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
To access and use the following databases
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| Ebscohost Business Source Elite provides full-text for nearly 1,090 journals covering business, management, economics, finance, banking, accounting, and more. Includes articles related to sports management, marketing, and training. | ERIC/EDRS Good resource for journal article abstracts and publications in the area of athletic training education. EDRS contains access to full text ERIC document from 1996-present. All other Pre-1996 ERIC documents available on microfiche at Tate Library. |
| Ebscohost 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. |
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 search for the journal title click here to access the research database page. Choose your location. Click on the appropriate database and type the title of the journal in the search box.
Journal of athletic training (1062-6050)
from 07/01/1997 to present in
ProQuest Education Journals
Journal of sport behavior (0162-7341)
from 03/01/1993 to present in InfoTrac OneFile
from 03/01/1999 to present in Infotrac I Professional Collection
Journal of physical education, recreation & dance
(0730-3084)
from 01/01/1988 to present in
ProQuest Education Journals
from 01/01/1993 to present in Infotrac I Expanded Academic ASAP and
InfoTrac OneFile
from 01/01/1999 to present in
Infotrac I
Professional Collection
Physical educator
(0031-8981)
from 09/01/2000 to present in InfoTrac I OneFile and Professional Collection
Physical therapy (0031-9023)
from 01/01/1989 to present in Infotrac I Expanded Academic ASAP, General Reference Center Gold, Health and
Wellness Resource Center and
InfoTrac OneFile
from 01/01/1998 to present in Infotrac I Health
Reference Center
from 01/01/1999 to present in
Infotrac I
Professional Collection
Research quarterly for exercise and sport (0270-1367)
from 03/01/1993 to present in Infotrac I Academic
ASAP,
General Reference Center Gold, Health and WellnessResource
Center and InfoTrac OneFile
from 03/01/1998 to present in Infotrac I Health Reference Center
from 03/01/1999 to present in Infotrac I Professional
Collection
Scholastic coach and athletic director
(1077-5625)
from 01/01/1996 to present in Infotrac Expanded
Academic ASAP
from 01/01/1999 to present in Infotrac I Professional
Collection
from 12/01/1995 to present in Infotrac I General
Reference Center Gold and InfoTrac OneFile
Women in sport & physical activity journal
(1063-6161)
from 09/01/2000 to present in InfoTrac OneFile
and
Infotrac I Professional Collection
*The current, bound, and microfiche
periodical holdings can be found by consulting the
Periodical Search on the Tate
Library Homepage or consulting the blue notebooks 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 Tate 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 Tate 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 on the
Research Databases page.
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 Education Council Also
accessible through the main NATA website, the council provides educational
resources and education guidelines to athletic training basic, continuing
and graduate education programs. It also provides a link to the
the Joint Review Committee on Educational Programs
in Athletic Training (JRC-AT) for accreditation.
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.
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.
Human Kinetics 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.
MedFacts Medical Library
Contains general information as well as media on various types of sports
injuries and medical procedures. Part of the MedFacts website.
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