Resources for Sport and Exercise Science

Printed materials

The main collection of printed material e.g. books, journals, reference and quick reference for Sport and Exercise Science can be found in the Hugh Owen Library on levels E and F. 

Key areas on Level F (top floor) include:
GV200-GV499 Physical Education
GV 605-706.5 Sports - History
GV 706.4 Sport psychology

Key areas on level E (middle floor):
QM Human anatomy
QP 34 Human physiology
QP 301 Exercise physiology
QP 303 Human mechanics / Kinesiology
RC 1200-1245 Sports medicine
RD 701-811 Orthopaedic surgery
RD 792-811 Physical rehabilitation
RM 695-890 Physical therapy
RM 930-931 Rehabilitation therapy

Key areas in Law Library (middle floor):
KD 3525 Sports law

Electronic resources

All the electronic resources for Sport and Exercise Science can be found through Primo where you can discover individual resources or cross-search a number of them at once. Primo includes key resources such as citation databases, e-journals and e-books, selected websites, subject gateways, data and media resources, news, reference materials and library catalogues.

Visit http://primo.aber.ac.uk/ and Sign In, then click on Databases A-Z and select Sport and Exercise Science from the Category menu to find important e-resources such as OCLC FirstSearch, ScienceDirect, and Web of Science. Information about each resource is available by clicking on the Show Info button next to it which includes essential information on access on and off-campus.

Find a summary of browsing and searching in Primo here: http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/is/infoskills/primo/

Information skills

See our Information Skills pages for information on:

• finding printed materials in the library
• finding and evaluating electronic information
• keeping up to date in your subject of study
• effective study and bibliographic referencing
• library induction and skills training

There are also useful online tutorials for your subject covering key online information skills - try the tutorial for Leisure, Sport and Recreation

Collections

The University's collections contain a wide range of materials, including theses and past papers. You can find details of all our collections here.

Services for academic staff

Your subject librarian can provide skills training for students and staff, resource evaluation and more. For full details see this page.

Your subject support librarian is:

Steve Smith (01970) 823051 tns@aber.ac.uk