Research Tip Sheet - for systematically searching academic databases (+ video tutorial | 2:25)
Key Databases
Web of Science (+ video tutorial | 9:47)
- Multidisciplinary, focused on the sciences (integrated with EndNote)
PubMed (+ video tutorial | 9:01)
- Biomedical literature, allows you to search using MeSH terms (medical subject headings)
More Databases to Explore
- Focused on all aspects of agriculture, including plant sciences, aquaculture, farming, and food and human nutrition
- Microbiological Sciences
- Registry and results database for clinical studies of human participants conducted around the world
- High-quality, independent evidence used to inform healthcare decision-making
- Chemical information including molecular formula and structures, physical properties, biological activities, safety and toxicity information, and more
- Includes Health Sciences and Life & Biomedical Sciences
- Core chemistry database for substance and reaction information and references to articles and patents (must create an account using your Carleton email address)
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SciFinder Need-To-Know video series
- Includes Agriculture Sciences, Chemistry, Health Sciences, and Medical Sciences
- Multi-disciplinary, focused on the sciences
- Includes Medicine & Public Health, Life Sciences, Biomedicine, and more
- Includes Health & Medicine, Agriculture, Chemical Engineering, Biology, and more
Knovel Library (scroll down to select Knovel: Food Science)
- Reference materials on food ingredients, safety, quality, manufacturing, processing, nutrition, storage, and preservation
- Thousands of topics in all medical fields, authored by medical experts
National Academies Press eBooks
- From the United States' National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
- Reference materials including dictionaries, encyclopedias, and more
- From most major academic publishers
Wiley Online Books: Food Science & Technology
- Subjects include Agriculture, Aquaculture, Biomedical Engineering, Health and Health Care, Medical Science, and more
Also note that all of Carleton's ebooks can be found through the library's homepage, using the large search box. Conduct a keyword search, then isolate to Available Online (under Availability) + Books (under Resource Type)
- Subjects include Biology, Environmental Science, and Health & Medicine
JoVE Journal of Visualized Experiments
- Peer-reviewed videos documenting techniques and protocols in biological sciences (note the limited content we subscribe to: Biology, Developmental Biology, Genetics, and Neuroscience)
YouTube
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Leading international efforts to defeat hunger, achieve food security for all, and make sure that people have regular access to enough high-quality food to lead active, healthy lives
Health Care: Public Policy and Statistics
- Extensive guide for sources of international government information on public policy and statistics
Health Nutrition and Population Statistics
- From the World Bank, provides key health, nutrition, and population statistics gathered from a variety of international and national sources
Register for EndNote Basic (free) + video tutorial | 11:27
- These credentials will also be used for Web of Science
- Good idea to use your Carleton email address
- Integrates with Microsoft Word
- Carleton students can download a free version of Microsoft Office, including Word (Windows or Mac)
Once registered and logged into EndNote, click the Downloads tab along the top
- Cite While You Write is an add-on for Microsoft Word, which works with your EndNote account for creating references and bibliographies
- Capture Reference creates a reference from a website (drag the Capture Reference button to your browser's bookmarks bar)
Open Microsoft Word
- Click the EndNote tab and enter your credentials
- Under Preferences, Application, ensure EndNote online is selected and click OK
- Next to Style, select your citation style (in this case CSE Style Manual 8th Edition N-Y)
Online Citation Quick Guide (to verify CSE formatting)
Journal Citation Reports for abbreviated journal titles
