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The Nutrition Care Manual (NCM/PNCM/SNCM) are Internet-based therapeutic diet manuals and professional practice manuals for registered dietitians; dietetic technicians, registered; and allied health professionals.
Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database (NMCD) This link opens in a new windowNatural Medicines (formerly Natural Standard and Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database) is an authoritative resource of monographs on dietary supplements, natural medicines, and complementary alternative and integrative therapies.
Ebook Central This link opens in a new windowEbook Central is NYU's preferred ebook provider. Users can search, read, highlight, and annotate full-text books in many subject areas, including the social sciences and humanities.
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new windowScienceDirect is a portal for scholarship published in the sciences, engineering, and technology disciplines.
AccessScience This link opens in a new windowAccessScience is a collection of introductory reference materials relating to the major scientific disciplines. Users will find definitions, articles, images, videos, and curriculum maps drawn from the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, the McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science & Technology, and the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms.
Credo Reference This link opens in a new windowOnline collection of dictionaries, encyclopedias, biographical sources, quotations, bilingual dictionaries, and measurement conversions covering topics from the arts to the sciences.
Reading a review article is a great way to gain a basic understanding of a topic - and the list of references at the end can help you get started on further research. Below are instructions on how to locate review articles in several databases.
Medline via PubMed This link opens in a new windowOn the search results page, click "Review" under "Article Types" in the left-hand list of filters. Or you can include "Review[ptyp]" in the search bar.
Biological Abstracts This link opens in a new windowOn the search results page, select "Literature Review" from under "Literature Types" in the left-hand navigation. Then click "Refine."
Web of Science Core Collection This link opens in a new windowOn the search results page, select "Literature Review" from under "Literature Types" in the left-hand navigation. Then click "Refine."
You can also search journals that publish reviews directly. Here's a good place to start:
Annual Reviews This link opens in a new windowAnnual Reviews offers comprehensive, timely collections of critical reviews written by leading scientists. Annual Reviews volumes are published each year for 29 focused disciplines within the Biomedical, Physical, and Social Sciences.