1. NUTR 2111 Introduction to Nutritional Sciences
Sandra A. Martin, M.L.I.S.
Instructor of Library Services
Health Sciences Resource Coordinator
John Vaughan Library Room 305B –

2. Knowledge is the Enemy of Disease Sir Muir Gray
Existing Knowledge Can Prevent
Waste & Errors
Poor Patient Experience
Adoption of low value interventions
Failure to adopt high value interventions

3. Sandra Martin Provides….
Instruction
Research Assistance
Small Group Consulting
Database Searches
Collection Development (Selection of print and online books, audiovisuals, journals and databases)
Assistance with any health-related information need
Office Hours: Tuesday 10 am to 4 pm – Tahlequah

6. From the NSU Libraries Home Page, Click on “Health Professions”

7. From the Health Professions Page, Click on Nutritional Sciences

8. Remote Access
Enter NT-NSU user id and password to access the library’s electronic resources
Contact your instructor if you have problems with your user id or password
Contact Darren Tobey at to report technical problems
Contact Sandra Martin at for search assistance

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10. Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery
Services
Delivery of journal articles, books, and other items not owned by the library
Delivery of books, audiovisuals, and journal articles in the library’s print collection
Journal articles delivered electronically if possible
ILL Requests
Click on Interlibrary Loan link from Nutritional Sciences Web Page (link located under “Library Info”)
Complete and submit the online registration form
Complete the online request form
Provide complete information about the journal article or book that you need and include your contact information
If you have questions or need assistance, contact: or

11. Learning Objectives
To provide a mechanism for students to access the most current nutritional sciences and health care information
To familiarize students with specific information resources and services to support the nutritional sciences curriculum
To familiarize students with evidence-based health care and lifelong learning skills

12. Overview of Online Resources
Research and Clinical Databases
e-Journals
e-Books
Consumer Health
Evidence-Based Summaries

13. Journal Article Databases
CINAHL Complete, Clinical Key, MEDLINE, and Science Direct are most frequently used resources to find journal articles on nutritional sciences topics.
Search this section when you need articles on subjects, e.g., child nutrition disorders, diet therapy, etc.
Databases in this section provide links to full text journal articles and other resources
You must start at the library’s Nutritional Sciences web page to access our subscribed full text

14. Databases - CINAHL Complete
CINAHL stands for Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature
Core research tool that contains full text of 1,400 journals and citations in more than 5,300 journals
Check the box next to “suggest subject terms” and search CINAHL headings for best results, e.g., search “pediatric obesity” for “childhood obesity”
View the brief tutorial to get started

15. Databases - CINAHL Complete

16. Clinical Key
“All in one” database with full text access to 1,000 books and 500 journals in every medical and surgical specialty
12 Content Types including MEDLINE, images & videos
Access to information at all levels from topic overview to evidence-based data in one search
Smart search engine matches first few letters of search word/words to relevant clinical content
No complicated search strategies or Boolean connectors
Easier than Google – but with reliable, evidence-based results

17. ClinicalKey “Autosuggest” displays search term choices

18. MEDLINE Covers 1946-present
U. S. National Library of Medicine’s premier database. Contains over 20 million citations to journal articles in medicine, nursing, allied health, and basic sciences as they relate to health care
Covers 1946-present
Ovid and Clinical Key include “user friendly” interface. Natural language processing of keywords eliminate complicated searches
Use Ovid or Clinical Key MEDLINE for links to full text in our subscribed journals

19. Databases – Science Direct
Scientific database produced by Elsevier
Provides journal articles from over 2,500 journals and chapters from almost 20,000 books in all life sciences disciplines
Useful to find full text articles on nutrition and dietetics topics in scientific journals across multiple disciplines
Contains full text of journals published by the American Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

20. Databases – Academic Search Premier
Multi-disciplinary database that provides full text of over 4,600 journals
Useful as a starting point to find a variety of viewpoints on a general topic, e.g., nutrition across the life cycle
Limit search results to “full text”, “scholarly peer-reviewed” and “academic journals”

21. Databases – Education Full Text
Full text of over 350 journals
Includes coverage of special education and educational tests
Useful for nutrition topics related to children and young adults K-12
Includes full text back to 1996

22. Databases – Social Sciences Full Text
Full text of over 600 journals
Useful for targeting “socioeconomic” aspects of nutrition topics, e.g., childhood obesity
Limit search results to “scholarly-peer reviewed”, “academic journals”

23. Consumer Health Resources
Current, authoritative, peer-reviewed, and evidence-based resources written specifically for the layperson
MEDLINEPlus – the National Institutes of Health’s web site for patients and families
ClinicalKey and UpToDate - include patient education handouts with basic and detailed versions
Access Medicine – contains patient education materials for adults and children and includes handouts for drugs and medicines

24. Databases – MEDLINEPlus
National Institute’s of Health’s web site for patients and families
Produced by the National Library of Medicine
Contains current, reliable, well-written information summaries and videos about diseases, conditions, and wellness issues
Widely used in major hospitals and medical centers

25. Nutritional Sciences Journals
Click on the individual NS journal title from the NS web page
Open the year, volume, and issue you need

26. Tracking Down the Full Text
If your database search does not provide a link to full text of a relevant article, play the brief video from the Library Resources for NS web page:

27. e-Books
R2 Digital Library – Nursing and allied health books from Doody’s Core Titles in the Health Sciences
ClinicalKey – full text of over 1,000 books in all medical specialties
- full text of nursing and health sciences books published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, American Nurses Association, Joanna Briggs Institute, Jones-Bartlett, and Springer Publishing
Access Medicine - text of leading medical and health sciences books from McGraw-Hill
ClinicalKey, UpToDate, and Access Medicine contain full text monographs for the health care professional and the patient of all FDA approved drugs

28. New Tools Target High-Quality Studies
Increase ease of accessing and understanding clinical information
Preprocessed (preappraised) tools - practical resources that facilitate ready access to high-quality research
Pre-appraised – tools that have undergone a filtering process to include only those studies that are regularly updated and of higher quality

29. Point-of-Care Resources
Evidence based textbooks
Provide rapid access to concise information to clinicians at the point of care
Not a database of articles from books, journals, or guidelines
Original, current, summaries written by experts
Formal systems used to grade strength of recommendations and quality of evidence

30. Information Retrieval for Evidence Based Health Care
Using research findings versus conducting research
Retrieving and evaluating information that has direct application to specific patient care problems
Selecting resources that are current, valid and available at point-of-care
Developing search strategies that are feasible within time constraints of clinical practice

31. Evidence Based Summaries
UptoDate
Evidence based summaries of over 9,500 topics in over 22 specialties
8,500 Treatment Recommendations
GRADE System used to score recommendations and strength of evidence
Practice changing updates; Updated continuously
Drug database; Patient education materials
The Gold Standard of summaries

33. UTD – fast, current, peer reviewed

34. UTD – simple search, quick answers

35. Summaries FirstConsult Search online in Clinical Key
App available through NSU subscription to Clinical Key for iPhone or iPad only
Create a personal account in Clinical Key
Download the app from the Apple app store
Login with your CK username and password
Concise summaries; sections on differential diagnosis; quality of evidence graded
Not updated as rapidly as UTD

36. ClinicalKey “stroke” search terms

37. CK First Consult Summary

38. Life-Long Learning
Selecting and searching online databases is challenging
Information is ever changing
Contact Sandra ( preferred)

39. If you need Help, contact Sandra