Library Resources for Sports and Exercise Science

Books in the Library

If you wish to browse the bookshelves, most of the books you'll be interested in will be on level 4 of the main library, and the following sections will be most relevant to you:

QM Human Anatomy
QP Physiology
R Medicine (General)
RC1200-1245 Sports medicine
RD101-104 Fractures (General)
RD701-811 Orthopedic surgery
RD792-811 Physical rehabilitation
RM695-893 Physical medicine. Physical therapy
RM930-931 Rehabilitation therapy
RM950 Rehabilitation technology
TX341-641 Nutrition

Books Online

MD Consult contains over 50 leading medical reference books online, including:

STAT!Ref is a collection of approximately 40 online medical texts, including:

Ebrary is a multi-disciplinary collection of online books, e.g.

EBL (EBook Library) is a large, multi-disciplinary collection of online books, e.g.

Journals and journal databases

The Library provides access to these and many more online journals:

If you need to do a literature search for journal articles on a particular topic, there is a large selection of electronic resources to choose from on the Library's Electronic Resources index. However, if you're not sure which to choose, the following databases would be a good starting point:

If you want to find out whether the Library subscribes to a particular journal, use the e-Journal Portal.

If you’re after an article from a journal which is not available through the e-Journal Portal, you can request the article you're after from the Library's Document Delivery service.

You can find out if a journal is peer-reviewed or not using Ulrichsweb.com.

Multimedia Resources

SMART (Scientific & Medical Art) is a collection of over 12,000 illustrations and animations depicting anatomy, physiology, surgery, diseases, conditions, trauma, embryology, histology, and other health science topics. This is a useful resource when you’re looking for illustrations for a presentation.

Anatomy TV contains anatomical 3D models from skin to bone for various body parts. It includes biomechanical animations, dynamic MRI, and movie clips to supplement the 3D model

Clinical Resources

Rehabilitation Reference Centre is a clinical reference tool which offers clinical reviews, research instruments, exercise images and patient education handouts.

eTG Complete is the online version of Therapeutic Guidelines. Therapeutic Guidelines provide clear, concise, independent and evidence-based recommendations about patient management that have been developed by Australia’s leading medical experts.
This resource is licensed for the use of students and staff in the Faculty of Health Sciences & Medicine only. When accessing eTG Complete from off campus, you will need a username and password, which can be obtained from the Library.

The Cochrane Library contains a database of systematic reviews. Systematic reviews usually focus on a clinical topic, and address a specific question. An extensive literature search is conducted to identify studies with sound research methodology. The studies are then reviewed, asessed, and the results summarised in the form of a systematic review, e.g. Stretching to prevent or reduce muscle soreness after exercise

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