Research Tip Sheet - for systematically searching academic databases (+ video tutorial | 2:25 | transcript)
Key Databases
Web of Science (+ video tutorial | 9:47 | transcript)
- Multidisciplinary, focused on the sciences (integrated with EndNote)
PubMed (+ video tutorial | 9:01 | transcript)
- Biomedical literature, allows you to search using MeSH terms (medical subject headings)
Clinical Trials
- Registry and results database for clinical studies of human participants conducted around the world
Health Canada's Clinical Trials Database
- Canadian clinical trials involving human pharmaceutical and biological drugs
International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP)
- Search portal for clinical trials from around the world adhering to World Health Organization standards
ISRCTN Registry (International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial Number)
- Clinical research studies (proposed, ongoing, completed) including health interventions in human population (observational and interventional trials)
More Databases to Explore
- Focused on all aspects of agriculture, including plant sciences, aquaculture, farming, and food and human nutrition
ASM (American Society for Microbiology) Journals Online
- Microbiological Sciences
- 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
World Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology Abstracts (via CAB Direct)
- Topics related to agriculture and natural resource development
- 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 | Video Tutorials
- Also see Property Search for material and substance properties
- 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
- Includes Medicine & Public Health, Life Sciences, Biomedicine, and more
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)
- Explore disciplines for 'Science', 'Medicine', and 'Health'
YouTube
Canada
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
- Canada Food Inspection Agency
- Health Canada: Food and Nutrition + Publications
- Public Health Agency of Canada: Food Safety
- Statistics Canada: Agriculture
- Statistics Canada: Agriculture and Food Statistics
- Statistics Canada: Canadian Community Health Survey - Annual Component (CCHS)
International
- African Development Bank Group: Food Production
- African Union: Department of Rural Economy and Agriculture (DREA)
- European Commission: Food Safety
- European Food Safety Authority (efsa)
- Feed the Future
- Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD): Agriculture and Fisheries
- United Nations: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
- United Nations: Sustainable Development Goals
- United Nations: World Food Programme (WFP)
- United Sates Department of Agriculture (USDA)
- USAID
- The World Bank: Agriculture and Food
- The World Bank: Health Nutrition and Population Statistics
- World Health Organization: Food Safety
Register for EndNote Basic (free) + video tutorial | 11:27 (transcript)
- 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
