exs 100 fall11 dc
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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