This orientation guide provides an overview of the resources available through the NSU HPD Library. It details how students can access full-text journals and ebooks, find nutrition articles, understand metrics for evaluating journal impact, and identify open access resources. The guide also reviews services available at the HPD Library like study rooms, the 24/7 study center, technology assistance, and 3D printing. Students are encouraged to contact the library liaison for any additional support.

1. Nutrition Library
Orientation
Julie Sarpy, KPCOM Library Liaison

4. Please don’t hesitate to contact me.

5. This guide has
lots of various
bits of information
about resources
you have
available to you.
HPD Student Info
& Resources
guide

8. Find Full-Text eJournals
1. From our Library homepage www.nova.edu/hpdlibrary
2. Click on the 2nd tab that says [Search Full-Text Finder]
3. Type the NAME of the Journal into the search box and click [Search]

9. If we have a subscription to the journal, you will see a listing under the title
entry which indicated the database(s) that have the full text for any period
of time.
You should always double check to make sure we have access to the
particular year or time-frame you need.
Then click on the database name to access the journal.

10. Log in with your Sharklink
Username and Password:

11. To find an article you can search for the title
using the search box
or
Navigate to the year, volume, issue, page in the
left column.

12. Find (Text)Books
(ex) Practical Applications in Sports Nutrition

13. 2 records will come up. We have 2 copies of the book electronically from 2
different venders. Use the 2nd link that does not have a pic of the front cover.

14. Log in with your Sharklink
Username and Password:

16. If you are an HPD student:
2 copies of the book.
The one at our Library is in Reserve, so it can
not get checked out, but you can request scanned chapters
The one in Circulation at the Sherman Library can be
Checked out or Mailed to you.

18. If you are a distance user you can request a
scan of a chapter or 2 via the Interlibrary
Loan/Document Delivery service

19. Log in with your Sharklink
Username and Password:

20. When the chapter is available you will get an
email and the PDF of the document will be in
the section under [VIEW] entitled
[Electronically Received Articles]

21. Fill in all of the information, indicate your campus
affiliation, then scroll to the bottom & click [submit]

22. These are links to electronic
access to the full text of
individual journals
These are links to databases
where you can search
MANY journals
Finding Nutrition Articles

23. On the [Natural Medicines database] tab

24. Journal Impact Factor
In the early 1960’s Irving H. Sher and Eugene Garfield
created the Journal Impact Factor to help select journals
for Science Citation Index (SCI).
They knew that a core group of highly cited large journals
needed to be covered in SCI, but they also wanted to
include the small, but important review journals which
would not be included if they relied only on publication or
citation counts.
Created the Journal Impact Factor

25. Journal Impact Factor
Formula
The Journal Impact Factor reflects the average number of
citations to recent articles published in that journal. It’s one
measure of the relative importance of a journal within its field.
High impact factor ~ more important
A = the number of times articles published in 2012 and 2013
were cited by indexed journals during 2014.
B = the total number of "citable items" published in 2012 and
2013.
A/B = 2014 impact factor

26. In Other Words
The impact factor is a measure
reflecting the average number of
citations to articles published in
science and social science journals.

27. How to Identify High Impact journals
in your field:
JCR - Journal
Citation Reports
from Thomson's
InCites/
Web of Science

30. Balancing impact factor…
Other considerations:
• Eigenfactor score
• Alternative metrics
• Other Rankings
• Other rankings

31. Eigenfactor
• Developed by Jevin West and Carl Bergstrom at the University of
Washington
• Journals are rated according to the number of incoming citations, with
citations from highly-ranked journals weighted to make a larger
contribution to the Eigenfactor than those from poorly-ranked journals.
• Eigenfactor score scales with the size of a journal.
• To allow per-article comparisons using the Eigenfactor approach, the
Article Influence score scales Eigenfactor score by the number of
articles published by the journal and thus is directly comparable to
impact factor.
 For more information, go to :
http://Eigenfactor.org

32. H Factor or H Index
• Index that attempts to measure both the productivity
and impact of the published work of a scientist or
scholar.
• A scholar with an index of h has published h papers
each of which has been cited by others at least h
times.
• Serves as an alternative to more traditional journal
impact factor metrics in the evaluation of the impact
of the work of a particular researcher
• Video Tutorial can be found at
https://youtu.be/DdA0QM7BCkI

33. Manuscript Matching Tools
• Jane (Journal/Author Name Estimator) -
compare your document to documents in
Medline to find the best matching journals,
authors or articles.
• Edanz Journal Selector
• Endnote – Manuscript Matcher
• Elsevier Journal Finder – (publisher specific)
• Springer Journal Selector – (publisher
specific

34. For Additional Information See:
• Tools for Authors: Selecting a Journal for Publication
• Where to Publish Your Research: Choosing the Right
Journal
• Cabell’s List
• Ulrichsweb
• Eigenfactor.org
• Journal Citation Reports
• Journal Impact Factor and Bibliometrics Guide,
http://nova.campusguides.com/c.php?g=311514&p=6155080

35. Open Access Resources

36. Visiting the Library

37. Where is the HPD Library?
Just West of Juiceblendz you should see sets of doors.
Enter the doors and walk straight down the hall directly
into the Library…
Cafeteria
Admissions
One Stop
Shop
Financial Aid
Terry Building
Steele Hull
Auditoriums
Pharmacy
Graduate
Programs
Harvey
Lab
Library
Elevators
Indoor walkway to clinic
Simulation
Labs
Elevators
Auditoriums

38. HPD Library

39. Library Hours
Monday- Thursday 7:00am - midnight
Friday 7:00am - 9:00pm
Saturday 10:00am - midnight
Sunday 10:00am - midnight

40. HPD Library Spaces
Study Rooms at HPD Library
 HPD Library 21 Rooms
 Check out Keys at Library Front Desk
 3 Hour Checkout
Study Rooms at Assembly II
 Assembly II 26 rooms
 Checkout Keys in Study Center Office
 3 Hour checkout
Morris
Auditorium
Enter on the other side
of Morris

41. Quiet Study Zone

42. 24 / 7 Study Center
“Night Owl”
Assembly building II

43. Your SharkCard is your Library card
Your SharkCard is used for:
• Identification
• Library Card
• Building Access
• Accessing Parking Areas
If money is added it can be used for:
• Vending Machine Purchases
• Photocopy services
• Meal Plans
Campus Card Services (HPD) One-Stop Shop
Terry Building - RM 1135 (954) 262-1134
Monday – Friday 8:30am - 5:00pm
** New cards do not have the SmartChip

44. OIIT Computer Lab (PCs & Macs) –
Printing
75$ a
year
that is in
your
pay-for-
print
account
-
Start in
August

45. MediaScape & other Group
Collaboration Areas
**You can make a reservation at the front desk

46. HPD Library Studio
 Video Presentations for Assignments
 2 PCs with webcams
 iMac
 Video creation & editing software
Camtasia
Captivate
iMovie
**You can make a reservation
at the front desk

47. Self-Serve Binding Machine- Combs $1

48. Technology Assistance
Need help with one of the following?
• NSU Wi-Fi on your device.
• Mobile Phones, Tablets, & Laptops.
• NSU e-mail on your phone.
• Checking out an iPad, Samsung Galaxy
Tab, or Microsoft Surface.
Just ask for Aaron at the Library front desk.
Mon-Fri 8am-4pm (except on Thursday)
Thursday 11am-7pm

49. Ask a Librarian

50. Keurig Coffee- $1 K-cup

51. Free
Faxing
&
Free
Notary
Service

52. Water-
Bottle
Filling
Station
1 in the Library & 1 in the Study
Center/Assembly II building

54. Reserve Books (3 hour
checkout)

55. 3D Printer(s)
For all HPD students, faculty
and staff.
For research, clinical &
educational use.
Free.

56. The most important
thing I want to
emphasize to you
today is my contact
information.
I have included the
toll free number for
NSU & my direct
extension.