Resources for Nutrition Undergraduates
Getting Started
- To access the eJournals, eBooks and databases from outside the DIT network see the Off Campus Access link.
- Borrowing & Renewals: undergraduate entitlements
- Exam papers : access point and information for online papers
- Program documents: access point and information
- Final year projects are available in pdf format from 2014 - see How to find Online Dissertations guide.
- How to use the Library : full help guide listing
eJournals
- So why use eJournals? Journals contain academic research which is not found in textbooks. Information is published on a monthly or weekly basis and consists of breakthroughs and reports on current research.
- DIT Library nutrition eJournals can be searched by journal title or subject. Or search the entire journal collection including hardcopy titles on the Library Catalogue using Journal Title Search. Click on a title to open the fulltext or use the Kevin St Library guide Finding fulltext journal articles
eBooks 
- Browse via the eBook link: most of the biomedical titles are located in MyiLibrary or NCBI. Or search for a specific etextbook on the Library Catalogue.
Kevin St Guides to Project Resources
Assignment & Information Skills Resources
First Year
- Evaluating Web Resources
- Information types and sources
- Finding fulltext journal articles
- Journal article critical reviews : how to get started
- Referencing and citing
Final year
- Finding information for a final year project
- Finding fulltext journal articles
- Databases and effective search strategies
- Evaluating Web Resources
- How to use Google Scholar
Subject Databases for Nutrition and Biomedical Science
Why use these as opposed to google or other search engines? Subject databases index current scholarly research on various topics published in thousands of academic journals and are the ideal way to find out what’s new in your subject. You may need to use several to locate the information you need as no single database indexes every journal publication.
| Academic Search Complete | Medline | Food Science & Technology Abstracts |
| Science Direct | Europe PubMed Central | Web of Science |
Try the following Kevin St Library Guides to get started:
Search Engines
- ScienceResearch
- WorldWideScience
- ZanRan (stats and numerical data)
Citing Your Sources
Citing and referencing the information sources used in research is essential to avoid plagiarism. See the Kevin St Library Referencing and citing guide for introduction purposes. Another useful link is How to Avoid Plagiarism. Each subject has its own citation style and the School of Biological Sciences often uses a version of the Harvard Referencing Guide (DIT Library Kevin St)) - check with your course co-ordinator if in doubt.
European Journal of Clinical Nutrition Citation Style
Certain DT223/225 classes maybe advised to follow the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition citation style for assignments. An expanded inhouse version is available at EJCN Citation Style Examples.
Please contact Julie de Foubert with any citation queries.
Journal Abbreviations
It's also important to know how to abbreviate Journal titles in a Reference List. Some useful tools which 'translate' the full journal title into the abbreviated version are:
Bibliographic citation software
Back Up Resources
For resources not held in DIT Library see Using Other Libraries & Inter Library Loans
