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Feinberg Library Research Guide for 
Nutrition

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Books generally provide in-depth coverage on a subject, but because of the amount of time involved to write and publish, the information is not always up-to-the-minute. Look for books on the scientific and medical aspects of food and nutrition in the Q and R and TX sections of all the library's books : Reference, Circulating (3rd floor) and special collections.

Journals are shelved alphabetically on the 3rd floor, or will be online and searchable in a full-text research database. Journal articles are good sources for current information. Many journals are devoted to a specific field of study, such as Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. Articles appearing in these journals are much more authoritative than comparative newspaper articles as most journals have a very stringent peer  review process for submission.
Compared to books, journal articles tend to focus on a specific aspect of a topic and are less useful for general overviews or histories of a broad topic.

Examples: 

Ashima K. Kant and Barry I. Graubard. Eating out in America, 1987–2000: trends and nutritional correlates, Preventive Medicine, Volume 38, Issue 2, February 2004, Pages 243-249

Nadine R. Sahyoun, Charlotte A. Pratt and Amy Anderson. Evaluation of nutrition education interventions for older adults: a proposed framework, Journal of the American Dietetic Association, Volume 104, Issue 1, January 2004, Pages 58-69