ESS 181 - Foundations of Exercise & Sport Science: Search

SPORTDiscus –

• Set up a free account and save your articles and searches.
• Finding Good Keywords:
  • Look through the Subjects area to find more keywords for your search, (after you've done an initial search).
  • Use a thesaurus (http://www.thesaurus.com/) to find synonyms for your keywords.
• Add the keyword "Research" to find articles talking about research that has been done.
• Select “Peer-reviewed” on the left sidebar to limit to expert information.
• Go to the Advanced Search screen to limit your search to a specific date range.
• Full text options:
  • Click the PDF Full Text or HTML Full Text to read/save the article.
  • Click the Full Text Finder or GR Linker to attempt to find the article in another database.
  • If none of these options give you the full text, ask a librarian.

Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine Collection –

• Set up a free account to save your articles and searches.
• Finding Good Keywords:
  • Look through the Subjects area to find more keywords for your search, (after you've done an initial search).
  • Use a thesaurus (http://www.thesaurus.com/) to find synonyms for your keywords’
• Add the keyword "Research" to find articles talking about research that has been done.
• Select “Peer-reviewed” on the right sidebar to limit to expert information.
• Use the right sidebar to limit your search to a specific date range.
• Full text options:
  • Click on PDF page(s) to read/save the article.
  • Click on the title of the article to read the full text in the database.
  • Visit the link provided at the top of the abstract. (Example: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbmt.2013.11.008.)
  • If none of these options give you the full text, ask a librarian.