Transcript Finding peer-reviewed scientific articles

Finding peer-reviewed
scientific articles
NUTR/PE 446
Sports Nutrition & Weight Control
What are Peer-Reviewed Scientific
Journals?
 Scientific
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Journals
Periodicals
Non-profit organizations
Publishes original research articles
• May also publish reviews, commentaries, letters
• Different than Professional Journals
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Submitted articles undergo Peer-Review
before being accepted for publication
What is the Peer-Review process?
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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
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accept, accept with revisions, reject
Editor returns manuscript with
comments and evaluation (without
reviewer’s names) to author.
Finding original peer-reviewed articles:
Where do you start?
 Your
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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
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Cattrax
• 39 books for “Sports Nutrition”
Useful Databases at CWU
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Medline – First Search
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Medical Library – ProQuest
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Most complete database of medical-related journals
Abstracts only
Full articles
Limited search
Web of Science – Science Citation Index
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Allows for search based on citations
• Important articles
• More recent articles
Example: MedLine FirstSeach
Creatine and Jumping Performance
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Search term: Creatine
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34,630 articles (4/2/2007)
• 1,464 full text and scholarly articles in ProQuest
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Search terms:
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Creatine and supplementation
786 articles
• 116 articles in ProQuest
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Search terms:
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Creatine and supplementation and Jump
8 articles
• 1 article in ProQuest
Example of a citation search using
Web of Science:
Branched-Chain Amino Acids
 Williams’
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text:
P 212-215
(BCAA)
 Reference
to the
article at the end of
the chapter.
Using Web of Science
 Look
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Cited reference search
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for more recent articles
for ‘important articles’
General search
• Sorted by times cited
Other Resources
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Interlibrary Loan @ CWU
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Reference Desk @ CWU
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Fast (generally less than one week)
Free (usually)
Gerard Hogan
Kittitas Valley Community Hospital
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Access to full text articles not available at CWU
Melanie Jones – very helpful
Link on course web page