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The Research Guides have been developed by librarians to serve as starting points in helping students select appropriate resources for research projects.

Evaluating Sources

How to Evaluate Information Sources

Citing Sources

General Citation Guides
APA Style
ASA Style
MLA Style
Chicago Manual of Style
Turabian
Turabian Citation Guide
Provided by Ohio State University Libraries


CSE Style
American Anthropological Association Style
Citing Specific Databases

Tutorials
Google Guide
"An online interactive tutorial and reference for experienced users, novices, and everyone in between."


Reading Scientific Papers, Flash Tutorial
Provided by Purdue University


Study Skills - How to Study
A free study skills resource site provided by Mangrum-Strichart Learning Resources


Library Research Tools
Databases A - Z
Online Databases available to Albion College faculty, students and staff. To access databases from off-campus, see Access to Electronic Resources from Off-Campus


EndNote FAQ
Addresses common questions regarding the use of EndNote


Find books, videos, and other materials


Find Journal Articles


Find Newspapers


Google Scholar
"Google Scholar enables you to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research."


Recent Acquisitions of the Albion College Library
Recent acquisitions listed by subject. Users can subscribe to RSS feeds to stay updated.


Library Services
Archives Reference Request


Checking Out Library Materials and More FAQ
Circulation Services encompasses the circulation of library materials, wireless laptops, stack management, course reserves, audio-visual services, student employment, and classroom reservation


Government Documents Information


Information for Faculty


Interlibrary Loan Information


Need Research Help?


Software Installation CDs
List of available software includes Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Access, FrontPage and Publisher), GroupWise and Microsoft XP (for faculty/staff checkout only)


Special Collections (Rare Books and Archives) Information


Athletic Training Research Guide

For research assistance, contact

Cheryl Blackwell
or Mike VanHouten
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Directories
MEDLINEplus - Directories of Doctors, Dentists, Healthcare Providers, Hospitals and Clinics
Find Books & Videos
Albion College Library Online Catalog
The Albion College Library Online Catalog - your one-stop spot to search for books, periodicals, government documents, videos, electronic materials and more!
MeLCat Online Catalog
MeLCat will help you find books owned by dozens of libraries in Michigan (including Albion College, Michigan State University, Central Michigan University, and many others). Books may be borrowed by using the online request form.
WorldCat
Records of books and any other types of material cataloged by thousands of libraries worldwide. Includes manuscripts written as early as the 12th century.
Find Journal Articles & More
Albion College Library - Electronic Journals Home Page
Provides links to more than 2,000 electronic journals available through the Albion College Library.
CINAHL Basic
"Provides indexing for over 2,857 journals from the fields of nursing and allied health. The database contains more than 1,000,000 records dating back to 1982."
Electronic Collections Online
Electronic Collections Online provides indexing and full-text from academic journals in many disciplines. Articles can be viewed online or printed.
Expanded Academic ASAP
Balanced coverage is available through 3,000 indexed and 1,900 full-text titles in a wide variety of disciplines including: social science journals, humanities journals, science and technology journals, national news periodicals, etc.
Full Text Finder
Many journals, magazines, and newspapers are available in full text through online databases. To search for availability of full text articles from a particular source, look for the title of the journal, magazine, or newspaper by following the appropriate links.
Health & Wellness Resource Center
This database provides access to full-text journal articles, as well as reference sources, pamphlets, news and sources.
JSTOR
Provides indexing and full-text from scholarly journals in many disciplines. Unique, in that coverage for each journal begins with the first volume.
Medline
MEDLINE indexes journal articles in medicine, nursing, psychiatry, neuroscience, dentistry, allied health, veterinary medicine, and related fields.
Online Databases - Complete List
A comprehensive list of all online databases.
PubMed
"PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, provides access to over 12 million MEDLINE citations back to the mid-1960's and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources."
PubMed Central
"PubMed Central is a digital archive of life sciences journal literature, developed and managed by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM)."
Science Citation Index & Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science)
Web of Science provides keyword and citation searching of scholarly journals in the sciences & social sciences from 1986 to present.
Online Journals
American Journal of Sports Medicine
Full text articles from this journal from 1998 to the present.
Athletic Insight: The Online Journal of Sport Psychology
Full text articles from this journal from 1999 to the present.
Athletic Therapy Today
Full text access from v.1, 1996 to present
Free Medical Journals.com
Created to promote the free availability of full text medical journals on the Internet.
Journal of Athletic Training
Full text articles from this journal from 1992 to the present.
Journal of Exercise Physiology
Full text articles from this journal from 1998 to the present.
Physical Therapy (Journal of the American Physical Therapy Association)
Full text articles from this journal from 1999 to the present.
Physician and Sportsmedicine
Full text articles from this journal from 1996 to the present.
Online Resources
ADAM Health Illustrated Encyclopedia
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
American College of Sports Medicine
American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine
BUBL LINK
Catalogue of Internet Resources using the Dewey Decimal System as the primary organisation structure.. Selected internet resources covering all academic subject areas.
Google Scholar
Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body (1918 edition)
MEDLINEplus - Drug Information - Prescription and Over-the-Counter Drugs
MEDLINEplus - Online Medical Dictionaries
MEDLINEplus - Online Medical Encyclopedia
MEDLINEplus - Sports Fitness
MEDLINEplus - Sports Injuries
Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
National Athletic Trainers' Association
National Center for Catastrophic Sport Injury Research
NCAA: Health and Safety
Physician and Sports Medicine Resource Center
Scirus
"Scirus is the most comprehensive science-specific search engine on the Internet. ...Scirus searches over 167 million science-specific Web pages"
SportsMedicine.com
Reference Sources
Encyclopedia of Sports Science
REFERENCE COLLECTION - GV 558 .E53 2 vols.)
Gray's Anatomy
REFERENCE COLLECTION - QM 23.2 .G73 1999
Oxford Dictionary of Sports Science and Medicine.
REFERENCE COLLECTION - RC 1206 .O94
Suggested Subject Headings
Athletic Trainers
Kinesiology
Sports Injuries
Sports Medicine

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