Finding peer-reviewed scientific articles NUTR/PE 446 Sports Nutrition & Weight Control

What are Peer-Reviewed Scientific Journals?  Scientific Journals Periodicals Periodicals Non-profit organizations Non-profit organizations Publishes original research articles Publishes original research articles May also publish reviews, commentaries, lettersMay also publish reviews, commentaries, letters Different than Professional JournalsDifferent than Professional Journals Submitted articles undergo Peer-Review before being accepted for publication Submitted articles undergo Peer-Review before being accepted for publication

What is the Peer-Review process?  Purpose: unbiased evaluation of the quality of research and paper  Author submits manuscript to journal editor  Editor sends ‘blind copy’ to three expert reviewers (peer-reviewers)  Reviewers comment on and evaluate manuscript accept, accept with revisions, reject accept, accept with revisions, reject  Editor returns manuscript with comments and evaluation (without reviewer’s names) to author.

Finding original peer-reviewed articles: Where do you start?  Your textbook End of most chapters – sections on ergogenic aids End of most chapters – sections on ergogenic aids Reference list at end of chapters Reference list at end of chapters  Other references books in sports nutrition available at CWU library Cattrax Cattrax 39 books for “Sports Nutrition”39 books for “Sports Nutrition”

Useful Databases at CWU  Medline – First Search Most complete database of medical-related journals Most complete database of medical-related journals Abstracts only Abstracts only  Medical Library – ProQuest Full articles Full articles Limited search Limited search  Web of Science – Science Citation Index Allows for search based on citations Allows for search based on citations Important articlesImportant articles More recent articlesMore recent articles

Example: MedLine FirstSeach Creatine and Jumping Performance  Search term: Creatine 34,630 articles (4/2/2007) 34,630 articles (4/2/2007) 1,464 full text and scholarly articles in ProQuest1,464 full text and scholarly articles in ProQuest  Search terms: Creatine and supplementation Creatine and supplementation 786 articles 786 articles 116 articles in ProQuest116 articles in ProQuest  Search terms: Creatine and supplementation and Jump Creatine and supplementation and Jump 8 articles 8 articles 1 article in ProQuest1 article in ProQuest

Example of a citation search using Web of Science: Branched-Chain Amino Acids  Williams’ text: P (BCAA) P (BCAA)

 Reference to the article at the end of the chapter.

Using Web of Science  Look for more recent articles Cited reference search Cited reference search  Look for ‘important articles’ General search General search Sorted by times citedSorted by times cited

Other Resources  Interlibrary CWU Fast (generally less than one week) Fast (generally less than one week) Free (usually) Free (usually)  Reference CWU Gerard Hogan Gerard Hogan  Kittitas Valley Community Hospital Access to full text articles not available at CWU Access to full text articles not available at CWU Melanie Jones – very helpful Melanie Jones – very helpful Link on course web page Link on course web page