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Sports and Exercise Science: Getting Started

A guide to Library resources for Sports and Exercise Scientists

students in the human performance lab

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Faculty Librarian

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Gem Sosnowsky
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Faculty Librarian

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John Barbrook
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Learning Developers

Start your search: OneSearch

Use OneSearch to search for books, journals, articles, DVDs etc.

Basic Search | Advanced Search 

The default search in OneSearch is Everything. You can change this to Books and more, Articles and more or Full text online once you have run your search.

Recommended databases

Here are some general databases to expand your research.

Link Your Library Account to Google Scholar ("What I wish I'd known in first year!")

Google Scholar is a search engine that indexes the content of scholarly material published on the Web and in electronic books and journals.

Information on how to link to the full-text of articles via Google Scholar is available here.

Google Scholar Search

OneSearch tutorial

onesearch tutorialThis interactive online tutorial: Getting started with OneSearch will help you get started using the Library's discovery tool.

At the end of this course, you will:

  • Know what OneSearch is and why you should use it
  • Be able to sign in and use OneSearch when off-campus
  • Be able to use OneSearch to find and read an ebook
  • Be able to use OneSearch to find and read an academic journal article

Endnote Click

Do you Use Paper Panda, Unpaywall, Sci-Hub or Z-Library?

 

Endnote Click is a browser extension that provides you access to full-text legally, by highlighting where papers are available freely online.

 

Access at https://click.endnote.com/

 

Leisure Reading

Swimming Wild in the Lake District

An informative and inspiring book for both new and experienced wild swimmers, exploring the larger lakes in the beautiful Lake District National Park.

How do I find resources for my course?

You will usually find that your lecturer provides a resource list (or reading list) on the module's Moodle site. Look out for a link to a Resource list, or specific readings.