NTR 3130: Introduction to Nutrition Research

Links:

• Ways to get research help from CPP Library
• Using OneSearch - How to Find Books (Youtube 5:58) and How to Find Articles (Youtube 5:46)
• When You Can't find a Book on the Shelf 
• How do I place an Item on Hold?
• How do I get books and articles that our Library doesn't own?
• What is CSU+?
• What is Document Delivery?

Find articles in recommended Library databases:

Explore other Library databases

• Try the categories of Human Nutrition, Biological Sciences, or Food Science.

Looking for an article that the Library doesn't own?

• Try Google Scholar or order through Document delivery

Looking for Primary Literature or Original Research articles?

• Library FAQ: My instructor wants me to use Primary Literature. What is it and how do I find it?

Looking for Review Articles?

• Library FAQ: My professor said I should find review articles. What should I do?

Looking for a particular Journal, Magazine, or Newspaper?

Check with OneSearch, by clicking on the JOURNAL SEARCH button in the green menu bar.

How to know whether a journal is peer-reviewed or refereed?

• Library FAQ: How can I tell if a particular journal is "Peer Reviewed" or "Refereed"? I have the title of the journal.
• Illustration showing the peer-review process, from the University of California Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley

What Is a Scholarly Journal, versus a Newspaper or a Magazine?

What is a scholarly journal and how is it different from a magazine or newspaper? All three are called periodicals because they are published at periodic intervals throughout the year.

• Newspapers are the first draft of history, but are not scholarly.
• Magazines are good sources of information or opinions about popular culture or up-to-date information on current events.
• Scholarly journals have collections of refereed/peer-reviewed articles written by experts in academic or professional fields.
  Such journals are excellent for finding out what has been studied or researched on a topic, and to find bibliographies that point to other relevant sources of information. Please note:  the word "journal" is not necessarily in the title of a scholarly publication.

Helpful Links

• How to Identify Scholarly Journal Articles (video from Cornell University Libraries)
• Anatomy of a Scholarly Article (interactive illustration from NCSU Libraries)
• How to Identify Substantive News Articles (video from Cornell University Libraries)

Am I looking at a scientific research article?

• This short video introduces the basic parts of a scientific article (3:45, from University of Colorado)
• IMRAD (sounds like "I'm rad!") is handy for remembering parts of an original research article: Introduction, Materials and Methods or Methodology, Results, and Discussion.

How should I approach reading a scientific research article?

• This short video shows how to read a scientific article efficiently and effectively (5:03, from University of Minnesota)