exs 100 fall11 dc

EXS 101

Danielle Carlock480 425-6765d.carlock@sccmail.maricopa.edu

GOALS OF SESSION

Find high quality career resources

Identify & find research articles in exercise science, kinesiology, PE

Using the web for career information

First we will do an exercise which requires you to determine whether a website is trustworthy or not.

You will go to 3 websites (all bookmarked on the iPad)

Determine whether each is trustworthy or not. Be prepared to tell us why or why not.

Are these sites trustworthy?

http://careerplanning.about.com/od/occupations/p/phys_therapist.htm

http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos080.htm

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AhyYhN50j29TpdeuWnXlHIEjzKIX;_ylv=3?qid=20090809095020AAa0gvn

EVALUATING WEBSITES

CRITERIA DESCRIPTION

AUTHORITY

Is the author stated? Does he/she have education or experience related to the subject? If the site is sponsored by an organization, is it reputable? Is contact information available?

ACCURACYIs the site free of obvious errors? Does the author give proper attribution to borrowed information or knowledge?

OBJECTIVITY

Does the author have a bias, taking a position on an issue, or giving only one side of the story? Is the site designed to promote or sell a service or product?

CONTENTDoes this website contain the kind of information that I need? Does the site offer something unique that is not found elsewhere? Is the subject well-researched and covered comprehensively?

CURRENCYDoes the web page show when it was last updated? How current are the links?  Have some expired or moved?

CRITERIA DESCRIPTION How does this relate to career sites?

AUTHORITY

Is the author stated? Does he/she have education or experience related to the subject? If the site is sponsored by an organization, is it reputable? Is contact information available?

ACCURACYIs the site free of obvious errors? Does the author give proper attribution to borrowed information or knowledge?

OBJECTIVITY

Does the author have a bias, taking a position on an issue, or giving only one side of the story? Is the site designed to promote or sell a service or product?

CONTENTDoes this website contain the kind of information that I need? Does the site offer something unique that is not found elsewhere? Is the subject well-researched and covered comprehensively?

CURRENCYDoes the web page show when it was last updated? How current are the links?  Have some expired or moved?

Look at the domain to get an overall sense of what type of website it is:

Who’s website is this & why should I trust it?

DOMAIN DESCRIPTION

.EDU College/university or K-12 school; sites can be official pages of the institution or personal pages (of faculty, students, etc)

.COM OR .NET Commercial organizations (i.e. companies, corporations). Might be the official pages of the company. May also be personal pages hosted by a company.

.ORG Non profit organization (charities, foundations, service organizations).

.GOV Official US government websites.

CAREER WEBSITES

COMPLETE QUESTION 1 ON THE ASSIGNMENT.

Using a career database-Career Cruising

The library subscribes to a career database that: Helps you find a career based on

interests, abilities, etc Helps you learn about the career

including ▪ Core tasks and workplace descriptions▪ Required education/training▪ Earnings▪ Interviews with people in that career

FINDING CAREER BOOKS

Use the library catalog ( a special search engine) on the library’s website

Complete question 3 on the assignment

RESEARCH DISSEMINATION IN EXERCISE SCIENCE

Through publishing papers in scholarly journals

Through presenting results at conferences

Through publishing a book

SCHOLARLY JOURNALS

Written for researchers and scholars in a specific field

Primary purpose is to disseminate research results

May also contain: News Editorials Review articles Job announcements

Follow a regular and recurrent publication pattern (weekly, monthly, quarterly, etc)

PRIMARY RESEARCH ARTICLES Present the findings/results of a

research study

The authors of the article are the persons who conducted the research

The article will include: why, how, what

Typically published in scholarly journals

An example

PEER REVIEW A process done by many scholarly journals

Expert reviewers (peers) evaluate the article’s methodology, merit, and overall unique contribution to research in a specific discipline PRIOR to publication

In the health sciences, peer review is almost universal when it comes to primary research

published in the journal literature

Why is this important?

SOME MAJOR JOURNALS RELATED TO EXERCISE SCIENCE…

Journal of Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (JOPHERD)

Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports and Exercise

Measurement in Phy Educ & Exercise Sci

American Journal of Sports Medicine

ACSM’s Health and Fitness Journal-a trade magazine

ARTICLE DATABASES

Specialized search engines that find magazine, newspaper, and journal articles

Available 24/7 thru SCC library webpage

Medline, CINAHL, Academic Search Premier, Academic One File

LIBGUIDE

Website created especially for this class:

Go to http://library.scottsdalecc.edu Click on “Research Guides” tab Click on “Health” on left hand side Click on EXS 101-Goff

OR go to http://library-guides.scottsdalecc.edu/exs101