Introduction to journals searching for sport & exercise at the University of Derby

1. Introduction to
Searching Electronic
Journals for Sport &
Exercise

2. Contents
• Finding a specific journal in E-Journals Finder
5-18
• Search words & search strategies 20-25
• Library Plus 27-36
• Saving references in Library Plus 37-42
• Finding a specific journal article in
Library Plus 44-47
• SPORTDiscus 48-56
• SportDevelopment database 57-60

3. Information on the library’s resources is in the
Library Subject guide for Sport & Exercise
(access from the Finding Subject Information
link, then Science)

4. Logging in
All our electronic library resources need to be
accessed through the University of Derby Library
pages. Login through Udo & select Library.
This is because we pay for our online resources
and you need to show that you are eligible to use
them.

5. Finding a specific journal
• Use E-Journals Finder to find a specific electronic
journal
• Do not use E-Journals Finder to find articles from
a range of journals.
• Particular journals may be very useful for certain
modules

6. Finding a specific journal
• To find a specific electronic journal use
E-Journals Finder.
• Do not use E-Journals Finder to find articles from
a range of journals.
• You may also use Library Plus to find a specific
journal but E-Journals Finder is more complete

7. To go to the E-Journals
Finder click on Finding
Subject Information
E-Journals Finder

8. Then E-Journals
Finder
E-Journals Finder

9. e.g. to find the journal article:
Navarro,M. (2013) The mere
presence of a goalkeeper affects the
accuracy of penalty kicks. Journal of
Sports Sciences, 31 (9), 921-929.
So you are looking for the “Journal of
Sports Sciences”, as E-Journals
Finder is used to find specific journals
E-Journals Finder lists all the
Library’s e-journals. Don’t use it as
a search for journal articles on a
topic
E-Journals Finder

10. You can then either:
Type in some title words in the
search box for Journal of Sports
Sciences. See search box left.
Or: You can click on the
publisher link (Taylor & Francis)
to browse the journal. This will
also tell you which years we
have access to.
E-Journals Finder

11. You can use the
search box to look for
the article e.g. by using
some title words
E-Journals Finder

12. Then click on the Full
Text link
E-Journals Finder

13. The full journal article. You may
legally copy or print this out.
E-Journals Finder

14. Or you can browse
the journal & its
volumes if you
click on the
publisher link.
E-Journals Finder

15. e.g. for Navarro,M. (2013) The
mere presence of a goalkeeper
affects the accuracy of penalty
kicks. Journal of Sports Sciences,
31 (9), 921-929
You can browse by year &
volume. Select volume 31 2013
You can also search the journal in
the search box.
E-Journals Finder

16. Then Issue 9.
The green square
indicates full
access. This
differs from
publisher to
publisher
E-Journals Finder

17. Click on the full text
links for the full
journal article
E-Journals Finder

18. To look for another journal
title click on E Journals
Finder (not New Search).
E-Journals Finder

19. Searching for articles on a topic
The Library subscribes to a number of databases to
help you find journal articles by subject
Library Plus is a comprehensive search database for
our journals.
SPORTDiscus is included in Library Plus & is the
main sport & exercise journals database

20. Which search words (keywords) are
you going to use and how are you
going to use them?
First of all, when you are searching an electronic
database, you need to think about which words
and phrases to search for.
• Think of the main keywords or phrases
• Don’t just type an essay title into a search box
• Think of alternative words & terms
• Do you need to combine terms together?

21. Working out your search words
(keywords) (continued)
e.g. to find journal articles on “the risk of injury
during rugby union training sessions”
This has 3 main parts to it:
• Injury
• Rugby Union
• Training

22. Working out your search words
(keywords) (continued)
• Think of alternative words (e.g. injury or injuries).
e.g. in Library Plus & SPORTDiscus you can use
“truncation” so that injur* would search injuries,
injury, injured.
• Rugby Union. You may want to use rugby union
to start with but may find more just using rugby.
• Are there other words to use as well as training?

23. Combining search words
• Different databases allow you to combine
keywords in different ways.
• AND combines words or phrases together &
narrows a search (many searches automatically
do this without needing to put in AND)
• OR widens a search e.g. training OR practice
would search for either word
• You may be able to put 2 or more words in “ ” to
search for an exact phrase. e.g. “injury
prevention”

24. Be prepared to alter searches
• You may not find what you are looking for straight
away. Be prepared to do different searches using
different combinations of words.
• Or you may find too many references which are
not relevant or there are a limited number that you
are going to be able to use

25. Finding too many journal articles
• You may need to be more specific in your search
words or you may want to narrow down e.g. by
date, type of publication or specify that certain
words appear in the title of an article.
• Or you may just have to pick out ones which
appear to be most useful to you. e.g. by looking
at the title, the journal it is in, from the abstract
(summary) or location of the research or study

26. Where to look for electronic journal
articles?
There is no one single correct way of finding journal
articles on a topic but for Sport & Exercise it is
recommended you use either:
•Library Plus
or
•SPORTDiscus

27. Library Plus Includes
• Library book catalogue (print & e-books)
• Many of our e-journals subscriptions
• Many of the library journals databases (e.g.
SPORTDiscus, Business Source Premier,
Science Direct, Science Fulltext, Taylor & Francis)

28. Library Plus also includes
Lists of resources we don’t have immediate access
to e.g.
•Journals we don’t subscribe to (e.g. indexed in
SPORTDiscus but where we don’t have access to
the complete journal)

29. There are various ways of searching Library Plus. You
can search Library Plus directly from the Library page.
This is a basic search, but you are then able to refine
your search.
e.g. type psychology penalty kicks goalkeepers into the
Library Plus search box to do a basic search on the
psychology of goalkeepers saving penalties.
Library Plus

30. A Full Text link will give you
the complete journal article
Library Plus

31. The Search box on the Library page is quite
basic & you may often want to do a more
detailed search. You can go to the Library
Plus search page by selecting Finding
Subject Information, then Library Plus.
Library Plus

32. Click on Library Plus under Quick
Links.
There is also a link in the Subject
Guide for Psychology (link Finding
Subject Information, then Science,
then Psychology) or under Digital
Library.
Library Plus

33. Advanced Search in
Library Plus can give
more flexibility & allows
you to do a more
sophisticated search
Library Plus

34. You can combine search terms by
using the different search boxes.
AND combines the search terms &
narrows the search.
Or will search for either term.
looks for alternatives e.g. penalt*
looks for penalty or penalties
“” searches an exact phrase e.g
“penalty kicks”
Think of keywords and be prepared
to change them and use
alternatives. Do not put in long
phrases or essay titles.
Tick this box & you will only see articles we have full
access to.
If you leave it unticked you will also see journal
articles we do not have full access to.
Library Plus

35. Click on the Full Text
links to see the full
journal article.
Library Plus

36. The PDF full text
link has displayed
the complete
journal article
Library Plus

37. Saving references in Library Plus
You can save results into a folder in Library Plus.
If you want to save references for future use you can
create your own personal account and then Sign In
to your personal account.
You can give folders names.
You still need to login through the Library page to
start with.

38. If you create a
personal username
& password your
search results can
be saved in Library
Plus
Saving References in Library Plus

39. You can then create a named folder
to put your search results in or just
put them into an unnamed folder.
To create a named folder click on
Folder
Saving References in Library Plus

40. Then New
Saving References in Library Plus

41. Then give the folder a
name
Saving References in Library Plus

42. You can then save relevant references to the named
folder by clicking on the + icon & saving to the folder.
Or you can just click on the .+ icon & references will
be saved into a general folder which you can name
afterwards if you want
Saving References in Library Plus

43. Information on searching Library Plus is also
available from the Library Plus help screens
and the guide to Library Plus (Under All
Guides)
Further Information on Library Plus

44. Using Library Plus to look for a
specific journal article
You also look for a specific journal article with
Library Plus (but doesn’t include absolutely every
journal which we have access to. The sure way is
using E-journals Finder)

45. Using Library Plus to find the
journal article
Lidor, R., Ziv,G. & Gershin, T. (2012)
Psychological preparation of
goalkeepers for the 11m penalty kick in
soccer – a review. Sport Psychologist,
26 (3), 375-389.

46. There is no one correct way
but use Advanced Search
then:
e.g. change 1st
field to title &
type in a couple of words from
the title of the article.
Change 2nd
field to Author &
type in author’s surname
You could also change a field
to SO Journal Title & put in the
journal title or words from it
Using Library Plus to search for a specific journal article

47. Using Library Plus to search for a specific journal article

48. SPORTDiscus
This is the most comprehensive database & index to
literature on Sport & Exercise.
It is contained within Library Plus so you are searching
SPORTDiscus when you use Library Plus. But it can be
searched on its own. It is searched in the same way as
Library Plus.
Contains many electronic journals & also links to many
other electronic journal articles we subscribe to.

49. SPORTDiscus (continued)
Like Library Plus you can limit a search in
SPORTDiscus to journal articles which are directly
available as full-text articles (i.e you can see the
whole thing).
The full-text journal articles are either part of
SPORTDiscus or if we have a subscription to a
particular journal. Please note that this doesn’t cover
everything we have from other sources.

50. SPORTDiscus

51. Go to SPORTDiscus through– Indexes &
Databases
Or through the Subject Guide for Sport &
Exercise from the Science link
SPORTDiscus

52. Either go to Indexes &
Databases – S -
SPORTDiscus
SPORTDiscus

53. Or go to the Sport & Exercise
Library guide
SPORTDiscus

54. The Library Subject Guide for Sport &
Exercise gives links and information on
resources
SPORTDiscus

55. The search is very similar to
Library Plus & again use Limit
your results : Full Text.
And you can save in folders . The
Sign In will be the same as for
Library Plus
SPORTDiscus

56. Again, see the Full Text
journal article by
selecting the Full Text
links
SPORTDiscus

57. SportDevelopment.info
• A very useful database of reports produced
mainly by UK academics
• Access either from Indexes & Databases from the
Digital Library link or from the Library Subject
Guide for Sport & Exercise

59. Access to many useful reports many
written by academics from other
universities or official documents.
However it is currently not possible to
access some reports

61. Information on the library’s resources is in the
Library Subject guide for Sport & Exercise
(access from the Finding Subject Information
link, then Science)

62. Further Help?
If you have need any further help in finding
information contact David Clark (Subject Librarian :
Science & Technology) (Tel: 01332 591203, email:
d.clark@derby.ac.uk)