Exercise Science/Nutrition

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Subject Directories

• About > Health & Fitness
• Google Directory > Fitness
• Medline Plus > Exercise and Physical Fitness

Internet Sites

• Ergogenic Aids
  • Food and Nutrition Information Center > Ergogenic Aids Topic Page
  • National Collegiate Athletic Association > Choices in Sports
• Health & Fitness Calculators - Figure body mass index, target heart rate, and more
  • ExRx Prescription Fitness Calculators
  • Marathon Guide’s Running, Training, Fitness & Nutrition Calculators
• Gatorade Sports Science Institute - Research on nutrition and exercise topics, including dietary supplements
• Nutrition
  • Dietary Supplements Labels Database
  • MyPyramid.gov - New food pyramid from the U.S. government
  • Nutrition.gov
  • NutritionData.com
• Fitness Jumpsite - Promotes a lifestyle of fitness, nutrition and health
• Internet Resources for Health and Exercise Sciences – from University of Delaware Library
• President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports

Online Journals

• Journal of Exercise Physiology Online
 

Professional Associations

• American Council on Exercise
• Aerobics and Fitness Association of America
• American College of Sports Medicine
• National Strength and Conditioning Association

Articles: Indexes and Full Text

• Health and Wellness Resource Center (Gale)
  Tip:  Select “Health Assessment Tools” at the bottom of the welcome screen for more health fitness calculators.
  • On campus
  • Off-Campus 
• Health Reference Center Academic (Infotrac)
  • On-Campus
  • Off-Campus 
• Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Collection (Infotrac)
  • On-Campus
  • Off-Campus
• Expanded Academic ASAP (Infotrac)
  • On-Campus
  • Off-Campus

Selected Ebooks

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• Burke, Ed.  Herbs for Sports Performance, Energy and Recovery.  New Canaan, Conn.: Keats Pub., 1998.
• Franks, B. Don.  Fitness Leader's Handbook.  Champaign, Ill.: Human Kinetics, 1998.
• Maughan, Ron J., ed.  Nutrition in Sport.  Oxford; Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Science, 2000.
• Williams, Melvin H., Richard B. Kreider and J. Branch David. Creatine: The Power Supplement.  Champaign, Ill.: Human Kinetics, 1999.

Print Sources

• To find print (and some non-print) materials in OCC Libraries, search the Library Catalog. Some sample Library of Congress Subject Headings searches are:
  • dietary supplements
  • exercise
  • kinesiology
  • nutrition
  • physical education and training
     
• Exercise Science Recommended Book List - Books recommended by the Highland Lakes Campus Library
   
• Selected Reference Books
  • Fitness and Exercise Sourcebook.  Detroit: Omnigraphics, 2001.
         AH, OR, RO  Reference  GV 436 .F53
  • Encyclopedia of Human Nutrition.  San Diego: Academic Pr., 1999.
         OR, RO  Reference  QP 141 .E526
     
• Browsing Call Numbers (in Library of Congress Classification)
  • GV  Recreation and sports
  • QP  Physiology
  • RA  Public aspects of medicine
  • RM  Therapeutics and pharmacology

OCC Departmental Web Pages

• Exercise Science and Technology

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