EXSS 147: Introduction to Athletic Training

Scholarly -vs- Popular | Tutorial: How to Read Scholarly Articles | Suggested Journals | Article databases

Scholarly -vs- Popular sources

Tutorial

Consider:
• Appearance
• Audience
• Author
• Review process
• Article structure

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How to Read Scholarly Articles

Sections of a paper: PubMed .html example | .pdf example
• Abstract
• Introduction
• Methodology
• Results
• Discussion

  Links point to Reading primary literature in biology, a tutorial hosted at Kenyon College | Article describing use of tutorial

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Suggested journals

    

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Article databases

• Physical Education Index: CSA Physical Education Index allows all researchers and professionals in the field to acquire accurate and scholarly information in this comprehensive database. These abstracts feature a wide variety of content, ranging from physical education curricula, to sports medicine, to dance. Health education and physical therapy are also covered as they continue to become more prevalent in our society.



• Academic Search Premier: Olivet’s most-used article database. Contains a mix of popular and scholarly articles on a variety of topics.

Last updated June 13, 2011 by Jasmine Cieszynski, Instructional Services Librarian.