Academic Resources Part II:
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
Review
Tools of Scholarship
Content
• Books
• Articles
• Journals
• Citations
• WWW
Tools
• Catalogs
• Databases
• Lists
• Indexes
• Search Engines
Review
• Keywords
– General
– Specific
– Synonyms
– Antonyms
• Boolean
– And/Or/Not
• Search Strings
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!
Scholarly Popular Trade
INFORMATION LITERACY
Philosophical Transactions
The world's first peer-reviewed journal
1665
Databases
145 Databases
Journals
27,000 Online
12,000 Physical
Journals
27,000 Online
12,000 Physical
Periodicals
List
A- Z
Subject
Periodical List
• Search in the List
– Exercise
– Fitness
– Sports
– Medicine
– Nutrition
“AND”
Remember:
We have 39,000
Journals in the
Library!
Can you find the
ones relevant to
your field…?
Periodical List Subject Headings
• Medicine and Health Sciences
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Physical Fitness and Hygiene (73)
Sports Medicine (22)
Nutrition and Dietetics (115)
Physical Therapy (39)
Physically Impaired (46)
• Education
– Physical Education (53)
Periodical List
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Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
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Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport
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Free Access Journals (HighWire)
Journal of American Dietetic Association
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IDIS/Web
Circulation
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E-Journals from EBSCO/ Paper
American Journal of Cardiology
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LWW Nursing and Health Professions Premier Collection
Paper
Journal of exercise physiology online
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SPORTDiscus with Full Text
Remember:
We have 39,000
Journals in the
Library!
Can you
find/search/use
these..?
Web Searching
• Grammar of the Web – URLs
• Google Scholar
• Google Site Searching
Exercise and Obesity site:edu
site:gov
Anatomy of a URL
Web Searching
• Grammar of the Web – URLs
• Google Scholar
• Google Site Searching
Exercise and Obesity site:edu
site:gov
Google Wonder Wheel
Google Site Search
• Locate scholarly information using Google site search
( i.e. exercise and special populations and programs)
• Select Page 8
• Is it a journal article? A website? A syllabus?
• How do you know if it is peer-reviewed or not?
• When and where was it “published”
Wikipedia
• Participation maps popular, not academic
concerns
• It is a working community…but is it a good
resource for medical information?
• Lack of Critical Analysis
• Problematic as a sole source of information
• Like all encyclopedias…ok to start, terrible
place to stop.
• Benefits are to its active participants, not its
readers.
APA Citations
• Citation Guides
Easy to use guides on how to put your
citations into APA format
• Diana Hacker: Research &
Documentation Online
Study Like A Scholar
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Questions?
• Contact me:
• Frederic Murray
• 774-7113
• frederic.murray@swosu.edu
Web Sites
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The Kinesiology Network At Kinesiology Net you will find useful information about manual muscle testing
kinesiology, addresses to schools, associations and journals, a muscle database, links to research-papers,
and many www-links to other web sites about kinesiology.
Exercise A Guide from the National Institute on Aging
Exercise and Physical Fitness An extensive list of links from the MedlinePlus site containing news,
summaries and overviews, diagrams and pictures, nutrition and therapies ....
ExRx.net ExRx.net (Exercise Prescription on the Net) is a free resource for the exercise professional,
coach, or fitness enthusiast." ExRx.net consists of over 2000 pages, most of which are found in the
Exercise and Muscle Directory.
Fitness.gov The health, physical activity, fitness and sports information website of the President's Council
on Physical Fitness and Sports.
Human Kinetics Human Kinetics’ partners and programs reinforce sports and physical activity on an
international scale.
PECentral.org The premier Web site for health and physical education teachers, parents, and students.
Their goal is to provide the latest information about developmentally appropriate physical education
programs for children and youth.
Shape up America Shape Up America! is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization committed to raising
awareness of obesity as a health issue and to providing responsible information on healthy weight
management.
Sports Fitness A specific page devoted to Sports Fitness which has an extensive list of links - from the
MedlinePlus site.
Wellness Letter Access to the table of contents, a feature article, and "Ask the Experts" column from UC
Berkeley's monthly newsletter of nutrition, fitness, and self-care. Other free resources include guide to
supplements, wellness recipes and wellness books.
Career Resources
• American Kinesiology Association
• American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education
• American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation
and Dance (AAHPERD
• American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM)
• The American Physiological Society (APS)
• American College of Sports Medicine
• National Strength and Conditioning Association
• National Athletic Trainers Association
• North American Society for Sport History (NASSH)
• North American Society for Sport Management (NASSM)
• North American Society for the Sociology of Sport (NASSS)
Career Resources
Thanks!