Exercise Science 390: Exercise Science Seminar

PE 390: Exercise Science Seminar
A Guide to Library Resources

Fall 2007

General Encyclopedias & Dictionaries
Check the bibliographies found in these Reference sources for additional citations:

Controversies in Food and Nutrition [REF TX355.5 .G65 2002]

Biomechanics in Sport: Performance Enhancement and Injury Prevention [REF RC1235 .B476 2000]

Encyclopedia of Food Sciences and Nutrition [REF TX349 .E63 2003]

Encyclopedia of International Sports Studies [REF GV567 .E486 2006 v. 1-3]

Encyclopedia of Sports Medicine [REF RC1206 .O355 2005]

The Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine [REF R733 .G34 2001]

Rehabilitation of Sports Injuries: Scientific Basis [REF RD97 .R439 2000]

Strength and Power in Sport [REF RC1235 .S76 2003]

Textbook of Sports Medicine: Basic Science and Clinical Aspects of Sports Injury and Physical Activity [REF RC1210 .T49 2003]

Browsing Journals Related to Exercise Science
St. Olaf's Rolvaag Library and Glasoe Science Library subscribe to a number of journals (in print and electronic format) which relate to the field Exercise Science. While browsing these journals is not the most effective way to search for a very specific topic (the databases listed below are), it is one way to check out what's recently been published and to brainstorm potential research topics. Here are just some of the relevant journals to which we have subscriptions:

Doping Journal

International Journal of Sport Nutrition & Exercise Metabolism

International Journal of Sports Medicine

Journal of Applied Biomechanics

Journal of Athletic Training

Journal of Exercise Phsyiology

Journal of the International Society for Sports Nutrition

Journal of Sport Behavior

Journal of Sports Science & Medicine

Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Neuromodulation

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Sports Medicine

To find out how to access any of these journals, go to our Periodical Title List and enter the journal name.

Electronic Research Tools: Searching for Scholarly Articles
To access these databases, select "Electronic Research Tools: Articles and More" from the library webpage:

Primary databases for Physical Education, Health, and Nutrition

Annual Review of Nutrition: An excellent source for review literature from the field of nutrition. This database provides full-text access to articles published 1981.

Biological Sciences: An index to literature in biomedicine and related fields.

CINAHL: An index to nursing and allied health journals. Works with the Ovid Full-Text database. For items that are not full-text, check Bridge; we own many of the standard nursing journals in paper.

International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements Database (IBIDS): Indexes articles focused on dietary supplements.

Physical Education Index: Indexes articles about dance, health, physical education, physical therapy, recreation, sports and sports medicine, biomechanics, kinesiology, coaching, facilities, motor learning and perception.

PsycINFO: Our primary psychology database. Indexes articles on the psychology of sport and exercise.

MEDLINE: An index to 3,500 journals representing all aspects of medicine, including clinical, nutrition, sports medicine, and physical therpay. Covers 1989-present.

Interlibrary Loan
Any item not owned by St. Olaf or Carleton may be ordered through Interlibrary Loan (ILL), provided you allow enough time. Our ILL request software is called ILLiad. You'll need to register in ILLiad the first time you use it. SEE Interlibrary Loan.

Medline Plus Health Topics
Anabolic Steroids <http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/anabolicsteroids.html>

SportScience <http://www.sportsci.org/>
Use subject menu on left to find articles on specific sub-topics.

Government Information on the Internet
FDA (U. S. Food and Drug Administration) <http://www.fda.gov/default.htm>
Don't forget to check out the FDA Consumer, a periodical published by the FDA. There is a link at the bottom of the FDA's home page. St. Olaf also has the hardcopy of this journal in the government documents collection . [HE 20.4010]

Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (U. S. Department of Agriculture) <http://www.cnpp.usda.gov>
This site contains information concerning the food guidelines advocated by the government. You will find the Food Guide Pyramid here.

Food and Nutrition Information Center <http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/>
This is a service of the National Agricultural Library and contains some of the same information as the Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion site. Has websites on many different nutrition-related topics.