HDFN 526: Nutrition for Fitness and Performance
Welcome to the Nutrition for
Fitness and Performance
Library Information Page!
Here's what you will find on this webpage:
- Information about registering for a free Proxy Account, which will allow you access to most of the MSU-Bozeman Libraries' electronic resources, regardless of which Internet Provider you use.
- Access to the MSU-Bozeman Libraries' online catalog, a database of everything owned by this library.
- Links to Health Sciences Indexes and Databases, including some that offer articles full-text online. These Health Sciences Indexes and Databases will help you find the scientific references you need for the Dietary Supplement Evaluation Project.
- Links to Electronic Periodicals and other electronic publications.
- A link to the libraries' Electronic Reference Service, where you can email any question you might have about finding information in your discipline. NOTE: Mary Anne Hansen, Reference Librarian, is serving as the library liaison for our class. You can either use the Electronic Reference Service to ask any informational questions, or you can also ask Mary Anne any questions about finding information on your topic, or any other questions about the library or the research process. Contact Mary Anne via email: mhansen@montana.edu or phone: 406-994-3162.
- A link to the libraries' Electronic Interlibrary Loan (ILLiad) form. Use ILLiad to email requests for journal articles to be sent to you via email if the MSU Library has electronic access to them. Articles available only in print will be snail-mailed to you at your home address. NOTE: You will need to register the first time you use the ILLiad Interlibrary Loan Service. Select the link (middle of the ILLiad Logon Screen) to register as a first time user. To register, follow the instructions provided in the Interlibrary Loan section of this webpage.
- A
link to the MSU Libraries' Electronic
Reserves. Scroll down the page to "Find Electronic Reserves"
and select HDFN 526. Several articles for this course are posted
here on electronic reserves.
Searching PubMed, Journal Article Retrieval, MSU Libraries Home Page, Interlibrary Loan
Commercial Document Delivery, Internet Searches and Sites, Citing
Sources,
Searching PubMed for
Citations to Articles in Scientific Journals:
You will use PubMed to
perform free Medline searches of the National
Library of Medicine. The purpose of the Medline search is to locate
peer-reviewed articles published in scientific journals that are
required for your Dietary Supplement Evaluation project. The National
Library of Medicine is the best source of journal articles for your
project. The PubMed Internet site includes Helpinstructions
for performing searches. Click here for a quick one-page
guide to PubMed for Basic Searching and Advanced Techniques.
For a sample PubMed search, See your Supplement, Section V, Appendix F:
Resources. Lonesome Doc Document Delivery Service: Please note
that, although this service is mentioned on the National Library of
Medicine [PubMed] webpage, it is not an option for students in this
course. This is a service used by health care providers for obtaining
articles through member instititions who have subscribed to this
service. 
Commercial Document Delivery, Internet Searches and Sites, Citing
Sources,
Journal Article
Retrieval:
To read the scientific articles you have selected for your project, you
need to obtain full-text copies of the actual articles. The following
are options for obtaining full-text copies of the articles you need.
Instructions for article retrieval by each method are described below.
- Online Journal Access
- MSU Electronic Publications
- MSU Interlibrary Loan (ILLiad)
- Local college or university libraries or interlibrary loan from these institutions
- Commercial Document Delivery services
- Journal of Exercise Physiology: http://www.asep.org/FLDR/JEPhome.htm
- The Physician and SportsMedicine: http://www.physsportsmed.com
- Journal of Sports Science and Medicine: http://www.jssm.org
- SportsScience: http://sportsci.org
- American Journal of Clinical Nutrition: http://www.ajcn.org (free
access 2 years after publication)
- Free Medical Journals Website: http://freemedicaljournals.com
- High Wire Press: http://highwire.stanford.edu
- BioMed Central: http://www.biomedcentral.com
- PubMed Central:
http://www.pubmedcentral.com
- For the Institution: Select MSU-Bozeman
- For the ID Number: Leave blank if you do not have an MSU Banner number
- For the Academic Program: Enter NTEN
- In Comments or special circumstances: Enter Distance Ed: HDFN526
- Verify that you have entered your email address correctly
- Click on SEND
- A confirmation message with your User Name and Password will be emailed to you
1. Journal Article Retrieval via Online Journal Access:
- Several sport science and sports medicine journals publish all or some of their articles online with free access for the public. Examples include the following:
- Websites that offer free access to some medical and scientific
publications:
2. Journal Article Retrieval via MSU Electronic Publications:
- The MSU Libraries subscribe to numerous online full-text journals. Check the E-Journal Finder to determine whether the journal you need is available in electronic format from the MSU Libraries. Refer to the Dietary Supplement Evaluation Project for instructions for using the E-Journal Finder. In addition, the MSU Libraries subscribe to a few periodical Indexes and Databases in the health sciences that provide some, but not all,full-text articles.Proxy Account Registration: You must register for an MSU Proxy Account to access E-Journal articles and articles from Indexes and Databases from off-campus computers. Visit this link and complete the Proxy Account Registration Form. Use these guidelines to complete the form.
3. Journal Article Retrieval via MSU Interlibrary Loan (ILLiad):
Check the MSU Libraries Online Library Catalog (see instructions below) to determine if the MSU Libraries have the articles you need for your project. If MSU has an article you need, you may use the ILLiad form to request that a copy of the article be mailed to you at no charge.A. MSU Library Catalog, Search for Periodicals/Journals:
Once you open the Library Catalog, enter the title of your journal and then click on the "JOURNAL TITLES" search button. You'll be taken to an alphabetical list of the journals that the MSU Library subscribes to. If your title is in the list, click on it to view the full item record.EXAMPLE:
The Journal of nutrition.
The MSU Libraries started subscribing to The Journal of Nutrition with volume one, so you should be able to find any issue you need in the MSU Libraries (or request the article through Interlibrary Loan if you're not in Bozeman).
The periodical collection at Renne Library, MSU-Bozeman, includes
the following journals that are appropriate as sources of scientific
information for your Dietary Supplement Evaluation Project. Except where
noted, the Renne Library holdings include volumes of these journals that
date back to 1990 or earlier.
| Journal Name | Abbreviation | Renne Library Call No. |
| ACSM's Health and Fitness Journal | ACSMs Health Fit J | GV429 .A1A27 |
| American Journal of Clinical Nutrition | Am J Clin Nutr | RC620 .A1A5 |
| American Journal of Physiology | Am J Physiol | QPI .A5 |
| International Journal of Sport Nutrition* | Int J Sport Nutr | RC1235 .I515 |
| FASEB Journal | FASEB J | QH301 .F372 |
| Journal of Applied Physiology | J Appl Physiol | QP1 .J72 |
| Journal of Nutrition | J Nutr | RM214 .J6 |
| Journal of Physiology | J Physiol | QP1 .J75 |
| Journal of the American College of Nutrition | J Am Coll Nutr | RC620 .A1 J68 |
| Journal of the American Dietetic Association | J Am Diet Assoc | RM214 .A6 |
| Journal of the American Medical Association | JAMA | R15 .A48 |
| Medicine & Science in Sports and Exercise | Med Sci Sports Exerc | RC1200. M44 |
| New England Journal of Medicine | NEJM | R11. N43 |
| Nutrition Today | Nutr Today | TX341. N88 |
| Sports Medicine | Sports Medicine | RC1200. S65 |
| Strength and Conditioning Journal | Strength Cond J | GV546. N37 |
| The Physician and Sportsmedicine | Phys Sports Med | RC1200. P47 |
| Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness | J Sports Med Phys Fitness | RC1200. J68 |
*1994 to present (Initial publication year is 1991. The name was changed in 2000 to International Journal of
Sport Nutrition and
Exercise Metabolism)
B. Interlibrary Loan (ILLiad):
From the Interlibrary Loan (ILLiad) page, click on the arrow that links to the ILLiad Forms/Logon Screen to submit an electronic request. First Time Users must register before using ILLiad. Select the link for First Time Users at the bottom of the ILLiad page. If you have no MSU Banner Number, type your SSN in the field labeled "Banner Number". If you have neither a Banner Number nor a SSN, type the generic Banner Number 00099999 in the field labeled "Banner Number." Select Distance Ed Grad from the menu for Status. Select Extended Studies from the menu for Department or Program. Type a User Name and Password (keep a record of the user name and password). Click on Submit Information. The MSU ILLiad service is free to you while you are enrolled in this course. However, be aware that the services takes time. Allow up to 3 - 4 weeks to obtain articles from MSU that are in the MSU Libraries' collections. [Note: the ILLiad systems allows electronic delivery of articles, i.e., via email. Articles received by the MSU Libraries in electronic format will be sent on to you via email; hence, the delivery of electronically available articles will be much quicker than the delivery of print-only articles]. See the next section for articles that are not available at MSU-Bozeman in any format.4. Journal Article Retrieval via Local Library Sources:
If the articles you need are not available at MSU or not available as
MSU e-journals, you might obtain them faster by initiating
interlibrary loans through local sources (public library, college
library, university library) or purchase from the journal publisher or a
commercial document delivery service than requesting the articles
through MSU. [Although as noted above, Articles received by the
MSU Libraries in electronic format will be sent on to you via email;
hence, the delivery of electronically available articles will be much
quicker than the delivery of print-only articles].
5. Lonesome Doc:
Although this service is mentioned on the National Library of Medicine
[PubMed] webpage, it is not an option for students in this course. This
is a service used by health care providers for obtaining articles
through member institutions who subscribe to this service.
Commercial Document Delivery, Internet Searches and Sites, Citing
Sources,
6. Commercial Document Retrieval:
Commercial Document Delivery Services offer full-text article retrieval for about $10-12 per article. This is the most costly but also the fastest way to obtain full-text articles. Northern Light (an Internet search engine that offers full-text journal articles) is the most economical service, about $2-4 per article, but provides a limited number of journals. Northern Light periodically adds new journals to its offerings so you might check this source first. The following is a list of commercial document delivery services.Information Express Internet access to journal publishers:
Publishers of the following journals offer a full-text copy of an article for a fee of about $10 - $20 per article. Other publishers may offer this service as well. Click on any of the following titles to get to the website for that journal.
International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism
New England Journal of Medicine
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (free access 2 years after publication date)
Searching PubMed, Journal Article Retrieval,MSU Libraries Home Page, Interlibrary Loan
Commercial Document Delivery, Internet Searches and Sites, Citing
Sources,
Internet Searches:
Use search engines and directories to
obtain nutrition news, medical nutrition information, and other
nutrition information from the Internet. An excellent resource
describing search engines and providing examples of the three main types
of search engines (basic, subject-directory, and meta-search engines) is
the Search Engine section of the Roadmap to the
Information Highway [http://nnlm.gov/ner/education/info_hwy.html]
from the National Library of Medicine. Be advised that Internet search
engines serve different purposes and that searches using various search
engines may yield different results. Check Basic
Web Searching and Search
Engine Showdown, created by Greg Notess, a reference librarian at
MSU-Bozeman, to compare the capabilities of some of the most popular
Internet search tools. This information will help you understand how to
find information that will be useful to you.
Internet Sites:
The following are nutrition-related Internetsites that may interest
you. Check the reference materials in your course Supplement for
additional Internet sites.
- American College of Sports Medicine provides sports medicine, fitness, exercise, and health information to health professionals and the public.
- American Dietetic Association provides nutrition, fitness, and health information to health professionals and the public.
- Australian Institute of Sport
is an excellent source of sports nutrition information.
- Fitness.gov is a great site to search for fitness information available on US Government websites.
- FoodNavigator is a French website that provides current nutrition news, scientific information, and information for food manufacturers.
- Gatorade Sports Science Institute provides information on exercise science, sports nutrition, and sports medicine to health professionals and the public.
- Nutrition Navigator is a rating guide to nutrition websites from Tufts University.
- Healthfinder, serves as a health search engine for consumer information resources produced by the federal government.
- Journal of Exercise Physiology is published by the American Society of Exercise Physiologists (ASEP); it is a professional peer-reviewed Internet-based journal devoted to original research in exercise physiology.
- Nutrition.gov is a great site to search for nutrition information available on US Government websites.
- Evaluating Web Resources: http://www2.widener.edu/Wolfgram-Memorial-Library/webevaluation/webeval.htm
- Evaluating Web Resources: Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators: Critical Evaluation Surveys: http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/eval.html
- Welcome to the Internet Detective: http://sosig.ac.uk/desire/internet-detective.html
- Evaluating Information
Sources: http://www.lib.montana.edu/about/libguide/guide7.html
Evaluating Information that you find on the Internet:
Check the web sites below for guidance in evaluating information on the Internet. Also, refer to the Evaluating Web Sites section of the Roadmap to the Information Highway [http://nnlm.gov/ner/education/info_hwy.html] from the National Library of Medicine.
Searching PubMed, Journal Article Retrieval,MSU Libraries Home Page, Interlibrary Loan
Commercial Document Delivery, Internet Searches and Sites, Citing
Sources,
Citing Internet Sources:
If you use Internet sources as references during this course or in
other situations, you need to cite them correctly. The Style Guides
link on the MSU Libraries homepage provides links to APA, MLA and other
accepted formats for citing electronic information (Internet addresses,
email, etc.). Questions about access to electronic resources, library services, information searches, etc.? Feel free to call or email me:
Mary Anne Hansen,
Associate Professor/Reference Librarian and Library Instruction Liaison
to the MSU Dept. of Health and Human Development,
The Montana State University Libraries, (406) 994-3162, mhansen@montana.edu
Last
updated September 25, 2004