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This Research Guide is for students, faculty, and researchers in exercise and sport science.
are available off-campus to U of U student, faculty, or staff.
The best starting points for research are:
  1. Pubmed
  2. SportDiscus Full Text and/or Physical Education Index
  3. Marriott Library Catalog
  4. Eccles Library Catalog
  5. Academic Search Premier

Please send comments or suggestions to Alfred Mowdood.

Alfred Mowdood (library subject specialist) | U of U  Exercise and Sport Science} | Dr. Keith Henschen (Library Representative)

• You will get a citation (author, title, source, date) and often an abstract--a short summary. Some databases provide full text.
• Search the Marriott Library Catalog or the Eccles Health Sciences Library Catalog by journal title to see which library carries the journal. If not, you may request a copy through Interlibrary Loans ().
• Access varies depending on your location and status.
• Personalized help available at the Library Reference Desks.

Academic Search Premier EBSCOhost (1965 to present)Help
A scholarly interdisciplinary resource that offers the full-text of over 3,500 academic journals. Excellent starting point.

Business Source Premier EBSCOhost (1922 to present)
Provides coverage of sport management, marketing, and economics of sport.

CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature) EBSCOhost (1982 to present)
The CINAHL database provides the full text from 56 journals, indexes and abstracts over 1,600 current nursing and allied health journals and publications, and contains more than 700,000 records.

Cochrane Library (1988-present)
"consists of a regularly updated collection of evidence-based medicine databases, including The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, which provide high quality information to people providing and receiving care and those responsible for research, teaching, funding and administration at all levels."

Dynamed (1995-present)
This database provides evidence-based clinical summaries of over 1800 clinical topics for the health professional.

ERIC (EBSCOhost) (1966-present)
Covers the discipline of education. Excellent starting point for physical education teachers. A very small percentage of the citations provide full text.

Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI) (1985-present)
"...provides ready access to information on measurement instruments (i.e., questionnaires, interview schedules, checklists, index measures, coding schemes/manuals, rating scales, projective techniques, vignettes/scenarios, tests) in the health fields and sychosocial sciences. " The PS (Primary Source) code indicates that the instrument was developed by the author(s) of the cited article. A PS code is also used to indicate that an existing instrument has been revised for the cited article. The SS (Secondary Source) code indicates that the instrument was not developed by the author(s) of the cited article.

Some of the instruments referenced are only available from commercial sources (some are available for purchase from BMDS, the company that creates HaPI; in that case, order information will included in the abstract), but others are published in cited articles. Limiting a search by the PS code (see above) is the most efficient way to search for the the instrument itself.

Health Source: Nursing and Academic Edition (EBSCOhost)
Good starting point to finding full text articles in over 550 scholarly journals from many medical disciplines.

Journals @ OVID
Full-text to 140 scholary journals from Lippincott Williams & Wilkins such as Medicine and Science in Sports & Exercise®

Leisuretourism.com
Provides comprehensive coverage of all aspects of leisure, recreation, sport, and tourism industries.

Physical Education Index (CSA) (1970 to present)
Covers all aspects of physical education including major coverage in sports medicine, coaching, and kinesiology. Indexes over 300 journals.

PsycINFO (EBSCOhost) (1887-present)
Covers psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines such as medicine, physiology, psychiatry, nursing, and pharmacology. Includes citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, and technical reports, as well as citations to dissertations. Indexes approximately 1,500 journals in 25 different languages. PsycINFO contains some (very little, presently) full text.

PubMed (1953- present) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?myncbishare=uutahlib&holding=uutahlib_fft
This scholarly database covers all aspects of medicine including exercise science, sports medicine, physical therapy, physiology, and kinesiology. "PubMed is the National Library of Medicine's [free] search service that provides access to over 16 million citations in MEDLINE and other related databases, with links to participating online journals."

SBRNet
Provides market research and industry news "covering all facets of the industry…sports equipment sales, sports participation, sports broadcasting, sports sponsorship and sports marketing." Information from the "Consolidated Market Research" area comes from the National Sporting Goods Association.

Sociological Abstracts (CSA) (1963- present) Help
Covers sociology and related disciplines.

SportDiscus Full Text (EBSCOhost) (1830-present) Help
Covers all aspects of sports, exercise, and fitness. Search for journal articles, books, conference proceedings, test / testing information, and dissertations. Includes the full -text of 17 Human Kinetics journals. Most of the material is scholarly. Print, email, or write out the author, source (book title including publisher or journal title including volume and page numbers). Check library catalog to see if the item is available.

Web of Science (1997-present)**Please logout when finished
Consolidated searching of Science Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index, multidisciplinary databases listing articles in 8500 major scholarly journals. Especially useful for finding articles which have cited a known article or given author in their bibliography. Search by topic, author, journal title, author's institution, cited author, cited work, cited year. Before 1997, use the electronic version of the Science Citation Index or the print editions (1955-present) which are available at the Marriott Library.

When searching for materials in exercise and sport science, one must search both:
Spencer F. Eccles Library and the J. Willard Marriott Library

Library Catalog
Lists journals subscribed to and items owned by University of Utah's Marriott, Math, and Quinney Law Libraries.
Provides the call number, where book/journal is shelved, and whether item is available.

Eccles Health Science Library Catalog for exercise science, medicine, nursing, physical therapy, and pharmacy materials.
**Journals at the Eccles Library are arranged by title.

Electronic Journals at the Marriott Library

Electronic Journals at the Eccles Library

Ulrich's International Periodical Directory
This database provides comprehensive and authoritative information about serials (magazines and journals) worldwide. Provides information if a publication is refereed and if a publication is scholarly/academic.

WorldCat (help)
A combined catalog of libraries from around the world listing over 60,000,000 items.
You can place an interlibrary loan request for items found in other libraries while online and items will be sent to the University of Utah.

WorldCat.org  Beta
A publicly available version of WorldCat. Search by state or zip code. Can place interlibrary loan requests.

Digital Dissertations
This database is the most authoritative source for information about doctoral dissertations and master's theses from over 1,000 graduate schools and universities. Since 1997, citation, abstract, 24 page previews, and full-text are available. The complete dissertation is only available if you request a "free download" and follow the directions. Before 1997, citation, abstract, and ordering information is available. If you order a dissertation, expect to pay thirty to sixty dollars for a dissertation. Due to library loan policies of the author's degree granting institution, dissertations may not be available via Interlibrary Loan (ILL).

STAT!Ref Medical Reference Library
An electronic medical library that enables users to cross-search more than 30 medical resources such as Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment, Mosby's GenRX, and the Griffith 5 Minute Clinical Consult, among others.

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association 5th Edition is available at the General Reference Desk (2nd Floor of the Marriott Library).
The call number is BF76.7 .P83 2001. This reference book provides comprehensive information in using the proper abbreviations, language, format (pagination, page ,argins, title page info, spacing) and citing sources aka APA style. For a quick Web guide in citing sources, see the Library's Citing Sources Using APA Style (http://www.lib.utah.edu/instruction/apa.pdf) or the APA's website (http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html)

Student Course Reserves Classes that have materials on Reserve at the Marriott Library include:

Exercise and S S 2500 Fall 2007 (over 30 titles)

STARTING POINTS

MEDLINE Plus: Exercise/Physical Fitness http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/exercisephysicalfitness.html
Authoritative and current information from the National Library of Medicine (NLM). Provides links to latest news,
overviews, research, MEDLINE, dictionaries, etc.

Google™ Scholar http://scholar.google.com/

Human Kinetics http://www.humankinetics.com/
One of the premiere publishers of exercise and sports related information in book, journal, and Web format.

Scholarly Societies Project http://www.scholarly-societies.org/subjects_soc.html#HEALTH
An extensive list of scholarly Health Sciences societies created by the University of Waterloo Libraries.

Scholarly Sport Sites http://www.ucalgary.ca/library/ssportsite/
Created by a librarian, this is an excellent site for research in sports and exercise.

SIRC-A World of Sport Information http://www.sportquest.com/resources/

American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education http://www.aakpe.org/

American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) http://www.aahperd.org/
Motor Development and Learning Academy http://www.aahperd.org/naspe/template.cfm?template=specialinterest-motordev.html
Founded in 1885 by William Gilbert Anderson, this organization has approximately 26,000 members and publishes several scholarly journals:

• Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (JOPERD) Available at the Marriott Library, GV201 .J6.
• Strategies Available at the Marriott Library, GV223 .S77.
• American Journal of Health Education formerly Journal of Health Education Available at the Marriott Library, LB3401 .A57.
• Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport Available at the Marriott Library, GV201 .R4.
• International Electronic Journal of Health Education
• Women in Sport and Physical Activity Journal
  

American College of Sports Medicine http://www.acsm.org/
      Southwest Chapter of The American College of Sports Medicine (SWACSM)
Publishes Medicine and Science in Sports & Exercise®(Available online & at Eccles) and
Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews (ESSR) which is available at Eccles or online.

American Council on Exercise (ACE) http://www.acefitness.org

American Dietetic Association http://www.eatright.org/
Association publishes Journal of the American Dietetic Association which is available at both the Eccles and Marriott Libraries.

American Medical Association http://www.ama-assn.org/
Founded in 1847 by Nathan Davis, publishes JAMA formerly known as the Journal of the American Medical Association which is available at the Eccles Library and online for U of U users accessing the Internet from campus.

American Physical Therapy Association http://www.apta.org/
Founded in 1921, this association publishes the scholarly journal Physical Therapy which is available at Eccles or online and
PT:Magazine of Physical Therapy which is available at the Marriott.

American Psychology Association Exercise and Sport Psychology, Division 47 http://www.psyc.unt.edu/apadiv47/index.html

American Public Health Association (APHA) http://www.apha.org/
This organization is over 125 years old and has over 50,000 members. Publishes the scholarly journal American Journal of Public Health which is available at Eccles or online.

American Society of Biomechanics (ASB) http://asb-biomech.org/

Association for the Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology (AAASP) http://www.aaasponline.org/

Canadian Association for Health Physical Education, Recreation,and Dance (CAHPERD) http://www.cahperd.ca/eng/index.cfm

International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education (ICSSPE) http://www.icsspe.org/

International Federation of Adapted Physical Activity (IFAPA) http://www.ifapa.net/

International Federation of Sports Medicine (FIMS) http://www.fims.org/

International Society of Biomechanics (ISB) http://www.isbweb.org/

International Society for Aging and Physical Activity (ISAPA) http://www.isapa.org
International Sociology of Sport Association (ISSA) http://www.issa.otago.ac.nz/

National Association for Kinesiology & Physical Education in Higher Education (NAKPEHE) http://www.nakpehe.org/

National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) http://www.aahperd.org/naspe/template.cfm

National Athletic Trainers' Association http://www.nata.org/
Founded in 1950, this association publishes the scholarly journal Journal of Athletic Training which is available at the Marriott Library.

National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) http://www.ncaa.org/
Founded in 1906 as the Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (IAAUS), this organization became the NCAA in 1910.

National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) http://www.nsca-lift.org/
Founded in 1978, publishes the scientific journal Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research and the professional
journal Strength and Conditioning Journal. Both journals are available at the Marriott.

North American Federation of Adapted Physical Activity (NAFAPA) http://nafapa.lakeheadu.ca/index.html

North American Society for Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity (NASPSPA) http://www.naspspa.org/

North American Society for the Sociology of Sport (NASSS) http://www.nasss.org/

North American Society for Sport Management (NASSM) http://www.nassm.com/

SGMA (Sporting Goods Manufacturer's Association International) http://www.sgma.com/index.html 
Founded in 1906, this organization owns and operates the largest sports product show in the world.
   Market Reports and Studies

Sports, Cardiovascular, and Wellness Nutritionists (SCAN) http://www.scandpg.org/

YMCA http://www.ymca.net/
Official website of the organization founded in London in 1844 by George Williams. In 1851, the YMCA started in the United States

FEDERAL AND STATE AGENCIES return to top

California Department of Education http://www.cde.ca.gov/
To find results of physical fitness tests of California students, see this link.

Childstats.gov Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics http://www.childstats.gov/

Nevada Department of Education http://www.doe.nv.gov/standards/stand-healthpe/pe-standards.html
Links to the content and standards of physical education in Nevada.

President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports (PCPFS) http://www.fitness.gov/

United States Department of Health and Human Services http://www.hhs.gov/
   —Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/
        ** CDC's Nutrition and Physical Activity Program http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/
   —National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/
          —National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) http://www.niams.nih.gov/
          — National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) http://www.niddk.nih.gov/index.htm
   —U. S. Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov/
   — Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) http://www.ahrq.gov/

Utah Department of Health http://health.utah.gov/

Utah State Office of Education Physical Education http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/curr/pe/default.htm

GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS & STATISTICS return to top

FedStats http://www.fedstats.gov
Provides official statistics from over 100 agencies of the United States government

Health, United States, 2005 http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus.htm
"Presents key findings from the major data systems of the National Center for Health Statistics" including trends over time information by "age group, sex, race and Hispanic origin, geography..."

Healthy People 2000 http://odphp.osophs.dhhs.gov/pubs/hp2000/
This is an historical archive of this report that has been continued by the Healthy People 2010 http://www.healthypeople.gov .

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) http://nces.ed.gov/
Education statistics from the United States Department of Education

Statistical Abstract of the United States http://www.census.gov/statab/www/

PEOPLE

Archibald Vivian Hill http://www.nobel.se/medicine/laureates/1922/hill-bio.html

James Naismith http://www.hoophall.com/halloffamers/Naismith.htm

Otto Fritz Meyerhof http://www.nobel.se/medicine/laureates/1922/meyerhof-bio.html

OTHER LINKS

Cooper Institute http://www.cooperinst.org/
Non-profit research and education center that was started in Dallas, TX in 1970 by Dr. Kenneth Cooper. FITNESSGRAM®/ ACTIVITYGRAM ® were developed by the Cooper Institute. Steven Blair, current president, and Andrea Dunn are two noted researchers at Cooper.

Evidence Based Medicine
Subject guide from Johns Hopkins University on Evidence Based Medicine.

Gender Equity in Sports http://bailiwick.lib.uiowa.edu/ge/
Provides an excellent overview of Title IX.

Gatorade Sports Science Institute http://www.gssiweb.com/

Grey Literature Report http://www.nyam.org/library/greyreport.shtml
From the New York Academy of Medicine, provides links to publications not published by commercial groups.

Kaiser Family Foundation http://www.kff.org/

National Bureau of Economic Research http://www.nber.org/
16 Nobel Prize winners have been researchers at this nonprofit, non partisan research organization. Documents include:
--THE IMPACT OF STATE PHYSICAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS ON YOUTH PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND OVERWEIGHT (May 2005)
--THE INCIDENCE OF THE HEALTHCARE COSTS OF OBESITY
-- NBER Bulletin on Aging and Health

National Coalition for Women and Girls in Education http://www.ncwge.org/

National Federation of State High School Associations http://www.nfhs.org/ScriptContent/Index.cfm

Suggest a Web Link

Scholarly Communication (.ppt file) http://www.scl.utah.edu/ess/acapeer.ppt
Finding & Identifying Scholarly Journals (.pdf file) http://www.scl.utah.edu/ess/findingjournals.pdf

ESS 2500 First Library Visit (PDF file)

PubMed Handouts
* Using Limits in PubMed
* MeSH versus Text Word
* Structure of a MEDLINE Record in PubMed
* Search Field Qualifier Tags
* Subheadings and Families of Subheadings
* Publication Types used in MEDLINE
* Age Group MeSH Headings for Searching Human Topics
* Automatic Term Mapping
* Hints and Extras
* Saving Searches in Cubby

Powerpoint
Basic Presentations
* ESS 2500 PowerPoint Handout (PDF file)

Excel
* Brief Overview of Excel (PDF file)
*Excel materials (.xls file) http://www.scl.utah.edu/ess/essexcel.xls

*Excel: Person on the Street (.xls file) http://www.scl.utah.edu/ess/ess2.xls
* Excel: Scratch Sheet (.xls file) http://www.scl.utah.edu/ess/ess2scratch.xls

Review of Statistics http://www.statsoft.com/textbook/stathome.html

Spencer S. Eccles Health Science Library provides numerous handouts in using library resources and software programs.
Topics include PowerPoint, Photoshop, and MEDLINE using PubMed:

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association 5th Edition is available at the General Reference Desk (2nd Floor of the Marriott Library).
The call number is BF76.7 .P83 2001. This reference book provides comprehensive information in using the proper abbreviations, language, format (pagination, page margins, title page info, spacing) and citing sources aka APA style. For a quick Web guide in citing sources, see the Library's Citing Sources Using APA Style (http://www.lib.utah.edu/instruction/apa.pdf) or the APA's website (http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html)

Alfred Mowdood is a Student Computing Librarian and the Subject Selector for three College of Health departments. I make appointments for individual research consultations as well as teach library research classes for these departments. My contact information is: (Office) 585-7125 and email address is
alfred.mowdood@utah.edu.