Friedsam Memorial Library

Finding books at Friedsam Library:

FRIAR, the library’s online catalog can be accessed from any computer with an internet connection. Use the library’s website (http://web.sbu.edu/friedsam) and click link: “online catalog”.

Choose either the character based option-telnet ( id: mpac and password mpac2004)—on campus only--or the newer web-based option.

Important website:

American Alliance for Health, Physical Education Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) http://www.aahperd.org

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Reference Sources (Select):

--Directory of Psychological Tests in Sport and Exercise (Ref. GV 706 .D57 1996)

--Encyclopedia of Education (8 vols.) (Ref. LB 15 .E47 2003)

--Encyclopedia of Physical Education, Fitness and Sports (4 vols.) (Ref. GV 567 .E49)

--Occupational Outlook Handbook (Ref. 5381 .A1 O36 2006/07)

--Physical Fitness/Sports Medicine (Ref. RA 781 .P57)

--Sports and Games of Medieval Cultures (Ref. GV 1200 .W55 2002)

--World Yearbook of Education (L 101 .G8 Y4)

Electronic Resources (databases—indexes to journal articles, documents….):

Academic Search Premier (EbscoHost)—full-text for @ 4,500 magazines and journals from many fields including education. More than 3,600 of these are peer-reviewed

ERIC (EbscoHost)—index with summaries to 1,000+ educationally-related journals and digest of 2,200 education documents

JSTOR—no current issues but many titles include the 1^st issue—good especially for historical searching

ProQuest—mult-disciplinary database—many full-text articles.

Health Reference Center (Gale—campus connection). Look to find articles on sports medicine here.

PsycINFO (EbscoHost) This is not a full-text database but linked text is sometimes noted—same journal is indexed in Academic Index or another full-text EbscoHost database).

PsycARTICLES—100,000+ full-text articles in psychology

WorldCat (FirstSearch) can be searched to find book citation. Some will list our library as owning the book. Many will list libraries around the country. Ask the Reference Librarian to log you on to this (full version) or use the open version at http://www.worldcat.org/

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Password sheets for all the databases we subscribe to are available at the reference desk, or online in the Electronic Reserves site.

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Interlibrary loan forms can be submitted via the library homepage, by email to tshaffer@sbu.edu or in person at the library for materials not owned by our library. (The interlibrary loan link on the library homepage indicates information needed to submit a request.)

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Physical Education Journals