Resources in Human Nutrition

Finding Books

To locate books on specific topics, search MAGIC, the MSU Libraries' online catalog. Begin with a keyword search (e.g. "dietary supplements," "mediterranean diet," "obesity and children"); click on a title of interest and follow the subject hotlinks in the cataloging record to locate other books on the same topic.

Finding Articles

To locate journal articles, search one or more of the following indexes:

Medline

The premier resource for searching the world's scholarly and professional biomedical and health sciences literature (including human nutrition). Medline uses a controlled vocabulary (e.g. coronary disease NOT heart disease), so it's wise to check the online Thesaurus to determine the correct terminology before you do your search.

CAB Abstracts

The world's leading agricultural research database, covering agriculture in the very broadest sense and including food science and human nutrition. British spellings and terminology are used (e.g. flavour, fibre, sulphate, maize vs. corn, food supplements vs. dietary supplements, etc.).

Agricola

Worldwide coverage of the scholarly and trade agricultural literature, including food science and human nutrition.

Health & Wellness Resource Center

Provides access to an integrated collection of general interest and fitness magazines, medical and professional periodicals, reference books and pamphlets, including ADA Journal, JAMA, Food Chemical News, Topics in Clinical Nutrition, Prevention, and Vegetarian Journal. Many of the articles are available full-text.

Health Reference Center Academic

Provides access to the full text of nursing and allied health journals, plus a wide variety of personal health information sources: journals, newsletters, pamphlets, reference books and more.

ProQuest Research Library

Contains over 2,000 periodicals (nearly 1,000 of them in ASCII full-text or full-image formats) in a wide range of subject areas. Sources range from general interest magazines and newspapers to trade publications and scholarly journals.

Reader's Guide

Indexes popular periodicals published in the U.S. and Canada (e.g. Time, Newsweek, U.S.A. Today, Prevention, Discover, Men's Health, Ms., Glamour, etc.). Some full-text links to articles.

Reference Resources

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

Benders' Dictionary of Nutrition and Food Technology. 7th ed. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 1999.
TX349 .B4 1999 Reference
Succinct definitions of over 5000 terms in nutrition and food technology, from abalone to zymotachygraph. Nutrient composition data is given for 287 foods.

CRC Desk Reference for Nutrition. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 1998.
QP141 .B523 1998 Reference
A concise A to Z dictionary of nutritional terms, with a number of longer entries and tables interspersed.

Encyclopedia of Human Nutrition. Boston: Elsevier/Academic Press, 2005.
QP141 .E526 2005 4v. Reference
Major reference work, providing comprehensive coverage of nutritional topics.

Foods & Nutrition Encyclopedia. 2nd ed. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 1994.
TX349 .F6 1994 2 v. Reference
A to Z coverage of all relevant aspects of foods, nutrition, and health, profusely illustrated with over 1,600 pictures and figures. Includes food composition information from the Ohio State University Hospital Nutrient Data Base Catalogue.

Food Composition/Nutrient Analysis Information

Bowes and Church's Food Values of Portions Commonly Used. 17th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1998.
TX551 .F6 Reference Desk
Authoritative data on the nutritional values of foods (e.g. caloric, fat, protein, sugar, cholesterol, vitamin, & mineral content) based on common portion size. Supplementary tables for alcohol content, amino acids, caffeine, iodine, purines, etc.

Food Composition and Nutrition Tables. 6th rev. ed. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2000.
TX551 .S735 2000 Reference Desk
Provides information on approximately 800 food items with 260 constituents. Contains data on food allergens and pseudo-allergens, trans-fatty acids and special bioactive phenolic compounds.

USDA/ARS Nutrient Data Laboratory.
The USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 15, a searchable nutrient database for over 6,000 different foods.

Handbooks, Textbooks, Etc.

The Cambridge World History of Food. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000.
TX353 .C255 2000 2v. Reference
A hefty collection of 170 original essays and some 4,000 entries related to the history of food and nutrition. In Volume 1, significant information is provided for specific staple foods (both domesticated plants and animals), dietary liquids (including breast milk), and nutrients (along with deficiencies, surfeits, and food-related disorders). Volume 2 examines the history and culture of food around the world, nutrition and health, and contemporary food-related policy issues (such as subsidies, RDA's and dietary guidance, food labeling, additives, food safety and biotechnology, and dietary supplements) and provides an historical dictionary of the world's plant foods.

Diet and Nutrition Sourcebook: Basic Consumer Health Information About Dietary Guidelines. 2nd ed. Detroit: Omnigraphics, 1999.
RA784 .D534 1999 Reference
A layperson's guide to basic dietary principles and guidelines, including nutrition fundamentals, needs throughout the life cycle, nutrition for people with specific medical concerns, weight control, dietary supplements and food additives, areas of research, and sources of further information.

Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, 2005.

Dietary Reference Intakes. Tables for elements and vitamins available in PDF form from NAS Food and Nutrition Board.

Encyclopedia of Foods: A Guide to Healthy Nutrition. San Diego: Academic Press, 2002.
TX349 .E485 2002 Reference
An attractively illustrated popular reference to basic nutritional principles, coupled with an encyclopedia of food products.

Modern Nutrition in Health and Disease. 9th ed. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1999.
QP141 .W6 1999 Reference
A comprehensive text and reference source for topics in basic and clinical nutrition.

The New Complete Book of Food: A Nutritional, Medical and Culinary Guide. New York: Facts on File Inc., 1999.
TX353 .R525 1999 Reference
An A to Z consumer guide to over 300 foods, with a nutritional profile of each food, a detailed guide to ingredients, suggestions for purchasing, storing, preparing and serving, and information on the effects of cooking, medical uses and/or benefits, drug interactions, and diets that may restrict or exclude that food.

The New Complete Book of Herbs, Spices, and Condiments. New York: Facts on File, 2001.
TX406 .R55 2001 Reference
An A to Z consumer guide with basic information, nutritional profiles, food uses, medical benefits, adverse effects, and drug interactions.

Nutrition: A Reference Handbook. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997.
TX353 .B45 1997 Reference
Aims to provide, in one volume, the nutrition information needed by those working in the field.

Recommended Dietary Allowances. 10th rev. ed. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 1989.
TX551 .N38 Reference Desk
Authoritative source on nutrient allowances for healthy people, organized by nutrient. Provides information on nutrient function, food sources, usual dietary intakes, and effects of deficiencies and excessive intakes. Available in PDF form from the USDA Food and Nutrition Information Center.

Herbs and Supplements

The Complete German Commission E Monographs: Therapeutic Guide to Herbal Medicines. 1st ed. Austin; Boston: American Botanical Council; Integrative Medicine Communications, 1998.
RM666 .H33 C66 1998 Reference
Regarded as the authoritative compendium on therapeutic medicinal herbs for health-care professionals, with information on the approved uses, dosage, contraindications, side effects, drug interactions, and pharmacological actions given for 380 herbs and herbal combinations.

Evidence-Based Herbal Medicine. Philadelphia: Hanley & Belfus, 2002.
RM666 .H33 E95 2002 Reference
Evaluates about 65 herbal medicines (including a few non-herbal dietary supplements), providing information on uses, pharmacology, preparations and doses, interactions, cautions, and adverse effects and citing evidence from clinical trials.

Guide to Popular Natural Products. 1st ed. St. Louis: Facts and Comparisons, 2001.
RS160 .G85 2001 Reference
Profiles more than 120 of the most commonly used herbs and natural products, from acidophilus and ginkgo to chondroitin and St. John's wort, with scientific name(s), common name(s), patient information, history, pharmacology, toxicology, and pertinent medical and scientific references.

The Health Professional's Guide to Popular Dietary Supplements. Chicago: American Dietetic Association, 2000.
RM217.2 .S37 2000 Reference
A to Z guide providing an overview of the dietary supplement, media and marketing claims, food sources, dosage information and bioavailability, relevant research, safety considerations, summary information, and references.

Herbal Companion to AHFS DI. Bethesda: American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, 2000.
RM666 .H33 H47 2000 Reference
Provides comprehensive information on herbs and nutritional supplements and their integration with conventional medicine: dietary sources, composition, commercial preparations, therapeutic uses, dosage, adverse effects/contraindications, and interactions.

Herbal Medicine: Expanded Commission E Monographs. 1st ed. Newton, MA: Integrative Medicine Communications, 2000.
RM666 .H33 H37 2000 Reference
Augments the original German text for approximately 100 herbs commonly sold in the U.S. Includes helpful introductions to and color photographs of each herb, as well as several indices arranged by use, contraindications, and side effects.

International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements (IBIDS) Database
A database of published, international, scientific literature on dietary supplements, including vitamins, minerals, and botanicals. Produced by the NIH Office of Dietary Supplements.

Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database. A source of clinically reliable information on more than 1000 natural medicines, including herbs, dietary supplements, vitamins, minerals, etc.

Nutraceuticals: the Complete Encyclopedia of Supplements, Herbs, Vitamins and Healing Foods. New York: Perigee, 2001.
RM258.5 .N88 2001 Reference
The official American Nutraceutical Association consumer guide, featuring a directory of conventional and nutraceutical remedies for various medical conditions and detailed information on the top 200 nutraceuticals, including common uses, active ingredients, efficacy, dosage, and potential problems.

PDR for Herbal Medicines. 2nd ed. Montvale, NJ: Medical Economics Company, 2000.
RM666 .H33 P59 Reference
Based on the German Commission E work, this resource provides detailed information on over 700 botanical remedies, including herb/drug interactions, side effects, contraindications, precautions, adverse reactions, and dosage.

PDR for Nonprescription Drugs and Dietary Supplements. 22nd ed. Montvale, NJ: Medical Economics Co., 2001.
RM671 .A1 P48 Reference
Includes section on natural remedies and nutritional supplements marketed under the DSHEA of 1994. Product information has been prepared by the manufacturer and includes all information designed for informed use.

PDR for Nutritional Supplements. 1st ed. Montvale, NJ: Medical Economics Co., 2001.
RM671 .A1 P48 2001 Reference
Nearly 1,000 nutritional products are described. Entries include information on pharmacology, indications and use, dosage and precautions, as well as a summary of significant clinical research.

Review of Natural Products. St. Louis: Facts and Comparisons, 2002.
A comprehensive and up-to-date source of referenced, evaluated, factual information about natural products: history, chemistry, pharmacology, uses, abuses, and toxicities. Searchable online via STAT!REF Medical Library. Select title from textbook list.

A Textbook of Natural Medicine. 2nd ed. New York: Churchill Livingstone, Inc., 1999.
RZ440 .T44 1999 v.1-2 Main Library
Includes detailed pharmacologic information on herbs and supplements and standards of practice for natural medicine. Searchable online via MDConsult. Be sure to use scientific names.

Analytical Methods

Approved Methods of the American Association of Cereal Chemists. 10th ed. St. Paul: The Committee, 2000.
TX557 .A54 2000 Reference

Official Methods and Recommended Practices of the AOCS. 5th ed. Champaign, Ill.: American Oil Chemists' Society, 1998.
TP671 .A49 1998 Reference Desk

Official Methods of Analysis of AOAC International. 17th ed. [Gaithersburg, Md.] : AOAC International, 2000.
S583 .A73 Reference Desk [CD-ROM version available on Reference workstation #13]

Nutrition Links

HealthWeb: Nutrition: Meta Sites from the Galter Health Sciences Library at Northwestern University

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