NuFS 16 - Science, Physiology, and Nutrition

Search engines vs. Databases

A search engine uses computer algorithms to search the Internet and identify items that match the characters and keywords entered by a user.
Examples: Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Yahoo, OneSearch

Databases are usually (but not always!) a collection of published journals and magazine articles, dissertations, reviews, and abstracts.
Examples: Academic Search Complete, ScienceDirect, Food Science Source

SJSU Library databases:  https://library.sjsu.edu/az/databases 
 

What Is PubMed?

PubMed is BOTH a search engine AND a database provided by the National Library of Medicine. It provides access to over 30 million citations and abstracts from biomedical literature. Anyone with an Internet connection can use PubMed, but not everyone can get access to full text journal articles, books, and book chapters. 

For your NUFS 16 database assignment, you will be focusing on PubMed only as the search engine/database in which to find scholarly information. To check if a journal is peer reviewed, use Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory. 

Use this link to connect PubMed to the Library’s databases: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?otool=casjsulib  

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