Scholarly articles, also called academic or research articles, are key to research in food and nutrition. Use the resources below for locating academic articles. If you are stuck in trying to find scholarly articles, get in touch with a librarian using contact information on the home page of this guide or the chat box in the corner of this page.
When searching for scholarly articles, you may be required to find primary research articles. This means articles that report on original research. For more information on how to tell primary and secondary articles apart and how to identify a scholarly article, check out the Understanding Scientific Literature tab of this guide.
Ram Search searches across almost everything the Whittemore Library subscribes to, making it a great starting point for your research. You can also check-out the discipline-specific databases listed below for research in the chemistry. A discipline-specific database includes only literature from a particular discipline.
Sometimes you may wish to browse or search within a particular journal. You can use the Full-text Journal Finder to locate journals that you know the name of by using the search feature or you can browse by subject.
Key Food and Nutrition Journals