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PEN - Practice Based Evidence in Nutrition This link opens in a new window
Evidence-based answers to everyday practice questions; key practice points that have been synthesized from the literature by experts. Includes four knowledge pathways: Population Health/Lifecycle, Health Condition/Disease, Food/Nutrients and Professional Practice. Developed by Dietitians of Canada.
PubMed This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive index of articles from the biomedical and life sciences. Produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
* Includes some full text articles
* French content
* German content
* Spanish content

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CINAHL (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Central source for full-text articles in nursing and allied health (audiology, nutrition & dietetics, occupational, physical & respiratory therapy, speech-language pathology, consumer health).
* Direct export to RefWorks
* Full text articles
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* Citation tracking
* Spanish content
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Huge multidisciplinary index of articles in over 8,500 journals, from 1989 to the present. (Includes: Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index)

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