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• Career Information
• Looking for Books
• Locating Articles

• Finding Web Resources
• Citing Sources

Print Resources:

Both of the items listed below contain information on a number of jobs relating to the sports management and fitness management industries. Entries will usually include details on working conditions, employment outlook, training and other certifications needed, earnings, and sources of additional information.

• Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance (REF HF5381 E52 2008)
• College majors handbook with real career paths and payoffs : the actual jobs, earnings, and trends for graduates of 60 college majors (REF HF5382.5.U5 F644 2004)

Electronic Resources:

The resources list provided below does not include any links to specific job listings. Instead, look for job listings by using search methods employed in class, by heading to nationally known job search engines like Monster or HotJobs, or by looking at trade association websites listed at the end of chapters in your class text.

• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Occupational Outlook Handbook
• Occupational Outlook Quarterly Online
• Career Guide to Industries
• WISCareers (get a registration code from the Career Center to store your information OR take a guest tour)
• O*Net
• UWP Career Center

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BOOKS IN THE UWP LIBRARY: Use the Library Catalog to identify and locate books owned by this Library.

General strategy (simple search): Use the simple search option. Start with a keyword (And/Or/Not) search. Carefully review the records you retrieve. What alternative keywords do you find? What subject headings are used for this topic? Revise your search, incorporating keywords you come across, especially those in subject headings. As you do more research, it will get easier because you will learn to let what you find help you find additional sources. The hardest part is always the beginning of a search for information on a new topic, so do not get frustrated if you do not get immediate results.

Finding reference materials: Use the simple search option. Enter:

" your search terms" and "any other additional search terms"

in the search box. Remember to enclose any phrases in quotation marks! Select reference material from the Quick limits drop-down menu. You may not find a reference book on your specific item but you will be able to find one on your general field of interest (e.g., communication).

REQUESTING BOOKS FROM OTHER LIBRARIES IN THE UW SYSTEM:

No library has every book that will prove useful to your research! Even so, you need not be limited to books in this library. Because all of the libraries in the University of Wisconsin System (UWS) have cooperative borrowing agreements, it is easy and to request books from other UWS libraries. Search for books in other UW libraries using the "MultiLibrary Search" link at the top of the Library Catalog screen.

If you wanted to borrow any of these items you retrieve, click on the Patron Requests link at the top of the screen. The system will prompt your through the borrowing process. Make sure your have/know your RangerCard number (the P# on the bottom of your ID card). Items usually arrive within three working days (Monday through Friday) at the UW-Parkside Check-out Desk. Click on the Patron Record link to check on the status of your requests. Be advised that while most campuses will also lend audio/video items, UW-Madison sometimes will not.

For a step-by-step look at requesting items from other UW libraries, see our tutorial here.

REQUESTING BOOKS FROM LIBRARIES OUTSIDE OF THE UW SYSTEM:

Although it is fastest to retrieve a book from another UW System library, you are not limited to books from these libraries. There is another system, called Interlibrary Loan, which permits patrons at any library in the country to request books from any other library. Although most libraries participate in this exchange, a few do not. To receive items not available from another UW system library, you'll need to place an Interlibrary Loan Request. You can place a request online. The Interlibrary Loan office will notify you via your Parkside email account when your items are available for pickup. You can pick up your books at the Circulation Desk. These books MUST be returned to the Interlibrary loan window, not with other books to the circulation desk.

Please note: all article requests must be placed through Interlibrary Loan.

For a step-by-step look at using the Interlibrary loan system, see our tutorial here.

BOOKS IN OTHER WISCONSIN LIBRARIES USING BadgerCat:

To find out about books available in Wisconsin public and academic libraries including but not limited to the UW System, use BadgerCat. Find this on the Collections page, under Other Library Catalogs.

If you find an item you'd like to have, look to see who owns it by clicking on the Wisconsin Libraries link. If another UW library owns it, request it through UW System Search (see above for instructions). If a public library or academic library outside of the UW system owns it, simply request a copy through Interlibrary Loan (remember, it will take longer to receive items through ILL than through UW System Search!).

BOOKS IN ANY LIBRARY CATALOG USING WORLDCAT:

To find out about books available in libraries worldwide, use WorldCat. Find this on the Collections page, under Other Library Catalogs.

Both WorldCat and BadgerCat have special features including the ability to limit to specific format types (books, visual materials, etc.) by marking the checkboxes in the limit type to: area of the search screen.

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Step 1: Use an index to find citations to journal articles on your topic.

The periodical indexes listed below will help you find citations to journal articles and other publications. You may search for articles by subject headings, keywords, or by author. Note that many citations are NOT full-text. Therefore, you'll need to go on to step 2, below, once you have selected some citations.

Start with these indexes:

Physical Education Index
Provides accurate and scholarly information on topics ranging from physical education curricula, to sports medicine, to dance. The focus is on the academic and teaching aspects of physical education. Other coverage includes sport law, kinesiology, motor learning, recreation, standardized fitness tests, sports equipment, business and marketing, coaching and training, and sport sociology/psychology. Health education and physical therapy are also covered.

Sports Business Research Network
SBRN covers market research and industry news covering all facets of the sports industry, including sports equipment sales, sports participation, sports broadcasting, sports sponsorship and sports marketing.

PubMed/Medline
The National Library of Medicine's premier bibliographic database, PubMed covers the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical sciences. Medline contains bibliographic citations and author abstracts from more than 4,800 biomedical journals published in the United States and 70 other countries. The database contains over 12 million citations dating back to the mid-1960's . Coverage is worldwide, but most records are from English-language sources or have English abstracts. Medline may also be searched via Ebsco, Lexis Nexis Academic Universe and SciFinder Scholar.

Cinahl Plus with Full Text
The Database of Nursing and Allied Health Literature is an index to English language nursing journals and journals in allied health disciplines. CINAHL indexes the literature of nursing and allied health from 1982 to the present. Articles from more than 1000 journals are covered, as well as books, pamphlets, dissertations, audiovisuals, software, etc.

Other useful indexes and online resources available:

Academic Search Complete (Ebsco)
Covers more than 6,100 full-text periodicals, including more than 5,100 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 10,100 journals and a total of more than 10,600 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc.

Reader's Guide Full Text
Covers popular periodicals published in the US and Canada and covers current events and news, fine arts, fashion, education, business, sports, health and nutrition and consumer affairs.
Coverage: 1983 - present.

Step 2: Now that you have a citation to an article, does the Library own the journal?

After you've found a citation to a journal article in which you're interested, click the FindIt! button to see if the library has the journal in either print or electronic form.

Conversely, you can check either the UWP Periodicals List to see if the Library subscribes to the journal in either print or electronic format.

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Although you can search the World Wide Web by keyword using a search engine, browsing the Web sites below can help you find more authoritative information.There are a lot of web sites out there, ranging from excellent to completely unreliable. The following is a brief list of starting points for health and fitness research that have been selected for being reliable, current, and useful. Many include full-text versions of original documents, while others serve as springboards to additional web sites.

Before using any information from a web site, evaluate the site with the criteria from the link below:

Web Resources Evaluation (from Gulf Coast Community College Library) has a table to help students determine criteria to judge web resources.

Internet Public Library provides library services to Internet users. Included on this site is a directory of websites organized by subject.

Librarian's Index to the Internet is a searchable, annotated subject directory of more than 7,400 Internet resources selected and evaluated by librarians for their usefulness to users of public libraries. It's meant to be used by both librarians and non-librarians as a reliable and efficient guide to described and evaluated Internet resources.

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The Health and Physical Education Department at UW-Parkside generally recommends that students use the APA format for bibliographies and in-paper references. Always check with your professor, however, to make sure you are using the approved citation format.

These publications and Web sites can be used to determine the proper format for an APA Style reserach paper.

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). (Reference Desk BF76.7 P83 2010) presents the APA style.

How to Cite References Using APA Style. This online guide, prepared by the UW-Parkside Library, is also available in paper format the Guide Rack near the Reference Desk.

APA Documentation This online guide to the 5th edition of the APA manual was prepared by UW-Madison's Writing Center.

Electronic Reference Formats Recommended by the American Psychological Association This APA Web page updates the Publication Manual above. Use it if you need to cite a journal article found in one of the Library's full-text databases.

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