Sport, Recreation and Fitness
Subject Specialist
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| Tim Suttie | |
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| Richmond Campus Librarian | |
| Phone: | (03)9425 5666 |
| Email: | tsuttie2@kangan.edu.au |
Highly Recommended Resources
- Health and Well-being Online Resources
Learning objects created for Kangan students - Mosby's Medical, Nursing and Allied Health Dictionary - R 610.3 MOS
- Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical - R 611 GRA
- Mims Annual - R 615.1 MIM
- The Encyclopaedia of Infectious Diseases - R 616.903 TUR
Search Library Catalogue for availability.
Websites
- Australian Institute of Sport
- Australian Sport Commission
- Sports Coach
- Sport and Recreation Victoria, Australia
- Achper
- Culture and Recreation Portal Homepage
- Victorian Institute of Sport
- Sportspeople
- OH&S online videos - SafetyCare Montie has many safety programs which can be viewed, topics include fire awareness, personal protection, manual handling.
Catalogue
Search Library Catalogue - enter specific topics (e.g. sports medicine, athletes, muscles) in the keyword search box or look directly on the shelves at these numbers:
| Keywords | Shelf numbers |
|---|---|
| Human anatomy | 611 |
| Human physiology | 612 |
| Promotion of health | 613 |
| Nutrition | 613.2 |
| Physical therapy | 615.82 |
| Cardiovascular systems | 616.1 |
| Weight loss | 616.39 |
| Sports medicine | 617.1 |
| Recreation | 790 |
| Sports coaching | 796.077 |
Online e.journals, Databases and Magazines
These two databases give you online access to thousands of journals with many in your field of interest. Search an entire database using keywords or search journals individually.
EBSCOhost Australia and New Zealand Reference Centre
Useful search terms include: Exercise, sports medicine, weight loss, muscle.
Titles include: Sport Management Review
Infotrac: General OneFile
Titles include: Women in Sport & Physical Activity Journal, International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism, Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, Journal of Sport Behaviour, Medicine & Science in Sport & Exercise, Physical Therapy
(For off-campus access to online resources, please login here with your Kangan Institute student/staff login.)
Contact your subject specialist to book an online database training session or click on EBSCOhost or click on Infotrac (Power Search)
Dictionaries
- Dictionary of the Sport and Exercise Sciences - 613.7103 DIC
- Oxford Reference Online
(For off-campus access to online resources, please login here with your Kangan Institute student/staff login.)
CD/DVD-ROMs
- Bodyworks: the Complete Multimedia Guide to Human Anatomy - CD 612 BOD
- Muscle Energy Technique (MET) - DVD 615.534 MUS
- Training Strategies - DVD 796 TRA
- Recovery From Exercise - DVD 613.7 REC
- Food for Sports Performance - DVD 613.2088796 FOO
Search Library Catalogue - using the following subject heading for additional DVD-ROMs:
- Sports physical therapy - DVDs
- Human anatomy - CD-ROMs
- Physical fitness - DVDs
Related Subjects
- Human physiology
- Nutrition
- Sports administration
