1. Sports Management, Physical Education & Movement Sciences SMP 1032 FEBRUARY 2011 Presented by Marie Accardi

2. Things you need for successful research Library A computer Your Dowling ID card A topic Log in to our library homepage: http://library.dowling. eduhttp://library.dowling. edu You may call 244-3282 or visit in person from 7 a.m.-10p.m. Chat via web is also available. Just click the “Ask us” icon. ALLOW AMPLE TIME FOR RESEARCH. YOU MAY HAVE TO WAIT FOR CERTAIN BOOKS AND JOURNAL ARTICLES!

3. Using the Course Guide You may access the course guide from the library home page. Select the title of the course and proceed to the Table of Contents. There will be listings for Books, articles and websites. Excellent starting point for research http://www.dowling.edu/wikis/pmwiki.php/ CourseGuides/SMP1032http://www.dowling.edu/wikis/pmwiki.php/ CourseGuides/SMP1032

4. Resources for Research Dictionaries Encyclopedias Books Journal Articles Databases: by Subject or Name Search engines Library’s web site

5. Using Databases What is a database? large collection of organized data especially for rapid search and retrieval (as by a computer). Examples: New York Times, SPORTDiscus, See the library webpage for Sports Databases @ http://www.dowling.edu/library/database/ newtest/subject.asp?ID=43 http://www.dowling.edu/library/database/ newtest/subject.asp?ID=43

6. Finding Books Try searching the catalog using the following terms: Try searching the catalog for the following subjects: Fitness and Health Nutrition and Diet Personal Health Sports and Exercise Sports Nutrition Exercise Health Nutrition Sports

7. Encyclopedias You may search our catalog to see Sports encyclopedias ; simply type in Sports and encyclopedias for the following result http://library.dowling.edu/search/?searcht ype=X&searcharg=encyclopedia+and+sportshttp://library.dowling.edu/search/?searcht ype=X&searcharg=encyclopedia+and+sports You should get 18 results

8. Finding Journal Articles Use the library homepage to connect to databases. Select “Databases by Subject”> SPORTDiscus, or Multi-Subject for this course. Sample search: Steroids and baseball in SPORTDiscus http://www.dowling.edu/library/database/ newtest/subject.asp?ID=43http://www.dowling.edu/library/database/ newtest/subject.asp?ID=43

9. Websites There are a number of excellent websites for sports and health listed on the course guide. www.Mayoclinic.com www.Webmd.com www.Cdc.gov www.Nim.nih.gov

10. Search Engines www.dogpile.com WebCrawlerWebCrawler www.webcrawler.com http://search.yippy.com/ Previously clusty.comhttp://search.yippy.com/ And of course: Yahoo! Google Bing

11. Don’t forget to cite APA Citation help can be found on the library homepage. For a very user friendly guide go to http://www2.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/wor kshop/citation.htm http://www2.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/wor kshop/citation.htm

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