Transcript PPT: ACADEMIC RESOURCES

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
[email protected]
Assignment
• Each student will review various professional
journals by utilizing the online databases provided
by SWOSU’s library. Once you have reviewed
various journals, you will select a total of 10 articles
of interest regarding exercise and special
populations. Each journal article should cover a
special population including but not limited to:
children, obese, elderly, athletes, disabled, veterans,
cardiac patients, diabetes, etc.
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
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• Keywords
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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
– Athletes/Disabled
– Exercise
– Prescription
– Special Populations
– Assess
– Analyze
Class Exercise: Create Search String
Synonyms / Antonyms
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Orthopedic Conditions
Obesity
Heart Disease
Physical Activity
Athletes/Disabled
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
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
Remember:
We have 39,000
Journals in the Library!
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
Can you
find/search/use
these..?
Class Exercise
• Locate the journal Medicine and
Science in Sports and Exercise on the
library webpage
• Identify Database
• Search the journal using these terms:
Exercise and Prescription and Obesity
Class Exercise
• Locate a full text article
• Email article to yourself
Article in Ovid
Article in Ovid
Class Exercise
• Select an Ebsco Allied Health Database
• Search the database using these terms:
Exercise and Prescription and Obesity
• Use: Peer Review/Date/Full Text
• Email article to yourself
Assignment: 10 Articles
• Develop a good search query/string
• Use the Relevant Databases
• Use the Periodicals List to find
Relevant/Specific Journals
Assignment: 10 Articles
• Full Text
• Keywords in Abstracts
• Bibliographies/Reference Lists *
• Create Personal Accounts Ebsco/Ovid
• Use Interlibrary Loan (if needed)
• RefWorks
Questions?
• Contact me:
• Frederic Murray
• 774-7113
• [email protected]
Thanks!