Fitness
Articles and Databases
Search databases to find articles in peer-reviewed journals, magazines, newspapers, reference sources, and other publications. Access from off campus with your FSC username and password.
Search Everything
Use the "Search Everything" tab on the Library’s homepage to search across all library
collections, including books, ebooks, journals, magazines, newspapers, and other publications.
Academic Search Complete
Articles from academic journals, newspapers, and magazines useful for many subjects.
A great place to get started with research.
CINAHL
CINAHL Database provides indexing of the top nursing and allied health literature
available including nursing journals and publications from the National League for
Nursing and the American Nurses Association. Literature covers a wide range of topics
including nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative/complementary
medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines.
Gale Health Reference Center Academic
Created specifically for students, knowledgeable consumer health researchers, and
health care professionals, Health Reference Center Academic is a resource for up-to-date
information on the complete range of health care topics. With more than 2,500 embargo-free,
full-text periodicals, reference books, pamphlets, and hundreds of videos demonstrating
medical procedures and live surgeries, Health Reference Center Academic ensures that
researchers get current, scholarly, comprehensive answers to health-related questions.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition is a trusted full-text database covering nursing
and allied health topics, including pediatric nursing, critical care, mental health,
nursing management, medical law and more.
MEDLINE with Full Text - Ebsco
This database provides full-text for many of the most-used biomedical and health journals
indexed in MEDLINE. Many journals are available with no embargo, allowing doctors,
nurses, health professionals and researchers to access to the information as soon
as it is published.
Proquest Research Library
Articles from academic journals, trade publications, and magazines across many subjects,
including business.
PsycArticles
PsycArticles is a database featuring full text peer-reviewed articles published by
APA and affiliated journals.
PsycINFO
PsycINFO is a resource for locating scholarly research findings in psychology and
related fields across a host of academic disciplines — from the historical to the
cutting edge.
Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection
Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection is an essential full-text database for
psychologists, counselors, researchers and students. It provides hundreds of full-text
psychology journals, including many indexed in PsycINFO.
ScienceDirect
ScienceDirect hosts over 3,800 journals and more than 37,000 books—over 15 million
peer-reviewed publications (and growing) from Elsevier, our imprints and our society
partners.
Selected Journals
American Journal of Sports Medicine
Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism
International Journal of Sport Nutrition & Exercise Metabolism
International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
Isokinetics & Exercise Science
Measurement in Physical Education & Exercise Science
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
Psychology of Sport and Exercise
Research Quarterly For Exercise & Sport
Books
Textbooks
Search for textbooks by course number via this list of textbooks on reserve. Also search by title in the Library's catalog. Request textbooks at the Circulation Desk. Use these books for up to two hours in the Library. Call numbers are designated by course number, e.g. HWP 225.
Print Books
Search for books in the Library's catalog. Also find print materials via the "Books and eBooks" tab on the Library website. Search by topic, title, author, etc.
- Circulating Books: Located on the Lower Level. Check out up to 10 books for 2 weeks at a time with your FSC ID
- Reference Books: Located on the First Floor. Must be used within the Library. Includes encyclopedias, handbooks, dictionaries, test prep books, etc.
eBooks
Search for ebooks via the "Books and eBooks" tab on the Library website. Search by topic, title, author, etc. View materials as a PDF and access from off campus with your FSC username and password.
Books and eBooks about Fitness
This pre-set search will allow you to browse the books and ebooks about Nutrition
at Greenley Library.
Websites
General Resources
CDC National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
Health.gov Physical Activity Guidelines
MedlinePlus Exercise & Physical Fitness
National Center for Catastrophic Sport Injury Research
National Center on Health, Physical Activity and Disability (NCHPAD)
National Physical Activity Plan (NPAP)
Youth Risk Behavior Survelliance System (YRBSS)
Evidence-Based Practice and Appraisal Resources
Study Design and Appraisal
Quantitative and Qualitative Research: Distinguishing Article Type
Qualitative Research Review Guidelines -RATS
Find Evidence-Based Studies
PEDro -- The Physiotherapy Evidence Database
Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA)
Evidence-Based Practice Tool
Citing Sources in MLA Style
See below for basic guidelines and examples of MLA citation style. See the “Citation Help” section for more details, examples, and sample MLA papers.
Why Cite?
Why you need to cite sources:
- Citing sources is the only way to use other people’s work without plagiarizing (i.e. if you are using any resource [journal article, book, website, report, interview, etc.], you NEED to give credit to the original source).
- The readers of your work need citations to learn more about your ideas and where they came from.
- Citing sources shows the amount of research you’ve done.
- Citing sources strengthens your work by lending outside support to your ideas.
In-Text Citations
In-text citations give credit to sources in the body of your paper. Use in-text citations when paraphrasing, directly quoting, or using ideas from sources.
- MLA citation style uses the author-page method for in-text citations: Author(s)’ last name and the page number(s) from which the quotation or paraphrase is taken must appear in the text.
- Last names may appear either in the sentence itself or in parentheses following the quotation or paraphrase, but the page number(s) should always appear in the parentheses, not in the text of your sentence.
In-Text Citation Examples
Example 1. Writers should ask questions that will result in interesting answers (Zinsser
100).
Example 2. Zinsser notes that writers should ask questions about interesting experiences
in their subjects' lives (100).
Example 3. Writers should ask their subjects "questions that will elicit answers about
what is most interesting or vivid in their lives" (Zinsser 100).
In-Text Citations vs. Works Cited Page
In text citations are brief, providing only some information about the resource being
referenced. These citations must match up to a full citation in the Works Cited page.
In text citations show readers where to find more information, by directing them to
an entry in the Works Cited page. The Works Cited page provides much more information
about the resource, so readers will be able to locate it and consult the original
source.
Example 1. The above in-text citations correspond to the following full citation,
which would appear in the Works Cited page:
Zinsser, William. On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction. Harper Collins, 1976.
Works Cited Page
The Works Cited page lists complete citations which correspond to in-text citations. The word or phrase you use in your in-text citations must be the first thing that appears on the left-hand margin of the corresponding entry in your Works Cited page.
Formatting
- Separate page labeled “Works Cited,” double-spaced, same margins, etc. as rest of paper.
- Indent the second and subsequent lines of citations by 0.5 inches to create a hanging indent.
Author Names
- Alphabetized by the last name of the first author of each work.
- Authors' names are inverted (last name, first name; middle name/initial).
- If a work has no known author, use a shortened version of the title.
Capitalization and Punctuation
- Capitalize each word in the titles of articles, books, etc, but do not capitalize articles (the, an), prepositions, or conjunctions unless one is the first word of the title or subtitle, e.g. Gone with the Wind.
- Use italics (instead of underlining) for titles of larger works (books, magazines) and quotation marks for titles of shorter works (poems, articles).
Works Cited Page Examples
Book
Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. Publisher, Publication Date.
Example: Zinsser, William. On Writing Well. The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction. HarperCollins, 1976.
Scholarly Article
Author Last Name, Author First Name. "Title of Article." Title of Periodical, volume number, issue number, Date Month Year,
pages, Database, DOI or URL.
Note: include the URL if there is no DOI
Example: Matsumura, Lindsay Clare, et al. "Classroom Writing Tasks and Students' Analytic
Text-Based Writing" Reading
Research Quarterlr, vol. 50, no. 4, Oct.-Dec. 2015, pp. 417-38. Education Full Text
(H.W. Wilson), doi:10. 1002/rrq.110.
A Page on a Website / Web document
List as much of the following information as possible (you sometimes have to hunt
around to find the information).
Author Last Name, First Name/Organization. ''Title of Page" Name of Website, Date
of Publication, URL, Date Accessed.
Example: Rodburg, Maxi ne, and Tutors of the Writing Center at Harvard University.
"Developing a Thesis." Harvard University,
1999, writingcenter.fas harvard edu/pages/developing-thesis. Accessed 20 Mar. 2017.
Newspaper Article
Author (s). "Title of Article." Title of Periodical, Day Month Year, pages
Example: Fani, Anthony "Tips For College Students Searching For Internships" Philadelphia
Tribune, 18 Oct. 2016, p. 14.
NoodleTools
NoodleTools is a citation manager that can help you generate and format citations correctly.
- Select the type of resource you are citing (article, book, website, etc.) and NoodleTools will prompt you to enter required information. A citation is then generated in your selected format (MLA).
- NoodleTools requires an account, so every time you log in your citations will be saved for you.
- When you are finished entering information, a reference list can be generated for you and exported to MS Word or Google Docs.
Citation Help
For more details and examples of MLA citation style, visit the following websites:
- Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL)
- The MLA Style Center
- The Writer’s Handbook: MLA Documentation Guide (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
- Plagiarism.org: How Do I Cite Sources?
Associations
Professional Associations
American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR)
American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)
American Kinesiology Association (AKA)
APA Div. 47: Society for Sport, Exercise & Performance Psychology
Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP)
Clinical Exercise Physiology Association (CEPA)
International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA)
National Academy of Kinesiology (NAK)
National Athletic Trainer’s Association (NATA)
The National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA)
North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity (NASPSPA)
Society of Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE)
Certifications
National Strength and Conditioning Website
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