Keeley Library Student Pages:
Health & Physical Fitness
Nutrition
For background on the subject, consult general encyclopedias such as Americana, Britannica, Colliers, World Book, etc. Look for articles on "Nutrition." To locate materials in the Keeley Library, see the section on Finding Your Way Around the Library.
Internet Resources
Library Catalog
To locate items in the library catalog, search in iBistro. You may want to limit your search to search only the Keeley Library, instead of all of the SAILS libraries. The following subjects are just some suggestions for your search:
- Appetite depressants
- Body image
- Diet--Adverse effects
- Diet and disease
- Diet--United States
- Dietary supplements
- Herbs--Therapeutic use
- High-protein diet
- Nutrition
- Nutrition--United States
- Nutritionally induced diseases
- Physical fitness--Nutritional aspects
- Reducing diets
- Reducing diets--Recipes
- Vegetarianism
- Vitamin therapy
- Weight loss
- Weight loss preparations
SAILS Databases
As members of SAILS, Durfee students and teachers can access journal and newspaper articles as well as online reference books, from the library's computers and from home. Simply go to the online catalog page, access the online catalog, and click on .
Selected Reference Books
SIRS Medical Science and SIRS Social Science on topics such as Health, Mental Health, Drugs, Sports, Sexuality, etc. contain thousands of articles on health-related topics. The binders containing these articles are near the large meeting area.
- The Doctors' Vitamin and Mineral Encyclopedia
- Encyclopedia of Nutrition & Cooking
- Encyclopedia of Vitamins, Minerals and Supplements
- Healthy Living
- Libraries as Gateways to Health Information
- Macmillan Health Encyclopedia
- McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Food, Agriculture & Nutrition
- The New Age Herbalist : How to Use Herbs for Healing, Nutrition, Body Care, and Relaxation
- The NutriBase Nutrition Facts Desk Reference
- Nutrition
- Nutrition Almanac
- The Nutrition Bible : a Comprehensive, No-Nonsense Reference Guide to Foods, Nutrients, Additives, Preservatives, Pollutants, and Everything Else We Eat and Drink
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