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
• For this assignment you will create 10 annotated bibliographies and 1 article critique
• Total of 10 separate topics from the book; one topic will be addressed by an annotated bibliography and a critique. the other 9 topics will have an annotated bibliography only.

Annotated Bibliography
• An annotated bibliography both describes and evaluates main points of the article.
• It is not summation
…..but Analysis

Annotated Bibliography
• 150 Words
• Purpose
• Content
• Special Value
Knowledge of the discipline in which you are working is the basis on which you build the explanation…

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.
- Chronic Heart Failure
- Vascular Heart Disease
- Asthma
- Diabetes
- Hematological
Disorders
- Parkinson’s Disease

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
– Parkinson’s
– 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 and Parkinson’s
• Exercise and Parkinson’s and treatment

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

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

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

Discovery Search (beta)

Discovery Search (beta)

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

RefWorks

Assignment: 10 Articles
• Create Account in Refworks
• Open Canvas
– Select from List of Topics
• Use the Discovery Search (Beta)
– Choose a discipline, Full-text, Peer Reviewed,
Publication Date, Subjects
• Locate Articles
• Export to RefWorks

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

Thanks!