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Academic Resources: Exercise Prescription for Special Populations Frederic Murray Assistant Professor MLIS, University of British Columbia BA, Political
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]
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Assignment Each student will review various professional
journals by utilizing the online databases provided by SWOSUs
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.
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
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Search Fundamentals Boolean And OR Not Keywords i.e. Obesity
Physical Activity Skills Exercise Prescription Special
Populations
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Boolean AND = Narrow OR = Expand NOT = Exclude
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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!
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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.
Class Exercise: Create Search String Synonyms / Antonyms
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 !
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Potential Search Strings Exercise Exercise and Prescription
Exercise and Prescription and Obesity Exercise Prescription and
Obesity
Database Tools Full Text Peer Review Folders Alerts Email
Citations Cited References Times Cited in Database
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Periodical List Title Search Medicine and Science in Sports and
Exercise LWW Nursing and Health Professions Premier Collection
Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport E-Journals from EBSCO/
Paper American Journal of Cardiology IDIS/Web Circulation Free
Access Journals (HighWire) Journal of American Dietetic Association
Paper Journal of exercise physiology online SPORTDiscus with Full
Text Remember: We have 39,000 Journals in the Library! Can you
find/search/use these..?
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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
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Class Exercise Locate a full text article Email article to
yourself
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Article in Ovid
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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
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Assignment: 10 Articles Develop a good search query/string Use
the Relevant Databases Use the Periodicals List to find
Relevant/Specific Journals
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Assignment: 10 Articles Full Text Keywords in Abstracts
Bibliographies/Reference Lists * Create Personal Accounts
Ebsco/Ovid Use Interlibrary Loan (if needed) RefWorks
