Family & Consumer Sciences Research Tip Sheet

This tip sheet is available online at library home page > Distance Education Services > Research Tip Sheets.

Online Library Resources

In-depth assistance is available at How To Do Library Research on the Distance Ed Library Services page (see the Handouts and Demonstrations).

  • go to the Library Catalog to search for books/videos/DVDs, etc.
    • enter your term(s), and select the index you want to search (author, title, subject, keyword)
    • your search may bring up journal titles with online links; click the "ENMU Portales online access" link to go to our Full-text Online Journals (see Full-text Online Journals, below, for instructions)
  • to find journal articles, use a periodical database

Databases for Family and Consumer Sciences Research

Full-text Online Journals

If you are unable to locate full-text material in the database you are searching, try using our Full-Text Online Journals, at the second alphabetical list in the upper right of the Periodical Databases page:
  • click the 0-9 link and type journal title in the Search box; if journal is available, click a link and then "Search Within this Publication" (type article title in search box or perform an open search)
  • or, click a year/volume/issue link that corresponds to your citation and search the issue's table of contents for your article title
  • or, go directly to our Full-text Online Journals with Family and Consumer Sciences coverage to see the specific journal titles we have available:
    Art, Architecture & Applied Arts
    Business & Economics
    Earth & Environmental Sciences
    Health & Biological Sciences
If you are still unable to locate your material, you may place a request for it (see below).

Family & Consumer Sciences Web Resources

USDA'S National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Consumer.gov
Consumer Action
USHHS's Household Products Database
Nutrition.gov
USDA's Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
Child Trends
Promising Practices Network on Children, Families and Communities
USDA's Nutrient Data Laboratory
Nutrition Action HealthLetter
Martindale's Virtual Nutrition Center

See the Internet Resources page for general and reference works, and eBooks.

Requesting Material

Register with the ILLiad Interlibrary Loan (ILL) system and create your personal ILLiad account. Go to the Interlibrary Loan link and click on the ILLiad Log In/Register link on the left-hand sidebar. Click on the "First Time Users click here" link and register with the system. Enter your ENMU email address, create an ILLiad username of your own choosing, and enter your ENMU ID number as your ILLiad password. Return to the same ILLiad Log In/Register link and logon to ILLiad to use the system.

  • if you are taking classes on the main campus, check Golden Library's holdings first, before submitting a request. If your item is unavailable online or in the library, you may place an ILL request.
  • if you are a distance education student and do not come to the main campus for any of your classes, you may request anything not available full-text online via ILL, including items from Golden Library's catalog.

On-campus students may pick up requested items at the library's Circulation Desk. Items requested from distance education students will be sent directly to them. 95% of articles will be available electronically via your ENMU email account; some may arrive in your ILLiad account--login to your account and click the Electronically Delivered Articles link in the left-hand sidebar. For items we must request from other libraries, the turnaround time may be as long as two weeks for books; most articles will arrive within 2-3 days. Golden Library has no control over lending terms and renewal policies set by other libraries.

Reference Assistance

Ask for help! Contact Michele Wood, or by phone at 562.2644 or 800.450.7279.