's catalog of books and articles relating to agriculture.
Alt-HealthWatch (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
International, and often peer-reviewed journals and reports on complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness.
- What this includes: Articles, pamplets, reports, book excerpts
Natural Medicines This link opens in a new window
High quality, evidence-based information about complementary and alternative therapies.
Natural Medicine is a merger of two resources, Natural Standard and Natural Medicines Comprehensive databases.
PsycInfo (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
American Psychological Associations flagship PsycINFO database includes citations and abstracts of peer reviewed articles, books, and dissertations. Coverage from 1888 to the present. Full text links where available.
Documents indexed include journals, articles, books, dissertations and more. 90% of the 3,000+ titles indexed in PsycINFO are peer-reviewed.
Social Sciences Premium Collection (Proquest) This link opens in a new window
Scholarly and professional citations and abstracts with full text links in politics and public policy, sociology, social services, anthropology, criminology, linguistics, information sciences and education. Professional society databases included.
Journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, working papers and more, Social Sciences Premium includes

Sociology Database
Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts
Sociological Abstracts
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
PAIS Index
Political Science Database
PolicyFile
Criminal Justice Database
National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts
Library Science Database
Library & Information Science Abstracts
Education Database
ERIC
Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts
Linguistics Database
Social Science Database
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences
Education Research Complete (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Peer-reviewed journals in education, most with full text. Topics covered include all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education, and testing.
SPORTDiscus with Full Text (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Full text journal articles in sports & sports medicine, with full-text coverage dating back to 1985.
Cochrane Library This link opens in a new window
A full text database of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. Cochrane and other systematic reviews, clinical trials, and more.
Terms of Use
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Health Reference Center Academic
Access to 5 million articles from peer-reviewed nursing, allied health, medical journals, consumer health magazines, newsletters, pamphlets, 2,500 topical overviews, newspaper articles and reference books. Also includes videos of medical procedures.
medRxiv
medRxiv is a free onlline archive of complete but unpublished manuscripts in the medical, clinical and related health sciences. med Rxiv facilitates early dissemination of new findings by allowing researchers to share manuscripts before they are peer-reviewed and published in academic journals. Hosted by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and Yale University.

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Dissertations

Dissertations & Theses (ProQuest)
Over 2 million entries, ProQuest Dissertations is the single, central, authoritative resource for information about doctoral dissertations and master's theses. More than 600,000 dissertations are available in native or image PDF formats for immediate free download. Dissertations published from 1980 forward include 350-word abstracts. Master's theses published from 1988 forward include 150-word abstracts.

Digital Dissertations at NU
Includes Doctoral Dissertations and Theses from NU degree candidates and submitted to ProQuest's national thesis clearinghouse. Most are full text.

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