Exercise and Sport Science
This is a general research guide for the undergraduate and graduate courses in OSU's Exercise and Sport Science program. You'll find suggestions for locating books, articles, topical overviews, research tools, and factual information. If further assistance is needed, please contact the subject librarian for EXSS: Alison Bobal, ph# 737-7274, alison.bobal@oregonstate.edu
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Finding Books
OSU Libraries Online Catalog: OSU Libraries Online Catalog is the primary finding tool for locating books, journals, conference proceedings, government documents and reports in the library. You can search by author, title, and subject. Keyword searching is also available, as are other searches, such as call number, government document number (SuDoc and OrDoc), and ISSN/ISBN.
Summit (Orbis): OSU is part of Summit, a combined online catalog for many academic libraries in Washington and Oregon. Links from the OSU Libraries Online Catalog allow you to duplicate a search in Summit, and if the item is available at another library, you can request it and it will be delivered within three days to The Valley Library Circulation desk.
WorldCat: Index to over 30 million records cataloged by most North American and European libraries. Materials indexed include books, journals, conferences, films, videos, recordings, musical scores, computer software, maps and manuscripts. Materials date back to the 11th century.
Finding Journal Articles
Journal indexes: To find individual articles in journals, you will typically use periodical indexes/databases which can either be in printed form or online. Most indexes allow you to search by author or title of the article, as well as subject or topic. Many online indexes also allow you to search the article citation and abstract with a keyword or free text search.
Locating journals: With the exception of journals that are full-text online, you will need to locate the actual journal to read the article. You can search the OSU Libraries Catalog for the Journal Title (name of the journal) to determine if we own the journal. If not, you can get copies of journal articles through our Interlibrary Loan service at: http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/ill/.
Electronic Journals: Search or browse the E-Journal list to see if a journal is available online.
Basic searching
- Health Source - Available as an academic or a consumer edition. Provides full text for nearly 550 health periodicals, including almost 450 peer-reviewed journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Also includes over 1,000 health pamphlets and over 130 health reference books. Coverage is from 1975-present.
Comprehensive searching
For a complete listing of electronic databases see The Valley Library Alphabetical List of Research Databases.
- CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature) - Covers nearly 900 nursing, allied health, biomedical and consumer health journals. Coverage is from 1982-present.
- ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) - This government information source indexes educational related research reports and journals. Includes materials on the topics of health education and promotion, community and public health services, school health services and allied health occupations. Coverage is from 1966 - present.
- MEDLINE - NLM's biomedical bibliographic database of over 15 million citations. Contains information related to clinical and experimental medicine; health care administration; microbiology; nursing; pathology; pharmacology; physiology; reproductive biology; psychology; toxicology; and veterinary medicine. Coverage is from 1950-present.
- PsycINFO - This database covers the professional and academic literature in psychology and related disciplines including medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, and other areas. Coverage is international and includes references and abstracts to nearly 2,000 journals in more than 25 languages, and to book chapters and books in the English language. Coverage is from 1887-present.
- Science Citation Index - A comprehensive index of citation from science and engineering journals. Subject searching is limited to keywords from article titles. Citations from over 3000 major journals covering about 100 scientific disciplines. (1996-present) online / (1985-1995) - only on Valley CD network / (1955-1991) - print, Ref Z7402.S35.
- Social Sciences Citation Index - Provides in-depth, multidisciplinary coverage of the social sciences. Search indexes include cited author, subject and corporate entries. (1999-present) online / (1969 - 1996) - print, Ref H1 .S62.
- SPORTDiscus - Produced by the Sports Information Resource Center. This database covers both serial and monographic literature in the following areas of sport: recreation, exercise physiology, sports medicine, coaching, physical fitness, the psychology, history and sociology of sport, training, and conditioning. Coverage is from 1830-present.
Dissertation Indexes
- Dissertation Abstracts - Indexes the complete range of academic subjects appearing in dissertations accepted at accredited institutions. Coverage is from 1861-present.
- Kinesiology Publications - Locate dissertations by author, title, subject and catalog number, etc. The full-text is located on microfiche OSU Libraries Microform Collection on the 3rd floor of the Valley Library.
Other Useful Internet Sites
- Professional Organizations
- Exercise Science Subject Guides
- Women's Sports
Return to the Alphabetical or Subject index of the Subject Research Guides.
