Academic Resources:
Exercise Prescription for Special Populations
Frederic Murray
Assistant Professor
MLIS, University of British Columbia
BA, Political Science, University of Iowa
Instructional Services Librarian
Al Harris Library frederic.murray@swosu.edu

Assignment
• Each student will review various professional journals by utilizing the online databases provided by SWOSU’s library. Once you have reviewed various journals, you will select a total of 10 articles of interest regarding exercise and special populations. Each journal article should cover a special population including but not limited to: children, obese, elderly, athletes, disabled, veterans, cardiac patients, diabetes, etc.

Peer Reviewed

Allied Health Databases
• SPORTDiscus (EbscoHost)
• MedLine (EbscoHost)
• CINAHL (EbscoHost)
• OVID

Interlibrary Loan
• ILL gives all SWOSU students, faculty, and staff members a fast and convenient way to obtain materials that are not available in the SWOSU
Libraries' collection.
• Services: Document Delivery: ILL: Articles

Search Fundamentals
• Boolean
– And
– OR
– Not
• Keywords
• i.e.
– Obesity
– Physical Activity
– Skills
– Exercise
– Prescription
– Special Populations

Boolean
• AND = Narrow • NOT = Exclude
• OR = Expand

Boolean Operators
• Connect keywords only
• Must be placed between keywords
• AND
– Narrows your search
• OR
– Expands your search with synonymous terms
• NOT
– Excludes words from your search
– If used too much, it can work against you!

Identifying Keywords
• Identify the significant terms and concepts that describe your topic from your thesis statement or research question.
• These terms will become the key for searching catalogs, databases and search engines for information about your subject.

Keywords
– Orthopedic Conditions
– Obesity
– Heart Disease
– Physical Activity
– Athletes/Disabled
– Exercise
– Prescription
– Special Populations
– Assess
– Analyze

Class Exercise: Create Search String
Synonyms / Antonyms
– Orthopedic Conditions
– Obesity
– Heart Disease
– Physical Activity
– Athletes/Disabled
– Exercise
– Prescription
– Special Populations
– Assess
– Analyze
Boolean: And/Or/Not
Create a search string using synonyms or antonyms from the key word list.
Write it on the board !

Potential Search Strings
• Exercise
• Exercise and Prescription
• Exercise and Prescription and Obesity
• Exercise Prescription and Obesity

Databases Journals
145 Databases 27,000 Online
12,000 Physical

Allied Health Databases
• SPORTDiscus (EbscoHost)
• MedLine (EbscoHost)
• CINAHL (EbscoHost)
• OVID

Database Tools
• Full Text
• Peer Review
• Folders
• Alerts
• Email
• Citations
– Cited References
– Times Cited in Database

•
Periodical List – Title Search
Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
– LWW Nursing and Health Professions Premier Collection
• Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport
– E-Journals from EBSCO/ Paper
Remember:
We have 39,000
Journals in the Library!
• American Journal of Cardiology
– IDIS/Web
• Circulation
– Free Access Journals (HighWire)
Can you find/search/use these..?
• Journal of American Dietetic Association
– Paper
• Journal of exercise physiology online
– SPORTDiscus with Full Text

Class Exercise
• Locate the journal Medicine and
Science in Sports and Exercise on the library webpage
• Identify Database
• Search the journal using these terms:
Exercise and Prescription and Obesity

Class Exercise
• Locate a full text article
• Email article to yourself

Article in Ovid

Article in Ovid

Class Exercise
• Select an Ebsco Allied Health Database
• Search the database using these terms:
Exercise and Prescription and Obesity
• Use: Peer Review/Date/Full Text
• Email article to yourself

Assignment: 10 Articles
• Develop a good search query/string
• Use the Relevant Databases
• Use the Periodicals List to find
Relevant/Specific Journals

Assignment: 10 Articles
• Full Text
• Keywords in Abstracts
• Bibliographies/Reference Lists *
• Create Personal Accounts Ebsco/Ovid
• Use Interlibrary Loan (if needed)
• RefWorks

• Contact me:
Questions?
• Frederic Murray
• 774-7113
• frederic.murray@swosu.edu

Thanks!