Nutrient+Deficiency+Diseases

**Nutrient Deficiency Diseases** Welcome Year 11 Biology students to this pathfinder where you will be guided to a range of resources to assist you in completing your task investigating nutrient deficiency diseases. Remember to use a variety of information sources (books, online and encyclopedias) during the research and presentation stages of your task. Click on the [|Nutrient assignment.doc] to ensure you understand exactly what it is you need to do.
 * [[image:olmclogo.jpg width="134" height="59"]] ﻿ ** **Year 11 Biology**

Then refer to the [|Information Skills Research Model]and follow the six steps outlined to plan, research and evaluate this this task.

As VCE students it is vitally important that you accurately site all the sources (print and online) of your work in the form of in-text references and a bibliography (end text). Refer to the OLMC Years 10-12 Style Guide.

You will find relevant information for your assignment by browsing the shelves according to the following Dewey numbers:
 * 610 - Human anatomy, cytology and histology
 * 613 - Personal health and safety
 * 614 - Incidence and prevention of diseases
 * 616 - Diseases

On the library catalogue, search engines or searching tools below use the name of the nutrient deficiency diseases and words such as symptoms, diagnosis and treatment.

= **Encyclopedias** =


 * Encyclopedia of Family Health


 * World Book Encyclopedia


 * McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology


 * The World Book Encyclopedia of Science - The Human Body (Volume 7)

Use the **Index volume** to find out if your nutrient deficiency diseases are contained within these encyclopedias.

= **E-library Database** = = = The library can also provide you with access to the E-Library database. Some of these sites will contain full-text articles which you can print-out or email to your own email address. To access E-Library: = =
 * To to the Portal
 * Click on the Library Subscriptions link on the left-hand side of the screen and follow the link to E-Library inserting the username and password that is supplied to you.

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[|Health Insite]- Follow the links below to find information on nutritional food supplements and their health effects. Also use this site's search box to locate information on the specific diseases.

[|Office of Dietary Supplements, National Institutes of Health]- give a current overview of individual vitamins, minerals and other dietary supplements.

[|Better Health Channel] - A great place to start your research as the site contains factsheets that are up-to-date, easy to understand and reliable.

[|United States National Library of Medicine] - Search the library's Medline Fact Sheets. Please note: Intute was closed in July 2011, however the website with all the fabulous links will remain for three years. The site will not be maintained or updated, and no additional resources will be added.







When searching for Information on your own be sure to determine the authority of your source

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