NTR 390: Nutrition Seminar

Nutrition Information on the Internet

Nutrition.gov
A "gateway to reliable information on nutrition, healthy eating, physical activity, and food safety for consumers, educators and health professionals." Provides access to food and nutrition information from across the federal government and educational institutions.
Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) (http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/). Food and Drug Administration. Includes a link to Selected Non-FDA Sources of Food and Nutrition Information.
Food, Bioprocessing & Nutrition Sciences Extension Programs (http://ncsu.edu/foodscience/extension_program/programs.html)
Food and Drug Administration (http://www.fda.gov/)
www.FoodSafety.gov: Gateway to Government Food Safety Information (http://www.foodsafety.gov/)
healthfinder (http://www.healthfinder.gov/)
A gateway consumer health information Web site from the United States government.
Institute of Food Technologists home page (http://www.ift.org/)
Includes daily food science and technology-related news headlines.
Nutrition.org
American Society for Nutritional Sciences, publisher of the Journal of Nutrition
Nutritional Analysis Tool (NAT), version 2.0 (http://www.nat.uiuc.edu/)
University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign. A Web-based program "that allows anyone to analyze the foods they eat for various different nutrients."
Community of Science (COS) (http://www.cos.com/services/) (NCSU only)
- COS Funding Opportunities. Contains detailed information for more than 20,500 available research grants worldwide. Updated daily.

To find other Web sites, click on Netscape's Net Search button and use one of the many available search engines. For searching tips and comparisons of the features of various search engines, see

Search Beyond ipl2, a guide from the Internet Public Library
Selected Internet Search Engines from Infopeople

For examples on how to cite Internet resources, see Citing Electronic Resources from the Internet Public Library.

Evaluating Internet Resources

Accuracy. Is the information provided accurate?
If you're not sure, can you contact the author? Is the information cited correctly?
Authority. Who published the document? Who is the "Webmaster"? What are their credentials?
Check the domain of the document to find out what type of institution publishes the document. For example: .edu .com .org .gov
Objectivity. Is the information presented objectively? Is there bias? What type of information is presented?
What is the purpose or goal of the site?
Currency. How current is the information presented? When was the site last updated?
Do all the links on the page still work?

Compare Hacker's Diet and Arbor Nutrition Guide using the criteria above

Librarian Contact Information

Carol Vreeland, Associate Director, Veterinary Medicine Library
513-6823
carol_vreeland@ncsu.edu