Library Instruction for
AT 120 Introduction to Athletic Training


Stacy L. Voeller
Electronic Resources Librarian
voeller@mnstate.edu
Livingston Lord Library 119

Directions for MSUM's New LibProxy (to access databases from home).

APA Electronic References Style Guide

Library's APA Style Guide

Databases:

CINAHL - A database for Allied Health professionals. It indexes 800 nursing and allied health journals and is updated monthly. Try here first for articles on Athletic Training!!!!
 Off-Campus Access

Physical Education Index (through CSA)
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. Other coverage includes sport law, kinesiology, motor learning, recreation, standardized fitness tests, sports equipment, business and marketing, coaching and training, and sport sociology/psychology. Health education and physical therapy are also covered as they continue to become more prevalent in our society. 
 Off-Campus Access

Professional Collection. - Gale   Part of the Gale/IAC databases suite, the Professional Collection is a custom selection of more than 300 full-text journals for educators that is updated daily and provides 24-hour access from school or home. It offers balanced coverage for any professional educator in the following areas: arts and humanities; child and adolescent psychology and development; drug and alcohol abuse; health/nutrition/fitness; learning disabilities; literature; school law; science and technology; social sciences; and sports/athletic training.
 Off-Campus Access

Academic Search Premier - EBSCO
This resource contains full text for nearly 3,400 scholarly publications. This collection provides full text journal coverage for nearly all academic areas of study - including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies.
Off-Campus Access

MasterFILE Premier - EBSCO
Provides full text for 1,830 periodicals covering nearly all subjects including general reference, business, health, and a wide variety of general interest topics.
Off-Campus Access

PsycINFO - CSA
PsycINFO includes psychological research and its applications; the database is of prime relevance to many industries and research establishments worldwide. The sources include over 1,800 professional journals, chapters, books, reports, theses and dissertations, published internationally. Additionally, there are more than 8 million cited references in 185,000 journal articles, books, and book chapters. 
Off-Campus Access

Ingenta - A multidisciplinary database providing access to article summaries from over 20,000 publications. Click on "Search Options" for a more specific search.
 Off-Campus Access

ScienceDirect - Collection of over 1 million articles from 1995 to present covers a wide variety of subject areas and disciplines, including:  Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Business & Management Science, Chemistry, Clinical Medicine, Earth Sciences, Economics, Engineering & Technology, Environmental Science, Materials Science, Mathematics & Computer Science, Microbiology & Immunology, Neurosciences, Pharmacology & Toxicology, Physics, and Social Sciences. Full-text access to over 687 journals subscribed to by the University of Minnesota Twin Cities Library. 
 Off-Campus Access

WebPALS - Most commonly used to look up books owned by MSUM, but you'll need this online catalog to see whether or not our library owns the journals you're looking for.  This is where you'll also place interlibrary loan requests if you need an article we don't own.
 Off-Campus Access

MSUM's A-to-Z, online serials directory (through EBSCO)
This directory will guide you by title or subject to the library's collection of online journals, and tell you whether or not we subscribe to them in paper, or if they are available electronically online in one of our databases.
Off-Campus Access

Journals:

Research Journals:

Web Resources:

National Athletic Trainers Association Includes information on membership, certification, publications, accredited graduate programs, jobs, and much more. 

Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education CAAHEP is accrediting arm for all allied health professions.

Other Sites of Interest:

 

page last updated by SV 10/30/2007