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About us...
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The Food and Nutrition Information
Center (FNIC) is a leader in on-line
global nutrition information. It is one of several information centers
located at the
National Agricultural Library (NAL),
Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture
(USDA)
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The center itself was started in 1971 (with 2 nutritionists) under a
reimbursable agreement between the US Department of Agriculture and the
National Agricultural Library. The mission was to collect and
disseminate information about food and human nutrition. In 1977, the
Food and Agriculture Act (Farm Bill) established the Food and
Nutrition Information Center as a permanent entity within the National
Agricultural Library.
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Today FNIC has several special
project areas each with their own Web
sites:
As part of the NAL's Food Information
Team, FNIC is also associated with
The Food Safety
Information Center at the National Agricultural Library.
About our staff...
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FNIC's staff of trained nutrition professionals, most
of whom are registered dietitians, provide information on food and human
nutrition. Computer specialists, a Web designer, and administrative
support are also part of the FNIC staff.
FNIC also participates in the ADA approved University of
Maryland (UMD) Dietetic Internship by precepting UMD interns
during their information technology rotation.
About our Web site...
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The FNIC Web site contains over 2000 links to current and reliable
nutrition information. Our homepage can be accessed by clicking on the
red apple logo at the top of this page, or by going to:
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic
A PowerPoint slideshow of the FNIC Web site can be found at:
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/general/nutweek.ppt
About our conference:
Spotlight on Food and Nutrition
Information
- Spotlight on Food and Nutrition Information at the National
Agricultural Library (NAL) was held on March 20, 2002 to showcase
the unique information and services offered at by NAL's Food Information
Team. We were honored to have Dr. Rodney Brown,Deputy Under Secretary,
Research, Ecucation and Economics USDA/REE as a speaker. Please click
on the link to access
PowerPoint presentations and photographs
What can we do for you?
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We can lend you our resources
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The food and human nutrition collection at the National Agricultural
Library includes books, audiovisuals, kits, games, hands-on material,
manuals, and journal articles. Eligible patrons may borrow directly from
the collection others may obtain the resources through interlibrary loan.
Library Hours are: 8:30AM-4:30PM Monday through Friday. Information on
lending services NAL can be found on our
Go Questions
and Answers About Lending Services at the National Agricultural Library (NAL)
Web page.
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We can help you locate information
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Our staff of nutritionists at:
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/fniccomments.html
is available to
help answer questions, locate resources, and to provide master copies of
government nutrition information.
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We can provide reliable nutrition information through:
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FNIC Resource Lists
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Subject-specific bibliographies of books, audiovisuals, articles and web
resources
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A-Z Topic Information
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A full alphabetical listing of all nutrition topics in the FNIC web
site with corresponding content.
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