HNFE

HNFE 1114: Course guide

Welcome to University Libraries at Virginia Tech! The resources listed on this page will help you successfully complete the work that you will encounter in HNFE 1114. If you have any questions or problems, please do not hesitate to contact Rebecca Miller, the Library Liaison for HNFE. Her contact information is available on the right side of this page.

Navigating University Libraries

• Sign in from off campus to use subscription resources
• Access Addison (the library catalog) to find relevant books
• Use Summon (the library search engine) to browse books, journal articles, and other resources
• Visit the HNFE Subject Guide for guidance whenever you are beginning an HNFE-related project.
• Read up on getting started with library research

Popular and scholarly periodicals

When first starting out in research, it is important to think about what kind of resource you are reading. Articles that you find in library databases may be published by popular, scholarly, or trade periodicals--and you may be required to use a certain kind of article in the research that you conduct in HNFE 1114 and during the rest of your time here at Virginia Tech. A guide that describes the differences among periodical articles is available here.

A few related databases

MEDLINE (PubMed) | PubMed Tutorials

(1950 - ) PubMed is a service of the National Library of Medicine that includes over 19 million citations. PubMed is available to the public and includes some links to full text articles.

To ensure that you will be able to access articles on PubMed, you must access the database from the library website. (If you are off-campus, make sure to use the Off-Campus Sign In button first.) Either go to the HNFE Subject Guide and select PubMed, or use the Databases tab on the library homepage to search for PubMed. Accessing the database from the library website ensures that you are recognized as a Virginia Tech affiliate, and will be able to use the "Get VText" button to locate articles.

CAB Abstracts | CAB Abstracts Tutorials

(1973 - ) Covers the areas of agriculture, agricultural economics, forestry and the forestry industry, nutrition, rural sociology, hospitality and tourism, and tropical medicine. Contains over 8 million citations and full text articles.

Web of Science (Science Citation Index) | Web of Science Tutorials

(1975 - ) This database includes citation databases for journal publications in science, social science, and arts and humanities.

Finding full-text articles

Often, even when you use University Libraries databases (or even Summon), you will only find a citation, or a citation and an abstract, of an article that you're interested in. This means you need to hunt down the full text of the article. It's possible that we may only have the article in print, so don't forget to check Addison to see which years we may have of a particular journal.

You have two other options for locating the full text of an article: 1) Using Get VText and 2) Interlibrary Loan.

Get VText

Access the full text of articles from databases in only one or two clicks.

• Get VText Tutorial

Interlibrary Loan

If we do not have access to the full text of an article you need (i.e., if Get VText doesn't find your article), then you need to order it through Interlibrary Loan. This is our system for gaining access to items we don't own: we borrow them from other libraries, and deliver them to you.

Once you are signed into ILL, you can use the "New Request" forms to ask for the items you need. In databases, the "Get VText" button also has an option to request items from ILL once you have determined we do not have the item electronically or in print. "Get VText" fills out the form for you.

Remember, Interlibrary Loan does take time to find and deliver articles to you. Most articles will be delivered electronically in 3-5 business days, while books and other objects make take longer, 5-7 business days.

Citation and style guides

• Manuals available through University Libraries
• APA guides available through University Libraries
• OWL at Purdue APA Guide

Questions?

Schedule a one-on-one appointment with your subject librarian if you have any other questions or concerns. Information for all College Librarians can be found here. Additionally, the 4th floor reference desk (Science & Technology Reference Desk) is staffed during normal library hours, if you have a question that needs immediate assistance. You can drop in, or use our Ask a Librarian system for virtual service. We look forward to seeing you in the library!