SPU Catalog

• Books  [primary areas in collection: GV1-GV1198 (p.e./sports); QP301-QP303 (physiology); RA781 (exercise for health); RA784 (sports nutrition); RC1200-RC1245 (sports medicine); RM725-RM727 (exercise therapy); Curr. LT2500-LT2501 (elementary p.e.); Curr. LT5500-LT5501 (secondary p.e.)].
• In-house paper and microfilm periodical holdings by title of periodical.

SPU Reference Collection

• 5 Minute Sports Medicine Consult   [Ref. RC1211 .A145 2001]
• Dictionary of the Sport and Exercise Sciences   [Ref. GV558 .D53 1991]
• Educator's Guide to Free Health, Physical Education and Recreation Materials   [Ref. GV361 .E383 2004-05]
• Encyclopedia of Ethnicity and Sports in the United States   [Ref. GV709.5 .E83 2000]
• Encyclopedia of North American Sports History   [Ref. GV567 .H518 2002]
• Encyclopedia of Sports & Fitness Nutrition   [Ref. RA784 .A659 2002]
• Encyclopedia of Sports Science   [Ref. GV558 .E53 1997 v.1-v.2]
• Guide to Understanding Dietary Supplements   [Ref. RM258.5 .T354 2003]
• Sports Culture: An A-Z Guide   [Ref. GV706.5 .C383 2000]
• Team Physician's Handbook   [Ref. RC1211 .T43 2002]

SPU Periodical Indexes & Image/Full Text

• Off-campus login required from SPU Databases web page.
• CSA (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts) database:
  • Physical Education Index (scholarly & trade PE literature) -- only indexing & abstracts; NO image/full text.
• EBSCOhost databases:
  • Health Source: Nursing Academic (health sciences) -- indexing & abstracts; some image/full text.
  • MEDLINE (health sciences) -- indexing & abstracts; seamless access to some image/full text from other EBSCOhost indexes.
  • ERIC (education) -- indexing & abstracts; seamless access to some image/full text from other EBSCOhost indexes for EJ periodical articles; seamless E*Subscribe service to link to some image of ED unpublished documents.
  • PsycINFO (psychology) -- indexing & abstracts; seamless access to some image/full text from other EBSCOhost indexes.
  • Academic Search Premier (general) -- indexing & abstracts; some image/full text.
• ProQuest databases:
  • Research Library Complete (general) -- indexing & abstracts; some image/full text.
• E-Journal Portal (direct access to SPU's image/full text periodical collection; indirect access through databases).

Selected Internet Resources

• SPU Library Physical Education & Exercise Science Resources
• SPU Library Handouts ("Physical Education & Exercise Sciences" link)
• CRITIC: Evaluating Information Sources (PDF file)
• Search Strategies and Evaluating Web Pages
• Plagiarism--How to Avoid
• Style Manuals

Obtaining Resources from Other Libraries

• Summit Borrowing -- obtain books through Orbis Cascade Alliance library consortium within 3 working days. Access through SPU catalog or directly through consortium Summit union catalog.  Borrow only books with Summit Borrowing.
• WorldCat -- an SPU database showing the books held in library collections throughout the U.S.  Borrow only books with WorldCat.
• Interlibrary Loan ("ILL") -- use if no other ILL requesting feature available.  Borrow both books and photocopies of periodical articles from libraries in U.S.