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SPORTDiscus
SPORTDiscus offers comprehensive, bibliographic coverage of sport, fitness
and related disciplines. This database contains over 650,000 records with
journal and monograph coverage going back to 1800. The content also consists of
multi-disciplinary, international references from journal and magazine articles,
books, book chapters, conference proceedings and more. SPORTDiscus is
provided by the Sport Information Resource Centre.
This database is sorted in the following order: Descending Publication Year; Journal; Book Analytic Source; Start Page.
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There are a number of helpful tips and hints you can use to improve your search results. For example, you can use Boolean operators to link search terms together; and/or limit the search to a specific title.
Note: Stopwords are commonly used words such as articles, pronouns, and prepositions. These words are not indexed for searching in the database. For example, 'the', 'for', and 'of' are stopwords. When a stopword is used in a query, any single word or no word is retrieved in place of the stopword.
Sometimes a search can be overly general (results equal too many hits) or overly specific (results equal too few hits). To fine tune your search, you can use AND, OR, and NOT operators to link your search words together. These operators will help you narrow or broaden your search to better express the terms you are looking for and to retrieve the exact information you need quickly.
USING THE "AND" OPERATOR: If you have a search term that is too general, you can append several terms together using "AND". By stringing key terms together, you can further define your search and reduce the number of results. Note: Unless you define a specific search field, the result list will contain references where all your search terms are located in either the citation or full display.
• For example, type heart rate AND exercise to find results that refer to both heart rate and exercise.
USING THE "OR" OPERATOR: In order to broaden a search, you can link terms together by using the "OR" operator. By using "OR" to link your terms together you can find documents on many topics . Linked by this operator, your words are searched simultaneously and independently of each other.
• As an example, search heart rate AND exercise OR endurance training to find results that reference the terms "heart rate" and "exercise", or the term "endurance training".
USING THE "NOT" OPERATOR: In order to narrow a search, you can link words together by using the "NOT" operator. This operator will help you to filter out specific topics you do not wish included as part of your search.
Parentheses also may be used to control a search query. Without parentheses, a search is executed from left to right. Words that you enclose in parentheses are searched first. Why is this important? Parentheses allow you to control and define the way the search will be executed. The left phrase in parentheses is searched first; then based upon those results the second phrase in parentheses is searched.
Generalized Search: heart rate or exercise and endurance training or treadmill Focused Search: (heart rate or exercise) and (endurance training or treadmill)
In the first example, the search will retrieve everything on "heart rate" as well as references to the terms "exercise" and "endurance training", and everything on "treadmill".
In the second example, we have used the parentheses to control our query to only find articles about heart rate or exercise that reference endurance training or treadmill.
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The default fields for unqualified searches consist of the following: Title, Author, Corporate Author, Conference, Source, Publisher, Abstract, Keywords, Subject Classification, and Handicapped Codes.
The following list will help you locate detailed information referenced in this database as a field.
Tag Description Example
AA English Abstract Available AA y
[Phrase Indexed]
Limits to articles that contain
an English language abstract
AB Abstract AB heart rate
[Word Indexed]
Searches abstract summaries in
all languages
AN Accession Number AN 1019
[Phrase Indexed]
Searches the unique number
assigned to each document
AU Author AU West
[Word Indexed] or
Author's last name is usually AU West, T.
followed by one or more initials;
Searches the Author and Corporate
Author fields
CA Corporate Author CA Gymnastics
[Word Indexed] Federation
Searches words in the Corporate
Author field
CC Classification Code CC 506347
[Word Indexed] or
Searches the Subject Classification CC alpine skiing
field; either the six-digit code
or the corresponding subject
heading can be searched
CO Conference CO World
[Word Indexed] Congress
Searches words in the Conference field
CY Country of Publication CY 484
[Word Indexed] or
Country of publication; either CY Mexico
the three-digit code or country
name can be searched
Country limiter listbutton shows
most frequently found countries.
A complete list may be found in the
Country Index browse.
Values of the Country of Publication
limiter consist of the following:
Australia
Canada
Finland
France
Germany, Federal Republic of
Italy
Switzerland
United Kingdom
United States
DE Descriptors (English) DE strength
[Phrase Indexed] training
Searches exact English language
subject headings
DF Descriptors French DF education
[Word Indexed] physique
Searches words in the French
Keywords field
DI Descriptors Italian DI ciclismo
[Word Indexed]
Searches words in the Italian
Keywords field
DS Descriptors Spanish DS gimnasia
[Word Indexed]
Searches words in the Spanish
Keywords field
DT Publication Date DT 1998-1999
[Numerically Indexed]
Year of publication of the document
in YYYY format
FR Abstract French FR hockey
[Word Indexed] sur glace
Searches the French-language abstract
FT Full Text Available FT Y
[Phrase Indexed]
Performs an exact search for the value
"Y" indicating that a record has full
text available.
GE Abstract German GE Olympischen
[Word Indexed] Spielen
Searches the German-language abstract
HC Handicapped Codes HC 670
[Word Indexed] or
Searches the handicapped subject HC Amputee
headings; either the three-digit
code or the heading can be searched
IA Abstract Italian IA sci alpino
[Word Indexed]
Searches the Italian-language abstract
IB International Standard Book Number IB 0126050600
[Phrase Indexed]
Searches the exact ISBN
IP Issue IP 1
[Phrase Indexed]
Journal issue number; displays in
the Source field
IS International Standard Serial Number IS 10638652
[Phrase Indexed]
Searches the exact ISSN without
hyphens
LA Language LA French
[Word Indexed]
Language(s) of the document. Not all
records are indexed by language.
Note: Language limiter listbutton shows most
frequently used languages. A complete list
may be found in the Language Index browse.
Values of the language limiter consist of
the following:
English
French
German
Itlian
Russian
Spanish
LV Level LV I
[Phrase Indexed] or
Description of the level of LV Intermediate
difficulty of the material, either
the code or the descriptive text can
be searched; values consist of the
following:
A - Advanced
B - Basic
I - Intermediate
MT Material Type MT print
[Phrase Indexed]
Text describing the format of
the document. Values consist
of the following:
Electronic
Print
OL Language of Origin OL German
[Word Indexed]
Original language of a translated
article
PB Publisher; Place of Publication PB McGraw-Hill
[Word Indexed] or
Publication name or place of PB Boston
publication of a monograph
PG Total Pages PG 10
[Numerically Indexed]
Total number of pages in an indexed
journal article or book analytic
PT Publication Type PT B
[Phrase Indexed] or
Publication type, either the code or PT Book Analytic
the descriptive text can be searched;
values consist of the following:
A - Audiocassette
B - Book Analytic
C - CD-ROM
D - Computer disk or diskette
F - Microforms
M - Monograph or government document
P - Serial Publication
R - Book Review
S - Journal article
T - Thesis or dissertation
U - URL
V - Videocassette
Note: When searching the descriptive
text of a publication type, it is
necessary to use quotation marks if the
description contains a Boolean operator
(AND, OR, NOT), e.g. PT "Computer
disk or diskette".
PY Publication Year PY 2002
[Number Indexed]
Searches the year of publication
in YYYY format.
RE Report Number RE ED260067
[Word Indexed]
ERIC Order Number or Dissertation
Abstract Number
RS Book Review Source RS S-825129
[Phrase Indexed]
Searches within the related records
field for exact AN numbers of reviewed
books.
RW Book Reviews RW creating rubrics
[Word Indexed]
Searches the item being reviewed,
the author of the review, and the
complete review statement.
SA Abstract Spanish SA la frecuencia
[Word Indexed] cardiaca
Searches the Spanish-language abstract
SB Database Subset SB SR
[Phrase Indexed] or
One- or two-letter code and the SB SIRLS
corresponding SPORTDiscus subset; Database
values consist of the following:
A - Recreation and Leisure
AF - AAFLA
BR - SIBRADID Database, Sistema Brasileiro
de Decumentacao e Informacao desportiva
Note: Not in data yet.
C - Coaching Association of Canada
Documents
F - Sport Canada Applied Research
Grant Program/Fitness Canada
H - Handicapped/Disabled Sport and
Recreation Documents
ID - Indexing Partner Contribution
N - National Coaching Certification
Program of Canada
ON - Recreation Research Report
SH - Sport History Project (Gretchen
Ghent)
SR - SIRLS Database
T - Translated Document
HE - Heracles Database
OL - Olympic Museum Library Database
AT - Atlantes Database
P - Passor bibliography
RE - Peer Reviewed or Refereed
SW - Grosse Adapted Aquatics Database
Note: When searching the descriptive
text of a subset, it is necessary to
use quotation marks if the description
contains a Boolean operator (AND, OR,
NOT), e.g. SB "Recreation and Leisure
Documents".
SO Source SO racing
[Word Indexed]
Searches words in the Source field
(journal titles and book analytic
sources)
Note: for when searching journal titles,
items with parenthetical info, Iike city
International review for the sociology
of sport (Munich), should be quoted
This includes use of the Publication limiter.
SP Start Page SP 15
[Phrase Indexed]
Start page of the article
SU Subjects (Descriptors) SU motor skill
[Word Indexed]
Searches words in any of the
Descriptors' fields
TI Title TI physical
[Word Indexed] fitness
Searches words in the title of
the record
TX All fields TX health
[Word Indexed]
Searches for keywords within
all searchable fields.
UD Update UD 200107
[Date Indexed]
Date of database update
VI Volume VI 3
[Phrase Indexed]
Journal volume number; displays
in the Source field
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The following table explains the contents of each field in a SPORTDiscus record's detailed display (not all fields are listed in every record).
Field name Description
Title The title of the record. For non-English
languages an English translation is enclosed
within parentheses and follows the initial
title.
Author Name of individual author(s), editors or
compilers; appears as last name followed by
one or more initials.
Corporate Author Name(s) of corporate authors; used in the case of
government publications and other works issued by
institutions, associations, agencies, businesses
or corporations.
Conference Conference name; used for conference proceedings
or for separate documents or articles which were
delivered at a conference, symposium or congress.
Reviewed Item Complete review statement including author, title,
and publisher information.
Source Publication name including date, volume, issue,
pagination; or the Book Analytic source.
Series Book Series.
Publisher Place of publication of a monograph and the name
of the publisher. If no place of publication or
origin has been ascertained, "s.l." (sine loco)
is used. If no publisher has been determined,
"s.n." (sine nomine) is used.
Publication Year The date of publication in YYYY format.
Language The language or languages of the document.
Original The original language of a translated article,
Language analytic, microform or monograph.
Country of Country in which the document was published.
Publication
Abstract An English-language abstract for advanced and
research level articles, as well as book
analytics; may contain contents notes for
research or advanced level monographs and
theses.
Abstract French-language abstract of documents; the
(French) text is provided with no accent marks.
Abstract Italian-language abstract of documents.
(Italian)
Abstract Spanish-language abstract of documents; the
(Spanish) text is provided with no accent marks.
Keywords Keywords, or subject terms, assigned
for subjects, geographical locations, sport
associations, sport teams and leagues,
corporate bodies and personal names. All these,
except for corporate bodies and personal names,
are taken from the SPORT Thesaurus.
Keywords Subject terms in French.
(French)
Keywords Italian-language keywords are provided for
(Italian) Italian indexing contributions from CONI,
Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano - Centro
di Documentazione Sportiva (Italy). The descriptors
are translations of the English-language terms.
Keywords Spanish-language keywords as provided for
(Spanish) Spanish indexing contributions from the Instituto
Andaluz del Deporte. The descriptors are translations
of the English-language terms.
Alternate Search Controlled Topical terms that are not part of the thesaurus
Terms
Subject Six-digit numeric codes and their associated
Classification headings.
Related Indicates the record number (ID field) of another
Records related record. Most often used to indicate the
record number of the monograph from which an
excerpt or a book analytic has been used to create
a separate record.
Number of The number of bibliographic references supplied
References by an author at the end of a document.
General Notes Useful information that cannot be placed in other
specific fields such as general notes about the
item, descriptive notes, frequency of publication,
SIRC holdings statement, series notes, etc.
ISSN International Standard Serial Number; used
principally in all documents which are
periodical/serial articles. It has also been
used for monograph records which are part of a
published series and thereby have both an
ISBN and an ISSN.
ISBN International Standard Book Number.
Web Addres The URL address for indexed websites and the
publisher’s website, when available.
Report Number(s) ERIC Order Number; Dissertation Abstract Number.
Database Subset The subset of the SPORTDiscus database.
Other Numbers Identifying numbers such as Library of Congress
Catalogue Number, Canadian Library of Congress
Catalogue Number, Participant Document Number,
Serial ID Number, SIRLS Document Number, SIRLS
ID Number.
SIRC Holdings Displays article number and the physical location
Information of the full text document in SIRC's collection,
as well as other indexing sources.
SIRCExpress The order number and hyperlink for obtaining
Order Number the full text of an article or book
analystic/conference paper through the
SIRCExpress Document Delivery Service.
Document Contains Publication Type, Material Type, Level
Information and Update Code of the record.
Accession Number A unique sequential number assigned to each
document; may contain numbers or a combination
of characters and numbers.
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The Thesaurus authority file is a controlled vocabulary of terms that assists in more effectively searching the database. You can browse this list alphabetically, or as Relevancy Ranked (keyword search).
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Index Browsing Index browsing allows the user to view all values that occur in specified fields in a database, along with corresponding hit counts. Access the index browse feature by clicking the green “Indexes” button on the upper portion of the “Advanced” search screen. Use the drop-down menu to choose an index to browse. Indexes can also be searched using tags. Since browsable indexes are phrase indexed, the exact form and spelling of terms as they appear in the database must be used in conjunction with the tags when entering a search manually. Indexes available for browsing in SPORTDiscus database are listed below. Tags for all fields included in the index browse feature begin with “Z” (e.g. “ZA” for Author).
ZA Author ZQ Bibliography Code ZO Corporate Author ZY Country ZT Document Type ZH Handicapped Codes ZJ Journal Title ZL Language ZV Level ZB Publisher ZU Keywords-All ZR Publication Year
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