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Athletic Training and Sports Medicine

1. Define anatomical/technical terms by using dictionaries, handbooks, etc., shelved in the Reference area, second floor, such as:
   • Encyclopedia of Exercise, Sport and Health (Ref. Desk GV 567 .B78 2004)
   • Encyclopedia of Muscle and Strength (Ref. GV 546 .S74 2006)
   • Encyclopedia of Sports Medicine (Ref. Desk RC 1206 .O355 2005)
   • Sports Injuries Information for Teens (Ref. RD 97 .S689 2004)
   • Sports Injuries Sourcebook (Ref. RD 97 .S736 2002)
2. Search for books, theses, and media in the Library Catalog using Library of Congress Subject Headings, such as:
   • Ankle
   • Arthroscopy
   • Athletic Injuries
   • Athletic Trainers
   • Biomechanics
   • Bodybuilding
   • Doping in Sports
   • Creatine
   • Elbow
   • Foot
   • Hand
   • Joints
   • Kinesiology
   • Knee
   • Massage
   • Muscle Strength
   • Muscles
   • Orthopedic Shoes
   • Overuse Injuries
   • Personal Trainers
   • Physical Education and Training
   • Shoulder
   • Sports Injuries
   • Sports Medicine
   • Weight Lifting
   • Weight Training
3. Use multi-discipline full-text databases to find magazine and journal articles
   online, such as:
   • Academic Search Premier
   • CINAHL Plus
   • Health Reference Center
   • ScienceDirect
   • WilsonOmniFile
4. Use indexing and/or abstracting databases to find current journal articles, etc.
   Relevant subjects in MEDLINE or SportDiscus can be found by checking the
   Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) or online Sport Thesaurus, such as:
   • Athletic Injuries
   • Achilles Tendon
   • Ankle Injuries
   • Ankle Joint
   • Creatine
   • Doping in Sports
   • Elbow Joint
   • Finger Injuries
   • Finger Joint
   • Hand Injuries
   • Head Injuries
   • Knee Injuries
   • Knee Joint
   • Leg Injuries
   • Muscle
   • Patella
   • Protective Clothing
   • Protective Devices
   • Shin Splints
   • Sprains and Strains
   • Tendonitis
   • Tendon Injuries
   • Tennis Elbow
   • Thumb
   • Toe Joint
   • Wrist Injuries
   • Wrist Joint
5. Consult bibliographies which can be found in the Library Catalog under selected topics and the word, bibliography, i.e., steroids bibliography.
6. Look for annuals or series in the Library Catalog, such as:
   • Clinics in Sports Medicine (RC 1215 .C34)
   • Orthopedic Clinics of North America (RD 153 .O8)
7. Current Journals in Sports Medicine (check ‘periodical holdings list’ for latest availability in print or electronic online subscription)
   • American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
   • American Journal of Sports medicine
   • Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
   • Athletic Therapy Today
   • British Journal of Sports Medicine
   • Clinical Kinesiology
   • International Journal of Sports Medicine
   • Journal of Athletic Training
   • Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy
   • Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
   • Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness
   • Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
   • Pediatric Exercise Science
   • Physical Therapy
   • Physical Therapy in Sport
   • Sports Medicine
   • Strength and Conditioning Journal
8. Check with the Reference Librarian about finding information on a specific topic. If you need to order journal articles or books not held by SUCC via interlibrary loan, plan ahead two weeks. Copyright Law limits requests for recent articles. Look for online ILLiad link on the Library Web Page.
9. Selected Internet Resources/World Wide Web:
   • www.acsm.org American College of Sports Medicine
   • www.drugsinsport.net Drugs in Sport newsletter
   • www.usantidoping.org US Anti-Doping Agency
   • www.wada-ama.org/en/ World Anti-Doping Agency

Prepared by Ellen Paterson, 6/21/2001, rev 8/04, rev 1/07

Caregivers Resource Guide

1. Library Catalog — Use Subject Headings to search for books on CAREGIVING and related areas of interest, such as:
   • aged—home care
   • aging parents
   • aids (disease)—patients—home care
   • alzheimer’s disease
   • assisted suicide
   • caregivers
   • cerebrovascular disease
   • chronically ill
   • dementia
   • elder abuse
   • exercise therapy
   • frail elderly
   • home care services
   • home nursing
   • hospice care
   • long-term care
   • medicaid
   • medicare
   • multiple sclerosis
   • nursing home care
   • nursing home patients
   • nursing homes
   • old age
   • older people
   • retirement
   • right to die
   • terminal care
   • wills
2. Selected recent book titles with their call numbers to locate areas in the stacks are:
   • Aids in America RA 643.86 .H86 2006
   • Aging Prisoners–HV 9469 .A553 2003
   • Always On Call RA 645.3 .A457 2004
   • Caring For Our Elders—RC 954.3 .K65 2003
   • Caring For The Dying—R 726.8 .C385 2003
   • Caring For Your Parents (AARP) HQ 1063.6 .D45 2005
   • Cerebral Palsy RJ 496 .C4 .M53 2006
   • Chronic Diseases And Health Care RC 108 .M67 2006
   • Denial Of Aging HQ 1064 .U5 .G45 2006
   • Exercise For Frail Elders—RC 953.8 .E93 .B377 2003
   • Exercise Therapy RM 725 .E95 2005
   • Forced Exit—R 726 .S576 2003
   • Home Or Nursing Home RA 645.3 .S25 2004
   • Life After Stroke RC 388.5 .S783 2006
   • Living Well With Parkinson’s RC 382 .A88 2005
   • Maltreatment Of Patients In Nursing Homes RA 997 .H357 2006
   • Medicare Matters RA 412.3 .C39 2005
   • Multiple Sclerosis RC 377 .M88 2005
   • My Mother’s Hip—RC 954.4 .M37 2004
   • New Politics Of Old Age Policy HV 1461 .N76 2005
   • Our Parents, Ourselves RA 564.8 .T87 2005
   • Resilient Widowers—HQ 1058.5 .U5 .M68 2003
   • Supporting the Caregiver In Dementia RC 521 .S87 2006
   • Terminal Illness R 726.8 .T4646 2005
3. Review Articles, which often have comprehensive bibliographies, are found in the:
   • Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics—RC 952 .A1 .A56
   • also search the Library Catalog for different titles of volumes and issues in the series, Clinics in Geriatric Medicine—RC 952 .A1 .C55
4. Abstract/Indexing and full-text databases, used to find magazine, journal, and/or newspaper articles on CAREGIVING and related issues are accessed online from http://library.cortland.edu
   • Academic Search Premier
   • CINAHL
   • Health Reference Center
   • LexisNexis
   • Medline/PubMed
   • Physical Education Index
   • PsychINFO
   • Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
   • ScienceDirect
   • Social Sciences Abstracts
   • SocIndex
   • SportDiscus
   • WilsonOmniFile
5. Current reference books (2nd floor) on Aging/Elder Care/Geriatrics include:
   • Cambridge Handbook Of Age and Aging Ref. HQ 1061 .C315 2005
   • Encyclopedia Of Aging— Ref. HQ 1061 .E534 2002 (4 vols.)
   • Encyclopedia Of Elder Care— Ref. RC 954 .E53 2004
   • Encyclopedia Of Multiple Sclerosis Ref. RC 377 .T875 2005
   • Encyclopedia Of Parkinson’s Disease Ref. RC 382 .M774 2004
   • Encyclopedia Of Senior Health and Well-Being— Ref. RA 777.6 .K357 2003
   • Health, US, 2004 (trend tables 65 and older) Ref. RA 408 .A3 .H4357
   • Stroke Sourcebook Ref. RC 388.5 .S8566 2003
6. Magazines/Journals (3rd floor, Pers or electronic) on Aging/Geriatrics are:
   • Ageing and Society
   • Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics (ScienceDirect)
   • Educational Gerontology
   • Experimental Gerontology (ScienceDirect)
   • Geriatrics (CINAHL …)
   • Geriatrics and Gerontology International (Academic Search Premier)
   • Gerontologist
   • International Journal of Aging & Human Development
   • Journal of Aging and Physical Activity
   • Journal of Aging Studies (ScienceDirect)
   • Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology (Academic Search Pemier and SocINDEX)
   • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (Academic Search Premier)
   • Journals of Gerontology A & B
   • Psychology and Aging
   • Research on Aging
   • Rejuvenation Research
7. Selected Web Sites are:
   • www.medicare.gov …official US Government site for people with Medicare…
   • www.seniors.gov daily news, health, social security, retirement, travel, leisure
   • www.aarp.org AARP
   • www.aging.state.ny.us NYS Office for the Aging
   • www.aging-research.org Alzheimer’s and Aging Research Center
   • www.aoa.gov US Administration on Aging
   • www.nia.nih.gov National Institute on Aging
   • www.ncoa.org National Center on Aging

Prepared by Ellen Paterson, Sciences & Health Bibliographer, July 1995, revised, October 2004 & 2006

Aged Aging Geriatrics Gerontology Resource Guide

1. Library Catalog–use Subject words to locate books and media, such as:
   • aged
   • aging
   • alzheimer’s disease
   • death
   • dementia
   • depression in old age
   • exercise for the aged
   • gerontology
   • geriatrics
   • longevity
   • old age
   • medicare
   • osteoporosis
   • physical fitness for the aged
   • retirement
   • social security
2. Recent Reference books (2nd floor)
   • Cambridge Handbook of Age and Ageing — Ref. HQ 1061 .C315 2005 (on order)
   • Encyclopedia of Aging — Ref. HQ 1061 .E534 2002 (4 vols.)
   • Encyclopedia of Alzheimer’s Disease — Ref. RC 523 .M665 2003
   • Encyclopedia of Arthritis — Ref. RC 933 .S766 2004
   • Encyclopedia of Senior Health and Well-Being — Ref. RA 777.6 .K357 2003
3. Selected recent books and videos:
   • Alzheimer’s Disease — RC 523.2 .D37 2005
   • Biology Of Death — QH 530 .K5613 2004
   • Death’s Door — HQ 1073 .G54 2006
   • Denial of Aging — HQ 1064 .U5 .G45 2006
   • Designing Resistance Training Programs (last part about seniors) — GV 505 .F58 2004
   • Looting Of Social Security — HD 7125 .S565 2004
   • Maltreatment of Patients in Nursing Homes — RA 997 .H357 2006
   • Mature Mind: Positive Power of the Aging Brain — BF 724.6 .C64 2005
   • Medicare Matters: What Geriatric Medicine Can Teach American Health Care — RA 412.3 .C39 2005
   • New Politics of Old Age Policy — HV 1461 .N76 2005
   • Physical Activity Instruction of Older Adults — GV 447 .P575 2005
   • Saving Social Security — HD 7125 .D525 2004
   • Secret Life Of The Brain — QP 376 .S42 2002—videocassette episode 5—Aging Brain
   • Sex and the Seasoned Woman — HQ 29 .S52 2006
   • Supporting the Caregiver in Dementia — RC 521 .S87 2006
   • Women Confronting Retirement — HQ 1063.2 .U6 .W658 2003
4. Abstract/Indexing Databases are used to locate magazine, newspaper, and/or journal articles, such as:
   • Academic Search Premier
   • CINAHL
   • Health Reference Center
   • Lexis-Nexis
   • PsychINFO
   • Medline/PubMed
   • Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
   • ScienceDirect
   • Social Sciences Abstracts
   • SocINDEX with Full Text
   • WilsonOmniFile
5. Annual Review of Gerontology & Geriatrics — RC 952 .A1 .A56 (volumes of review articles shelved with books in main 3rd floor stacks)
6. Current magazines/journals on aging are available in third floor Periodicals Area or online. Check Periodical Holdings on the Library’s Web Page for availability in full-text databases or electronic format.
   • Ageing and Society
   • Archives of Gerontology & Geriatrics (Science Direct)
   • Educational Gerontology
   • Experimental Gerontology (Science Direct)
   • Geriatrics
   • Gerontologist
   • International Journal of Aging & Human Development
   • Journal of Aging and Physical Activity
   • Journal of Aging Studies (Science Direct)
   • Journals of Gerontology A & B
   • Neurobiology of Aging (Science Direct)
   • Psychology and Aging
   • Research on Aging
   • Rejuvenation Research ( formerly Journal of Anti-Aging Medicine)
7. Selected Web sites:
   • www.aoa.gov Administration on Aging—fact sheets, statistics, health insurance…
   • www.aarp.org American Association for Retired Persons—medicare, social security, email Congress…
   • www.graypanthers.org Gray Panthers Age and Youth in Action
   • www.healthandage.com Live Well, Live Longer—news, articles, self-assessment, disease digests, alternative medicine…
   • www.medicare.gov Medicare consumer information
   • www.ncoa.org National Center on Aging—health tips…
   • www.nia.nih.gov/ National Institute on Aging—Age Pages, menopause, Alzheimer’s, women’s issues…
   • www.aging.state.ny.us/ NYS Office for the Aging—population estimates, care- giving booklets, health insurance Q&A…
   • www.cdc.gov.nchs/agingact.htm Trends in Health and Aging from the National Center for Health Statistics

Compiled by Ellen Paterson, July 1995, revised 1999, 2004, and September 29, 2006

Revised/Updated Global Health Books and Web Sites

International Hlth and Culture 111: Wodi and Paterson

1. Search the Library Catalog under ‘Find Books’ using subject headings:
• Cross-Cultural Comparison
• Health Behavior
• Health Status Indicators
• Medical Policy –Cross-Cultural Studies
• National Health Insurance–Cross-Cultural Studies
• National Health Services–Cross-Cultural Studies
• Pan American Health Organization
• Public Health
• Social Medicine
• World Health
• World Health Organization
2. Suggested books:
• Building Better Health: Handbook of Behavioral Change RA 776.9 .J46 2003
• Comparative Health Policy: RA 394 .B56 2004
• Critical Issues in Global Health (C. Everett Koop): RA 441 .C75 2001
• Health in the Americas: Ref RA 407.5 .L3 .P18 2002
• Lives At Risk: RA 412 .G66 2004
• Managing Health: RA 971 .K325 2003
• Return of the White Plague (TB): RA 644 .T7 .R486 2003
• Statistical Handbook on Infectious Diseases: Ref RA 643 .W33 2003
• Third World Health Promotion and Its Dependence on First World Wealth: Ref RA 441.5 .M33 2001
• World Epidemics: Ref RA 649 .S65 2003
• World Health Report: RA 8 .A265 2002
• World Health Report online in html or .pdf: www.who.int/whr/2004/en
• Worldwide Health Sourcebook: Ref Desk RA 441 .W68 2001

(Ref = shelved in Reference Collection or at Reference Desk , second floor; RA=3rd floor stacks)

3. Suggested databases to locate current magazine and journal articles:
• Expanded Academic
• Health Reference Center
• Professional Development Collection
• ScienceDirect
• Social Sciences Abstracts
• SocIndex with Fulltext
• Wilson Omnifile
4. Selected World Wide Web sites:
• www.globalhealth.gov HHS gateway links to WHO and PAHO, etc.
• www.globalhealth.org Global Health Council– news, emerging threats, child hlth,
  HIV/AIDS, infectious diseases, some free online reports, etc.
• www.paho.org/default.htm Pan American Health Organization
• www.populationaction.org Population Action International
• www.unicef.org UNICEF
• www.who.int/en/ World Health Organization
• www.worldhealthnews.harvard.edu Harvard School of Public Health

1/28/05, rev 7/29/05