Stanford University
School of Medicine, Nutrition Project.2002-11-21
Stanford University
School of Medicine, Nutrition Project.
Indexing & Abstracting Resources in Nutrition
| MEDLINE (National Library of Medicine, NLM) | |
| Years Covered | 1966 - Present |
| Indexing |
>3900 journals. Includes meeting/conference reports, ONLY if published in journals & indexed. |
| Special Use | 'First choice' database for biomedical, health sciences journal literature. |
| BIOSIS (BIOSIS Previews, incl. Reports, Reviews, Meetings) | |
| Years Covered | 1969 - Present |
| Indexing |
ca. 5500 journals. Some journal indexing overlaps with MEDLINE. BIOSIS journals focus on life sciences: animals (including humans), plants, microbes. Uniquely indexes books. Provides thorough coverage of conference proceedings, meetings, and symposia. |
| Special Use | Broad scope of life sciences literature & nutrition. |
| More about BIOSIS. | |
| PsycINFO (American Psychological Association) | |
| Years Covered | 1887 - Present |
| Indexing |
>1300 journals. Some journal title indexing overlaps with MEDLINE. PsycINFO journals focus on psychology & behavioral/social sciences. Uniquely indexes books, chapters, meetings or technical reports, dissertations. |
| Special Use | Behavioral & psychological aspects, plus counseling for nutrition. |
| More about PsycInfo. | |
| SciSearch (Institute for Scientific Information) | |
| Years Covered | 1974 -Present |
| Indexing |
3300 biomedical, science, technology SCI (Science Citation Index) journals. Also indexes 1900 'Current Contents' journals. |
| Special Use |
Uniquely provides both 'general' and 'cited' searches. Cited searches identify later publications citing an earlier work. These citations include books, chapters, and meeting/conference reports. Track research ideas, particular papers, and their impact in published literature. 'Current Awareness' service via 'SciSearch ALERT' feature. Set up a stored search strategy & receive weekly literature search results. |
| More about SciSearch. | |
| IBIDS (Office of Dietary Supplements. National Institutes of Health). | |
| Years Covered | 1986- |
| Indexing | 1,500 journals selectively indexed |
| Special Use |
The International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements (IBIDS) is a database of published, international, scientific literature on dietary supplements, including vitamins, minerals, and botanicals. full or peer reviewed searching |
| Access | via Office of Dietary Supplements. National Institutes of Health. |
| Nutrition Abstracts & Reviews. Series A: Human & Experimental. CAB International (Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International), England. | |
| Years Covered | 1931-Present in print; 1973-Present online. |
| Indexing | > 1150 journals. Indexes books, journals, conference proceedings, dissertations, patents. Nutrition subset of CAB Health & CAB Abstracts databases. |
| Special Use | Focus on human diet, nutrition, metabolism & health topics. Detailed subject indexing, useful to focus a print index search. Excellent for browsing specific categories of nutrition literature abstracts. |
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More about Nutrition Abstracts & Reviews. |
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AMED Allied and Complementary Medicine Database (British Library Medical Information Service) |
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| Years Covered | 1985 -Present. |
| Indexing | >300 journals. |
| Special Use | Many of the journals covered are not indexed elsewhere. Nutrition and diet, plus related therapies in complementary medicine are covered. |
| More about AMED Allied and Complementary Medicine Database. | |
Literature search results provide valuable historical and current perspective, plus research data and analysis on topics. Indexing systems vary in what they cover. Some only index journals, while others include books, meeting reports, and dissertations. Also, some indexes may include publications directed to the lay person, while others focus on the scientific research literature. If you have interest in these indexes, ask a medical reference librarian about them. For this course, we concentrate on scientific literature resources.
Consider these aspects when selecting an index or database for literature searches:
| Coverage | Materials other than journals, including books, book chapters, meeting reports, and dissertations. Citation indexes included. |
| Subject focus | Special focus possibly not covered in other indexes |
| Currency | Timeliness of getting new materials added to the database. Historical perspective. |
You may need both current and historical information on scientific research topics. Cutting edge research ideas or studies may appear first in meeting reports. Formalized study reports with peer-review are published in journal articles or possibly in books. Review articles (if done thoroughly and well) are valuable overviews of topics. Meta-analysis is a quantitative method of combining results of independent studies, then synthesizing summaries and conclusions in order to evaluate therapeutic effectiveness and plan new studies from the literature.
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