Background Sources in Health, Kinesiology & Applied Physiology

This guide lists a selection of the more important sources of information on Exercise Science available at Concordia Library. It includes material held in the Webster Library (WEB) on the Sir George Williams Downtown Campus, the Vanier Library (VAN) on the Loyola Campus and/or available online. Most materials are located in the Reference area (REF). This is not a complete list. Additional resources may be found by searching the Sofia Discovery tool.

• A.D.A.M. Student Atlas of Anatomy
• Anatomy & MRI of the Joints – A Multiplanar Atlas
• Anatomy Video and Imagery Diversity Project AVID is a database of freely available original images and videos that properly showcase the range of human diversity and that are of sufficient detail and quality to support excellent anatomical teaching across multiple disciplines and levels of learner expertise.
• Atlas of Anatomy
• Atlas of Descriptive Histology
• Atlas of Functional Neuroanatomy
• Atlas of the Human Body
• Colour Atlas of Foot and Ankle Disorders
• Foot and ankle : a sectional imaging atlas
• Grant's Atlas of Anatomy
• Gray's anatomy : the anatomical basis of clinical practice
• Hollinshead's functional anatomy of the limbs and back
• Human osteology & skeletal radiology : an atlas and guide
• Lippincott Williams & Wilkins atlas of anatomy
• McMinn's color atlas of foot and ankle anatomy
• McMinn's color atlas of head and neck anatomy, 3rd edition
• Melloni's Illustrated Review of Human Anatomy
• Melloni’s Student Atlas of Human Anatomy, 3rd ed.
• Muscle
• Netter's atlas of anatomy for CPT and ICD-9-CM coding
• Netter's concise neuroanatomy
• Neuroanatomy : an atlas of structures, sections, and systems
• Pocket atlas of sectional anatomy : computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging
• Sobotta atlas of human anatomy
• Stoller's atlas of orthopaedics and sports medicine
• The Johns Hopkins atlas of human functional anatomy
• Thieme atlas of anatomy : general anatomy and musculoskeletal system
• Wolf-Heidegger's atlas of human anatomy, 6th ed.

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• Bone mechanics handbook
• Handbook of Physical Measurements

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• A dictionary of epidemiology
  
• Dictionary of developmental disabilities terminology
  
• Dictionary of Physiological Measurement
  
• Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary
  
• Merriam-Webster’s Medical Desk Dictionary
  
• Mosby's Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing & Health Professions
  
• Stedman's Medical Dictionary
  
• Stedman's Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing
  
• Stedman’s Medical Terms and Phrases

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• Encyclopedia of Endocrine Diseases
• Encyclopedia of Epidemiology
• Encyclopedia of Gerontology
• Encyclopedia of Health and Behavior
• Encyclopedia of Human Biology, 2nd ed.
• Encyclopedia of obesity
• Encyclopedia of the Digestive System and Digestive Disorders
• Encyclopedia of the Muscle and Skeletal Systems and Disorders
• Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine, 3rd ed.
• Magill's Medical Guide
• Stedman's Endocrinology Words

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• Kirby’s Guide to Fitness and Motor Performance Tests
• Litt's Drug Eruption Reference Manual: Including Drug Interactions with CD-ROM
• The Guide to Off-Label Prescription Drugs: New Uses for FDA-Approved Prescription Drugs

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• Food and Fitness: A Dictionary of Diet and Exercise
• Les mots des sciences du sport en français
  French-language sport sciences glossary. Each entry includes various components, such as the definition, preferred and discouraged terms, the English equivalent, and explanatory notes.

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• Encyclopedia of Dietary Supplements
• Nutrition and Well-being A to Z

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• American Dietetic Association Complete Food and Nutrition Guide
• Handbook of Dairy Foods and Nutrition
• Handbook of Vitamins, 5th ed.

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Anatomical Illustration of Acupuncture Points

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High Yield Orthopaedics

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Oxford Handbook of Rehabilitation Medicine

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• American Women in Sport 1887-1987
• Biographical Dictionary of American Sports: Baseball
• Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Athletes
• Great Athletes
• Great Women in Sports
• Native Americans in Sports
• Notable Sports Figures
• Who’s Who in Canadian Sport

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• Language of Sport
• Les mots des sciences du sport en français
  French-language sport sciences glossary. Each entry includes various components, such as the definition, preferred and discouraged terms, the English equivalent, and explanatory notes.

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• Baseball Encyclopedia, 9th ed.
• Berkshire Encyclopedia of World Sport
• Cultural Encyclopedia of Baseball
• Encyclopedia of British Sport
• Encyclopedia of Ethnicity and Sports in the US
• Encyclopedia of North American Sports History
• Encyclopedia of sports in America: A History from Foot Races to Extreme Sports
• Encyclopedia of the Modern Olympic Movement
• Encyclopedia of World Sport: From Ancient Times to the Present
• International Encyclopedia of Women and Sports
• Martial Arts: Traditions, History, People
• Running Encyclopedia
• Total Hockey: The Official Encyclopedia of the National Hockey League

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• Dictionary of Sports Quotations
• The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations

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• Facts & Dates of American Sport
• Sports Rules Book: Essential rules for 54 sports
• The A to Z of the Olympic Movement
• The Olympic Record Book

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• AMA Standard Nomenclature of Athletic Injuries
• Dictionary of Sports Injuries and Disorders
• Dictionary of the Sport and Exercise Sciences
• Encyclopedia of Sports Medicine
• Encyclopedic Dictionary of Sports Medicine
• Facts on File Dictionary of Fitness
• Les mots des sciences du sport en françaisFrench-language sport sciences glossary. Each entry includes various components, such as the definition, preferred and discouraged terms, the English equivalent, and explanatory notes.
• The Oxford dictionary of sports science and medicine

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• Encyclopedia of Sports Science
• World of Sports Science
  Theoretical and practical treatment of all aspects of sports science and exercise physiology, kinesiology, and biomechanics.

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• Oxford Handbook of Sport and Exercise Medicine
  
• Oxford Handbook of Sports Medicine
  
• Sport Psych Handbook
  
• Sports Medicine Handbook
  
• Sports Science Handbook
  
• Yearbook of Sports Medicine

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• AMA Manual of Style : a Guide for Authors and Editors (at Reference Desk: REF R 119 A533 2007 VAN
• Planning, Proposing, and Presenting Science Effectively: QH 315 H25 2006 VAN 3rd floor
• Scientific style and format : the CSE manual for authors, editors, and publishers: REF T 11 S386 2006 VAN
• Student Handbook for Writing in Biology: QH 304 K59 2005 VAN 3rd Floor
• Writing Papers in the Biological Sciences: REF QH 304 M35+ 1988 VAN

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Biological Abstracts (BIOSIS Previews)

• BIOSIS Previews is the most comprehensive index in life sciences. It combines journal content from Biological Abstracts with supplemental, non-journal content from Biological Abstracts/RRM (Reports, Reviews and Meetings):
• Subject coverage: general biology, molecular biology, genetics, biotechnology, biochemistry, ecology, environmental biology, botany, zoology, biomedicine, pharmacology, veterinary science, nutrition; and public health.

Medline (via PubMed)

• PubMed database provides citations with abstracts to worldwide biomedical literature. Covers research, clinical practice, administration, policy issues and healthcare. Includes all foreign languages and is fully indexed.
• Connect and use PubMed via the Library'a web site to benefit from our subscriptions to online journals

Web of Science (1979-onward)

• Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI) is a multidisciplinary database, with searchable author abstracts, covering the journal literature of the sciences. It indexes 5,900 major journals across 150 scientific disciplines.

Ecological Abstracts on Geobase

• GEOBASE integrates the content of several print indexes, including Ecological Abstracts

Helminthological Abstracts

• This database covers taxonomy, biology, pathology, immunology, diagnosis, epidemiology, treatment and control of all helminths (Monogenea, Aspidogastrea, Digenea, Cestoda, Acanthocephala, Nematoda) parasitic in man and domestic and wild animals.

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