Library Resources in Sports Medicine

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Library Resources in Sports Medicine

• 2/18/05
• 1100 AM
• Library Instruction Session

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Finding Information

• Injury awareness/prevention
• Performance optimization
• Treatment rehabilitation/surgery
• Evaluation of a technique
• Multidisciplinary
• Exercise physiology
• Nutrition
• Sports psychology

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The McQuade Library

• Your Gateway to Information
• Many different information sources lots of
  options!
• Books
• Print Journals
• Videos
• Newspapers
• Electronic resources (databases, websites)

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Print Resources

• Reference Books
• Encyclopedia of Sports Science
• The Oxford Dictionary of Sports Science and
  Medicine
• Circulating Books
• Medical and Psychological Aspects of Sport and
  Exercise
• Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning

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Why not just use a search engine to find health
information?
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What youll find on the Internet

• Health misinformation!
• Propaganda!
• Semi-science!

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Evaluate websites!

• Who produced or created the information and what
  are their credentials?
• What is the purpose of the website?
• To provide information?
• To sell a product?
• When was the information last updated?
• Is the information on the page reviewed or
  evaluated before it is added to the site?
• If the website is promoting a treatment, are the
  claims reasonable or verifiable?

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Selected Library Databases

• Health Reference Center Academic
• Health Source Nursing/Academic Edition
• MEDLINE

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What is a Literature Review?

• A critical analysis and summary of what has been
  published on a topic by scholars and researchers
  that is significant to the work you are doing or
  the topic you are researching.

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What a Literature Review is NOT

• It is not just a summary of one article after
  another
• It is not just a list describing one article
  after another
• It is not every paragraph beginning with the name
  of a researcher

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Why do a Literature Review?

• To identify
• The most relevant and significant research on a
  topic
• Gap in knowledge between what is known and what
  you want to find out

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Sample Literature Review

• http//gladstone.uoregon.edu/j15/lr/lr_index.htm

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ASK A LIBRARIAN!

• Do not hesitate to ask a Librarian! Were here
  to help! ?
• Set up a Research Advisory session or stop by the
  reference desk