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
Your Research Environment
How do you search this?
Or This….
Or This…
Research
• Approach as the hunt for a right
answer….
OR
• Process of evaluating different
resources & coming up with your own
interpretation…..
THE $400,000 WEB PAGE
Tools of Scholarship
Content
• Books
• Articles
• Journals
• Citations
• WWW
Tools
• Catalogs
• Databases
• Lists
• Indexes
• Search Engines
Catalogs, Databases, & Search Engines
• A comprehensive list of the books, periodicals, maps,
and other materials in a given collection.
• A large, regularly updated file of digitized information
related to a specific subject or field.
• Computer software designed to help the user locate
information available at sites on the World Wide Web
by selecting categories from a hierarchical directory of
subjects (example: Yahoo!) or by entering
appropriate keywords or phrases (Google).
Search Fundamentals
• Boolean
– And
– OR
– Not
• Keywords
• i.e.
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Obesity
Physical Activity
Skills
Exercise
Prescription
Special Populations
Boolean
• AND = Narrow
• OR = Expand
• NOT = Exclude
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
– Skills
– Exercise
– Prescription
– Special Populations
– Assess
– Analyze
Class Exercise: Create Search String
Synonyms / Antonyms
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Orthopedic Conditions
Obesity
Heart Disease
Physical Activity
Skills
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
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Exercise
Exercise and Prescription
Exercise and Prescription and Obesity
Exercise Prescription and Obesity
Databases
145 Databases
Journals
27,000 Online
12,000 Physical
Allied Health Databases
• SPORTDiscus (EbscoHost)
• MedLine (EbscoHost)
• CINAHL (EbscoHost)
• OVID
( a few)
Peer Reviewed
Database Tools
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Full Text
Peer Review
Folders
Alerts
Email
Citations
– Cited References
– Times Cited in Database
Periodical List – Title Search
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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..?
Periodical List- Subjects
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Medicine and Health Sciences (~5249)
Physically Impaired (~47)
VIDEO TUTORIAL
Remember:
We have 39,000
Journals in the
Library!
Can you find the
relevant ones…?
Scholarly Popular Trade
INFORMATION LITERACY
Questions?
• Contact me:
• Frederic Murray
• 774-7113
• frederic.murray@swosu.edu
Thanks!