Current Biography – Monthly publication; use the cumulative index to find articles. This source would probably not include academic researchers, but would include authors of popular works on diet and nutrition. Reference Stacks -- CT 100.C8
Who’s who of American women
Most recent copy is located in the Reference Stacks and older editions are located on the 4thFloor -- CT 3260 .W5
Who’s who in America
Most recent copy is located in the Reference Stacks and older editions are located on the 4th Floor -- E 663 .W56
Who’s who in American education
Reference Stacks --LA 2311 .W46
The following sources are not all equivalent in content or authority.
Google search – Type name in quotation marks and add the word biography
e.g., “Bonnie Liebman” biography
If too many irrelevant results are retrieved, the word "nutrition" can be added as a search term to narrow the results.
Nexis Uni Not all nutritionists will be found in this database.
This database allows you to find if important, scholarly articles have been written by an individual and published in prestigious journals.
Begin at the Web of Science search screen. Type in last name and first initial and select Author in the drop-down menu. In the green box at left, select the correct name. Then select the correct discipline. (This separates the several different people with similar names.) You can select a particular article, click on the title and find the author’s address or academic affiliation in the record of the article.