Subject Guide: Athletic Training and Sports Science

Web Sites

Many useful information resources are available on the Internet. But, remember to evaluate any Web site before using it for research.

Associations

American Academy of Kinesology and Physical Education
http://www.aakpe.org
Founded in 1926 the American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education (AAKPE) shall be to encourage and promote the study and educational applications of the art and science of human movement and physical activity.

American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
http://www.aahperd.org
The American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) is the largest organization of professionals supporting and assisting those involved in physical education, leisure, fitness, dance, health promotion, and education and all specialties related to achieving a healthy lifestyle.

American College of Sports Medicine
http://www.acsm.org
The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), founded in 1954, promotes and integrates scientific research, education, and practical applications of sports medicine and exercise science to maintain and enhance physical performance, fitness, health, and quality of life. The ACSM is the largest sports medicine and exercise science organization in the world.

Exercise and Sport Psychology Division of the American Psychological Association
http://www.psyc.unt.edu/apadiv47
Research interests of Division members include motivation to persist and achieve; psychological considerations in sport injury and rehabilitation; counseling techniques with athletes; assessing talent; exercise adherence and well-being; self-perceptions related to achieving; expertise in sport; youth sport; and performance enhancement and self-regulation techniques.

National Athletic Trainers Association
http://www.nata.org
The National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA) was founded in 1950 and has over 27,000 allied health care professionals world wide. NATA advances the athletic training profession through education and research in the prevention, evaluation, and rehabilitation of injuries. It publishes Journal of Athletic Training and is the accrediting agency for approximately 198 athletic training education programs.

Directories & Databases

Amateur Athletic Association of Los Angeles Digital Library
http://www.aafla.org/5va/over_frmst.htm
Over 40,000 full text documents including academic journals, scholarly books, popular sports magazines of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and an extensive offering of Olympic publications. Select Books & Reports or Periodicals & Series.

Athletic Training & Sports Medicine Center
http://atc.uwa.edu/linksof.htm
A directory of several topics on athletic training and sports medicine. Website is maintained by the University of West Alabama.

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
http://www.doaj.org
The DOAJ contains links to over 500 free, full text, scientific and scholarly journals. The DOAJ supports the open access initative that permits all users to freely read, download, copy, print, or link to online full text articles. Directory is maintained by Lund University Libraries in Sweden.

MedWeb: Sports Medicine
http://www.medweb.emory.edu
Portal is maintained by Emory University Health Sciences Center Library and contains links to sports medicine related sites. Type sports medicine in search box at top of webpage.

Muscle and Physiology
http://muscle.ucsd.edu/musintro/jump.shtml
This website serves as an introduction to muscle physiology. The site is maintained by the Muscle Physiology Lab at the University of California San Diego.

Scirus
http://www.scirus.com/
Scirus is one of the most comprehensive science-specific free online search engines. It contains over 17 million records from sources, some are free and full-text, such as ScienceDirect, MEDLINE on BioMedNet, Beilstein on ChemWeb, BioMed Central, etc.

Scholary Sports Sites: A Subject Directory
http://www.ucalgary.ca/lib-old/ssportsite/
This directory contains websites for several sports related topics. It was created under the auspices of the University of Calgary Library, the North American Sport Library Network (NASLIN) and the International Association for Sports Information (IASI).

Miscellaneous

Gatorade Sports Science Institute
http://www.gssiweb.com
Website maintained by the Gatorade Sports Science Institute (GSSI) located in Barrington, IL. The GSSI was established in 1988 and provides information for athletic trainers, physicians, coaches, nutritionists and others interested in the fields of sports medicine, sports nutrition and exercise science.

Muscles in Action
http://www.med.umich.edu/lrc/Hypermuscle/Hyper.html
This website contains multimedia muscle actions of the human body in mpeg format. Website is maintained by the University of Michigan Learning Resource Center.

Athletic Training & Sports Science Subject Guide

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