EXSS 16200: Introduction to Fitness and Exercise Science
- Determine and define the clinical problem
· Frame this in a question format as it will help you determine the key concepts: population, intervention and outcome.
- Generate a list of keywords using PICO
· Patient or Population (what is the disorder or disease)
· Intervention
· Comparison (if any)
· Outcome (what you are hoping to assess)
Health & Wellness Resource Center
Provides full-text materials, abstracts and citations to patient and consumer health information.
SPORTDiscus with Full Text
This is a great tool for finding sports medicine, fitness, coaching and education articles.
CINAHL
This is a great tool for finding education, health promotion, and psychosocial health articles along with research articles.
MEDLINE (EBSCO)
A comprehensive journal index to over 4,600 biomedical journals, with links to some full-text. This is the cadillac of all health and research databases.
Academic Search Premier
This multidisciplinary source indexes scholarly journals, popular magazines, and current events; there is something for everyone!
Provides full-text materials, abstracts and citations to patient and consumer health information.
SPORTDiscus with Full Text
This is a great tool for finding sports medicine, fitness, coaching and education articles.
CINAHL
This is a great tool for finding education, health promotion, and psychosocial health articles along with research articles.
MEDLINE (EBSCO)
A comprehensive journal index to over 4,600 biomedical journals, with links to some full-text. This is the cadillac of all health and research databases.
Academic Search Premier
This multidisciplinary source indexes scholarly journals, popular magazines, and current events; there is something for everyone!
Websites
Google Advanced Search: A sophisticated way to search Google by limiting to a specific domain: .com, edu, gov
The Science Behind the News: A great news source for science, technology and math published by the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
MedlinePlus: Sports Fitness: A great place for consumer health information published by the National Library of Medicine (NLM).
MyPyramid.gov: An updated version of the "food pyramid" that places emphasis on exercise along with a proper diet.
Evaluating Websites: Johns Hopkins Guide to Evaluating Internet Information
Google Advanced Search: A sophisticated way to search Google by limiting to a specific domain: .com, edu, gov
The Science Behind the News: A great news source for science, technology and math published by the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
MedlinePlus: Sports Fitness: A great place for consumer health information published by the National Library of Medicine (NLM).
MyPyramid.gov: An updated version of the "food pyramid" that places emphasis on exercise along with a proper diet.
Evaluating Websites: Johns Hopkins Guide to Evaluating Internet Information
- Authorship
- Publishing body
- Point of view or bias
- Referral to other sources
- Verifiability
- Currency
- How to distinguish propaganda, misinformation and disinformation
- The mechanics of determining authorship, publishing body, and currency on the Internet
