ATHLETIC TRAINING AND SPORTS MEDICINE
A Guide to Information Resources
ATHLETIC TRAINING AND SPORTS MEDICINE
A Guide to Information Resources
TC Library has several recently published books related to athletic training and allied health housed at the Greeneville campus library. Use the online catalog to search by author, title, or subject. Two databases of electronic books , NetLibrary and ebrary are also good resources for current publications in athletic training and allied health fields.
Recommended Research Databases*
* available only to staff, faculty and current students of Tusculum College
| Ebscohost Web Business Source Elite provides full-text for over 1,000 journals covering business, management, economics, finance, banking, accounting, and more. Includes articles related to sports management, marketing, and training. | ERIC Good resource for journal article abstracts and publications in the area of athletic training education with full text education documents from 1993-present. All other Pre-1993 ERIC documents available on microfiche at Tusculum College Library. |
| Ebscohost Web CINAHL, the Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature, is the authoritative resource for nursing and allied health professionals, students, educators and researchers. This database provides indexing and abstracting for over 1,600 current nursing and allied health journals and publications dating back to 1982, totaling over 800,000 records. Includes Full text articles from a variety of journals. |
Infotrac Expanded Academic ASAP
Comprehensive
databases contains scholarly articles on a variety of subjects. |
| Ebscohost PsychARTICLES contains more than 25,000 full-text articles from 42 journals published by the American Psychological Association and allied organizations. Helpful in locating articles on sports psychology and sports performance. | |
| Infotrac I Health and Wellness Resource Center comprehensive health databases that compiles information on fitness, pregnancy, medicine, nutrition, diseases, public health, etc. Links to government sites and other sites on cancer, diet and health assessment. | |
| Encyclopedia of Life Sciences access to general information regarding anatomy and physiology. | Proquest Education Journals offers complete information on hundreds of educational topics, drawing full-text articles from over 260 leading journals for the period since 1988. |
Full Text Journal Titles Available Electronically*
The following journal titles are available in full text in the database indicated. To connect to a journal title, go to Periodical Search on the library homepage and type in the name of the journal/magazine. Click on the link to the database to see the titles and issues available in full text.
| from 11/01/2005 to present in Expanded Academic ASAP |
| from 11/01/2005 to present in General OneFile |
| from 11/01/2005 to present in General Reference Center Gold |
| from 11/01/2005 to present in Health & Wellness Resource Center |
| from 11/01/2005 to present in Health Reference Center Academic |
| from 02/01/2001 to 04/30/2004 in Health & Wellness Resource Center |
| from 02/01/2001 to 04/01/2004 in Expanded Academic ASAP |
| from 02/01/2001 to 04/01/2004 in General OneFile |
| from 02/01/2001 to 04/01/2004 in Health Reference Center Academic |
| from 01/01/2003 to 01/01/2005 in Tusculum College Library's Print holdings |
| from 03/01/1999 to present in Business & Company Resource Center |
| from 03/01/1999 to present in Expanded Academic ASAP |
| from 03/01/1999 to present in General Business File ASAP |
| from 03/01/1999 to present in General OneFile |
| from 03/01/1999 to present in General Reference Center Gold |
| from 07/01/1997 to present in ProQuest Education Journals |
| from 04/01/2007 to present in Expanded Academic ASAP |
| from 04/01/2007 to present in General OneFile |
| from 01/01/1989 to present in Expanded Academic ASAP |
| from 01/01/1989 to present in General OneFile |
| from 01/01/1989 to present in General Reference Center Gold |
| from 01/01/1989 to present in Health & Wellness Resource Center |
| from 01/01/1989 to present in Health Reference Center Academic |
Physician and
sportsmedicine (0091-3847)
| from 1984 to 06/01/2003 in Tusculum College Library's Print holdings |
| from 01/01/1994 to 10/01/2005 in LexisNexis Academic |
Research quarterly for exercise and sport (0270-1367)
| from 1945-1952,1960-1973,1980 to 03/01/2007 in Tusculum College Library's Print holdings |
| from 03/01/1992 to present in ProQuest Education Journals |
| from 03/01/1993 to present in Expanded Academic ASAP |
| from 03/01/1993 to present in General OneFile |
| from 03/01/1993 to present in General Reference Center Gold |
| from 03/01/1993 to present in Health & Wellness Resource Center |
| from 03/01/1993 to present in Health Reference Center Academic |
| from 03/01/1993 to present in Professional Collection |
| from 04/01/2007 to present in Health Reference Center Academic |
Sport (New York)
(0038-7797)
| from 07/01/1985 to 08/01/2000 in Expanded Academic ASAP |
| from 07/01/1985 to 08/01/2000 in General OneFile |
| from 07/01/1985 to 08/01/2000 in General Reference Center Gold |
| from 07/01/1985 to 08/01/2000 in Professional Collection |
| from 1989 to 1990 in Tusculum College Library's Print holdings |
Sport, education and
society (1357-3322)
| from 03/01/1998 to 10/01/2000 in ProQuest Education Journals |
Sport journal
| from 01/01/2007 to present in Health Reference Center Academic |
Sport psychologist (0888-4781)
| from 3/1997-3/2000, 2001 to present in Tusculum College Library's Print holdings |
Sport sciences for health (1824-7490)
| from 12/01/2004 to 1 year ago in Expanded Academic ASAP |
| from 12/01/2004 to 1 year ago in General OneFile |
| from 12/01/2004 to 1 year ago in Health & Wellness Resource Center |
| from 01/02/1989 to present in LexisNexis Academic |
| from 08/01/1993 to 07/01/2006 in Professional Collection |
| from 08/02/1993 to 07/21/2006 in General OneFile |
| from 08/02/1993 to 07/21/2006 in General Reference Center Gold |
| from 2006 to present in Tusculum College Library's Print holdings |
Sports afield (1940) (0038-8149)
| from 02/01/1996 to 45 days ago in General OneFile |
| from 02/01/1996 to 45 days ago in General Reference Center Gold |
| from 02/01/1996 to 45 days ago in Professional Collection |
| from 01/01/2000 to 01/31/2002 in Business & Company Resource Center |
| from 01/01/2000 to 01/01/2002 in General Business File ASAP |
| from 01/01/2000 to 01/01/2002 in General OneFile |
| from 01/01/2000 to 01/01/2002 in General Reference Center Gold |
| from 06/01/2000 to 01/01/2002 in LexisNexis Academic |
Sports medicine reports (Atlanta, Ga.) (1524-0991)
| from 11/01/2001 to 08/31/2003 in Health & Wellness Resource Center |
| from 11/01/2001 to 08/01/2003 in General OneFile |
| from 11/01/2001 to 08/01/2003 in Health Reference Center Academic |
*The current, bound, and microfiche periodical holdings can be found by consulting the Periodical Search on the TC Library Homepage or consulting the blue notebook at the Reference Desk in the library.
Other Resources for Journal Articles
Infotrieve Article Finder is a search engine that allows users to search a bibliographic database of over 30 million citations and 20 million abstracts. The Table of Contents of 150,000 journal titles is available for viewing and articles may be purchased using the Docsource feature. Many of the articles may be requested through Interlibrary Loan and delivered via Ariel (an Infotrieve document delivery system) Contact the TC Library for more information on using this service.
Ingenta is a comprehensive bibliographic index to a wide range of periodical articles. This service requires purchase to obtain the full text of articles but is a valuable resource if looking for additional resources. Many of the journal articles may be requested through Interlibrary Loan and most may be delivered within 24 hours. For more information on using this resource contact the TC Library.
Comprehensive Internet Websites
| Non Profit Sites | Education Sites | Commercial Sites | Government Sites |
Amateur Athletic
Foundation Sports Library The AAF has provides a list of sports
research and information sites. Though not comprehensive, the
sites listed have been helpful in answering reference questions.
Institute for Preventative Sports
Medicine dedicated to the research and prevention of sports related
injury and health care cost containment. Research publications,
links to websites and information on current projects in sport injury are
included.
Journal of Athletic
Training a direct link to the table of contents from the journal
maintained by NATA. NOT full text. Access to full text of this
journal is available through
Proquest Education Journals
.
National Athletic Trainers Association the
official site for the association responsible for certification of athletic
trainers, accreditation of athletic training programs and dissemination of
information related to the profession.
NATA Helpful Links A
listing of associations, organizations, coalitions and societies that are
related to or work directly with Athletic Trainers.
National Sports
Information Centre Based in Australia, the NSIC is a library
supporting the Australian Sports Commission objectives by providing access
to sports and related information services.
Sports Physical Therapy Section of the American
Physical Therapy Association Links to research, news and websites related to
sports PT.
SportsLink Athletic Resource is
a comprehensive not for profit website that provides resources to competitors,
athletes, coaches, trainers, researchers, and the sports medicine community.
All the resources are free to the public. They have
also compiled an extensive sports performance bibliography. As stated on their
organization's about page, the websites that are listed are what they consider
to be the "top 500 non-commercial links for sports and athletic performance on
the Internet."
Athletic
Training Research Guide provided by James Madison University has some good
sports reference websites listed.
Sports
Medicine & Athletic Training Pathfinder SMSU Libraries a helpful
library research guide for athletic training from the librarians at
Southwestern Missouri State University. Check the Tusculum College Library
online catalog for similar materials in our collection.
United States Sports
Academy Library - Electronic Reference maintained and updated on a
regular basis a good comprehensive resource for students in allied health and
all aspects of sports management.
Commercial Sites
Gatorade Sports Science Institute
established in 1988 ,GSSI, is a research and educational facility
providing
access to current information on sports nutrition and exercise science to
enhance the performance and well-being of athletes. The site was developed with
the sports health professional in mind.
A great commercial database with information on new
products and trends in the area of human kinetics, physical education, coaching
and athletic performance. A caution:
Before purchasing an article from this site, check to see if it is
available on the research databases in full
text or request the article through interlibrary loan.
SIRC SPORTQuest Sport Search Engine
and Directory Official search engine for SportDiscus Homepage with links to
a variety of topics including sport injury and and information on
subscribing to SportDiscus.
Government Sites
CDC Nutrition and Physical Activity
National Library of Medicine Medline Plus
"a goldmine of good health information from the world's largest medical library,
the National Library of Medicine."
Healthfinder
Navy Environmental Health Center
President's Council on Fitness and Sports
For links to Physical Education, visit the
Physical Education "Links Library" page