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Finding peer-reviewed scientific articles

Finding peer-reviewed scientific articles. NUTR/PE 446 Sports Nutrition & Weight Control. What are Peer-Reviewed Scientific Journals?. Scientific Journals Periodicals Non-profit organizations Publishes original research articles May also publish reviews, commentaries, letters

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Finding peer-reviewed scientific articles

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  1. Finding peer-reviewed scientific articles NUTR/PE 446 Sports Nutrition & Weight Control

  2. What are Peer-Reviewed Scientific Journals? • Scientific Journals • Periodicals • Non-profit organizations • Publishes original research articles • May also publish reviews, commentaries, letters • Different than Professional Journals • Submitted articles undergo Peer-Review before being accepted for publication

  3. What is the Peer-Review process? • Purpose: unbiased evaluation of the quality of research and paper • Author submits manuscript to journal editor • Editor sends ‘blind copy’ to three expert reviewers (peer-reviewers) • Reviewers comment on and evaluate manuscript • accept, accept with revisions, reject • Editor returns manuscript with comments and evaluation (without reviewer’s names) to author.

  4. Finding original peer-reviewed articles:Where do you start? • Your textbook • End of most chapters – sections on ergogenic aids • Reference list at end of chapters • Other references books in sports nutrition available at CWU library • Cattrax • 39 books for “Sports Nutrition”

  5. Useful Databases at CWU • Medline – First Search • Most complete database of medical-related journals • Abstracts only • Medical Library – ProQuest • Full articles • Limited search • Web of Science – Science Citation Index • Allows for search based on citations • Important articles • More recent articles

  6. Example: MedLine FirstSeachCreatine and Jumping Performance • Search term: Creatine • 34,630 articles (4/2/2007) • 1,464 full text and scholarly articles in ProQuest • Search terms: • Creatine and supplementation • 786 articles • 116 articles in ProQuest • Search terms: • Creatine and supplementation and Jump • 8 articles • 1 article in ProQuest

  7. Example of a citation search using Web of Science:Branched-Chain Amino Acids • Williams’ text: • P 212-215 (BCAA)

  8. Reference to the article at the end of the chapter.

  9. Using Web of Science • Look for more recent articles • Cited reference search • Look for ‘important articles’ • General search • Sorted by times cited

  10. Other Resources • Interlibrary Loan @ CWU • Fast (generally less than one week) • Free (usually) • Reference Desk @ CWU • Gerard Hogan • Kittitas Valley Community Hospital • Access to full text articles not available at CWU • Melanie Jones – very helpful • Link on course web page

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