Welcome
This guide contains all the resources you need to complete the presentation project assignment for this class.
Citations
Citing your sources is one of the most important steps in doing research. RefWorks will allow you to store and organize your citations as well as easily create your annotated bibliography and final paper in APA style.
Request from other libraries
If our databases don't have the articles you need available as full-text we can request a copy from another library. Fill out this form and we'll email it to you in about a week.
Searching for Articles
Search these databases to find scholarly articles, academic articles or peer-reviewed articles. The terms may be different but the meaning is the same. Databases are listed in order of usefulness to the Exercise and Sport Science discipline.
- Medline
This will focus more on the health related topics. - SPORTDiscus
This is the best option for sports articles but only have 4 people can use the database at the same time. If you can not access this database try again later. - PubMed Central
Find highly scientific peer reviewed journal articles. - Health Source: Academic Edition Scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical and health topics.
- Health Reference Center Academic Full text of nursing and allied health journals.
- Academic Search Premier Academic multi-disciplinary database; full text articles in all fields.
Scholarly Journals vs Magazines/Trade Journals
What is the difference between scholarly/academic/peer reviewed journal articles and magazines or trade journals??
Look for the following to identify an academic or peer reviewed journal article or take a look at this site:
- written by expert in field (a professor or other academic)
- authors are not paid to publish their research
- conducts research study or builds on another's research
- article contains abstract, summarizing research
- cities sources, contains references and bibliography
- academic journals are not in the business to make money; magazines and trade journals are
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