Resources for Nutrition & Dietetics Postgraduates
Getting Started 
- Borrowing & Renewals: postgrad entitlements
- Program Documents: access point (Library PIN required).
- Research theses via DIT's Institutional Repository ARROW.
- How to use the Library: full helpguide listing
Literature Reviews
A literature review is part of the introduction to a research report or thesis. It provides an overview and critical analysis of relevant published scholarly articles, books, theses etc on the topic to be investigated. See the Kevin St Library guide Getting started with literature reviews, the textbooks in Bookstack 10 (shelf number 808.042) or the following links:
Databases
Databases for Postgraduates & Researchers
| Journal Citation Reports | InCITES Research Analytics |
| Dissertations & Theses: UK & Ireland | SCOPUS (impact factors & metrics) |
Subject Databases for Nutrition & Dietetics
| Academic Search Complete | Europe PubMedCentral | Food Science & Technology Abstracts |
| Science Direct | Standards: IS / ISO | Web of Knowledge |
Search Engines
SearchAll/ Summon
What does SearchAll/ Summon search? It is a search engine that provides relevance ranked results from DIT Library's online collections in a one single search. It includes records and citations from the DIT Library catalogue, databases, eJournals, eBooks and theses collections.
Google Scholar
Some features unique to Google Scholar:
- Cited by information e.g. “Cited by 43 publications"
- Set your Google Scholar Preferences to Dublin Institute of Technology Find @DIT to link to DIT subscribed full-text.
- For more information see the Kevin St Library Guide How to use Google Scholar
Science Search Engines
- ScienceResearch
- WorldWideScience
- Zanran (numerical data)
eJournals
- The DIT Library eJournals can be searched by journal title or subject. Search the entire journal collection including hardcopy titles on the Library Catalogue using Journal Title Search. Or use the Kevin St Library guide Finding fulltext journal articles
- To access the eJournals from outside the DIT network you need a Library PIN.
eBooks 
- Browse via the eBook link - most of the biomedical & nutrition related ebooks are in the NCBI or MyiLibrary section. Or search for a specific title on the Library Catalogue and open/download the ebook content.
Fulltext Options & Other Academic Libraries
- If DIT journal subscriptions do not cover the articles you require you may apply for an Inter Library Loan.
- Alternatively postgraduates may apply for an ALCID and /or a SCONUL card to visit another academic library.
Open Access Resources
What is Open Access? 
- Open Access is unrestricted access to online scholarly information via digital and institutional repositories.
Advantages of Open Access:
- Greater visibility and impact of research
- Increased opportunity for collaboration and innovation via the digital environment
- Faster access to research information than traditional publishing
Information about Open Access:
- Open Access Scholarly information Sourcebook (OASIS)
- SPARC Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition
- Open Access Overview
- Types of Open Access
Open Access Science Resources
- BioMedcentral
- ArXiv eprints
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- ePrints
- Lenus (HSE research repository)
- Pubmed Central
- Europe PubMed Central
Institutional Repositories
| Arrow : DIT's theses & publications | RIAN Irish Research Portal |
| DART-Europe E-Thesis Portal : full text research theses | OpenAire: Reseach in Europe |
| ROAR : Registry of Open Access Repositories | Sherpa & OpenDoar IR directories |
Current Awareness Tools & Bibliometrics
Register with a selection of these tools to keep up with research trends.
Research Metrics & Impact Factors
The most commonly used bibiometric measures used to assess the impact of a particular journal publication are Impact factor, Eigenfactor and SCImago The impact of a specific reseacher can be measured by h-index, e-index and Times Cited (amongst others)e .g.
- Altmetrics
- Cited Reference Search (access via Web of Science, DIT Library Databases)
- Journal Citation Reports (access via DIT Library Databases)
- SCOPUS (access via Web of Science, DIT Library Databases)
- Research Smarts: Bibliometrics FAQs
- Kevin St Library guide Bibliometrics & Research
Digital Skills and Research Hub
For guidance and information on research communication, publishing and impact see the new DSRH resource.
Citing & Referencing
Citing information sources used in research is essential to avoid plagiarism. The School of Biological Sciences uses a version of the Harvard or the EJCN citation styles, but check with your supervisor.
Journal Abbreviations
Some useful tools which 'translate' the full journal title into the abbreviated version are:
Bibliographic citation software
Information Skills Help
- Kevin St Library Information Skills Guides
- Graduate Information Literacy eTutorial module
Summer Services
Kevin St Library offers the following services to postgraduates during the summer
