Exercise Science and Sports Management
Reference Resources
- The Oxford Dictionary of Sports Science & Medicine from Oxford Reference
- "Covers all the major areas of sports science and medicine including: anatomy, biomechanics, exercise physiology, nutrition, sports psychology, sports sociology, sports injuries, and training principles."
- The Oxford Companion to the Body from Oxford Reference
- Provides concise and readable accounts of the structure and function of all the major systems of the body.
Databases
- Academic Search Complete
- A multi-disciplinary database
- Academic Onefile
- Multidisciplinary, including Sport Science.
- CINAHL
- CINAHL is the authoritative resource for nursing and allied health professionals, students, educators and researchers. This database provides indexing for 2,857 journals from the fields of nursing and allied health. The database contains more than 1,000,000 records dating back to 1982.
- Clinical Reference Systems from EBSCO Host
- "Offers thousands of essays covering adult health, behavioral health, cardiology, eye drug and medication information, pediatric health, senior health, women's health and sports medicine."
- SPORTDiscus
- "Provided by the Sport Information Resource Centre, SPORTDiscus offers comprehensive, bibliographic coverage of sport, fitness and related disciplines. A great percentage of these records are in full text."
- Australian Sport Database (AUSPORT)
- A bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts articles from published and unpublished material on all aspects of Australian sport.
- Human Kinetics
- Consists of information about all aspects of Sport and Exercise Science. It provides full text articles in PDF format.
- HighWire Press
- A free ejournals collection from Stanford University Libraries. Contains high impact, peer-reviewed content including Sports and Exercise Medicine, Rehabilitation and Nutrition.
- Science Direct Freedom Collection
- This is a collection of over 2,000 scholarly journals published by Elsevier with strong content coverage in health, life, physical and social sciences. Great full-text resource for Exercise Science..
- Meditext
- "A full content online database linking articles from around 100 medical and health journals, including sport medicine, to records contained in the Australasian Medical Index (AMI)."
- Health Source: Nursing/Academic
- Provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines including sport medicine.
Web Sites
- Australian Institute of Sport
- Acknowledged in Australia and internationally as a world best practice model for elite athlete development.
- Australian Sports Commission
- Coordinates the Government commitment and contribution to sport. It provides national leadership in all facets of sport from the elite level to the wider sporting community.
- Sportsmedicine.com
- The mission of Sportsmedicine.com is to provide an online directory and a reference point of information about sports medicine and all related fields. Sportsmedicine.com is also committed to the promotion of health, wellness, and physical activity.
- The SportsVine
- Australia's first email subscription weekly reporting the industry and business of sport.
- Sport Research Intelligence Sportive
- SIRC is the world's leading bibliographic database producer of sport, fitness, and sports medicine information. For more than 27 years, SIRC has been identifying, organizing and communicating sport and fitness information and providing it through a variety of products and services.
- Sportscience
- A Peer-Reviewed Journal and Site for Sport Research.
Professional Associations
- American College of Sports Medicine
- The American College of Sports Medicine promotes and integrates scientific research, education, and practical applications of sports medicine and exercise science to maintain and enhance physical performance, fitness, health, and quality of life.
- American Society of Biomechanics
- Formed to exchange ideas and meet with people working in different fields of biomechanics.
- Australian Association for Exercise and Sports Science
- "The peak professional organisation promoting excellence in, and recognition of, tertiary-trained Exercise Scientists, Exercise Physiologists and Sports Scientists."
- Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation
- The Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (ACHPER) is a national professional association representing people who work in the areas of Health Education, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport, Dance, Community Fitness or Movement Sciences.
- Australasian College of Sports Physicians
- The ACSP is an organisation of physicians committed to excellence in the practice of medicine as it applies to all aspects of physical activity.
- Australian and New Zealand Sports Law Association
- ANZSLA is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing education, advocacy and networking opportunities on legal issues in sport to Australian and New Zealand sporting industries.
- Australian Sports Trainers Association
- The Australian Sports Trainers Association is a progressive not-for-profit organisation dedicated to providing safety in sport, as well as top quality initial care of sports injuries. It also seeks to aid in appropriate conditioning for sporting activity, as well as assisting in the rehabilitation of sporting injuries.
- Australian Strength and Conditioning Association
- The Australian Strength and Conditioning Association is the industry and national peak body for Strength and Conditioning in Australia.
- Fitness Institute Australia
- The FIA specialises in the preparation of fitness trainers for the general health and fitness community.
- Sports Dieticians Australia
- Sports Dietitians Australia (SDA) is a professional organisation of dietitians specialising in the field of sports nutrition.
- Sports Medicine Australia
- Sports Medicine Australia is Australia’s peak national umbrella body for sports medicine and sports science, and is widely acknowledged overseas as the world’s leading multi-disciplinary sports medicine body.
