Subject Guides: Sports Medicine: Resources

Medical databases

AccessMedicine AccessMedicine from McGraw-Hill Medical is a comprehensive online medical resource that provides a complete spectrum of knowledge from the best minds in medicine, with essential information accessible anywhere.
BMJ Best Practice BMJ Best Practice takes you quickly and accurately to the latest evidence based information, whenever and wherever you need it.
BMJ Journals Journals from BMJ publish high quality, high impact journals serving the medical and scientific communities, publishing across the general medical specialties, with top ranked journals, and more niche publications that cater for specialist communities.
ClinicalKey ClinicalKey is a clinical search engine that supports clinical decisions by making it easier to find and apply relevant knowledge. We drive better care by delivering fast, concise answers when every second counts, and deep access to evidence whenever, wherever you need it.
Clinical Sports Medicine Collection The Clinical Sports Medicine collection comprises the world-leading Brukner & Khan’s Clinical Sports Medicine, the essential authoritative foundation for clinicians and students.
Cochrane Library The Cochrane Library is a collection of six databases that contain different types of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making, and a seventh database that provides information about Cochrane groups.
EBSCOhost EBSCOhost databases and discovery technologies are the most-used, premium online information resources for tens of thousands of institutions worldwide, representing millions of end-users.
Free Medical Journals The Free Medical Journals Site was created to promote the free availability of full text medical journals on the Internet. 
Google Scholar Google Scholar is a freely accessible web search engine that indexes the full text or metadata of scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines. It is also a citation analysis tool and a gateway to materials on the web that are open access.Settings need to be set FIRST on a specific computer (usually only once)Go to Settings at the top left by first clicking on the hamburger menu and then the gear iconThen choose Library linksType: "university of pretoria" in the SEARCH box and click on SEARCHTick ALL the boxes and SAVE
MEDLINE (Ovid) MEDLINE is the U.S. National Library of Medicine's (NLM) premier bibliographic database covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical sciences. 1950-current.
Primal Pictures Primal Pictures, the world’s most medically accurate and detailed 3D graphic rendering of human anatomy.
ProQuest ProQuest’s collections span six centuries, all disciplines and the diverse content types needed by researchers, providing the world’s largest collection of dissertations and theses; three centuries of newspapers; more than 450,000 academic ebooks; collections of important scholarly journals and other content researchers need such as data; and unique digital vaults of primary source materials . ProQuest’s renowned abstracting and indexing enables researchers to find sources in their area of study.
PubMed PubMed comprises more than 25 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.
PubMed Central® PubMed Central® (PMC) is a free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM).
Scopus Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals, books and conference proceedings. Delivering a comprehensive overview of the world's research output in the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities, Scopus features smart tools to track, analyze and visualize research.
SPORTDiscus with Full Text SPORTDiscus with Full Text is the world's most comprehensive source of full text for sports & sports medicine journals, providing full text for 550 journals indexed in SPORTDiscus. This authoritative file contains full text for many of the most used journals in the SPORTDiscus index - with no embargo. With full-text coverage dating back to 1985, SPORTDiscus with Full Text is the definitive research tool for all areas of sports & sports medicine literature.
University of Pretoria WorldCat Local University of Pretoria Libraries is dedicated to offering you access to the widest possible range of resources. You are now able to search our collection and the collections of many other libraries worldwide using WorldCat, the world's largest network of library-based content and services.
Web of Science Core Collection Access the world’s leading scholarly literature in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities and examine proceedings of international conferences, symposia, seminars, colloquia, workshops, and conventions.

Medical Online Dictionaries

Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary Thoroughly updated, this user-friendly reference, trusted for more than a century by healthcare personnel at every professional level, allows you to grasp the meanings of all medical terms in current usage.
Medical Dictionary Online Use this free online medical dictionary search engine to research and learn about medical terminology, pharmaceutical drugs, healthcare equipment, health conditions, medical devices, medical abbreviations and more.
Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary Search medical terms and abbreviations with the most up-to-date and comprehensive medical dictionary from the reference experts at Merriam-Webster. Master today's medical vocabulary. Become an informed health-care consumer!

Recommended Books

Ultrasound of the Musculoskeletal System by Stefano Bianchi; A. L. Baert (Foreword by); M. Valle (Contribution by); I. F. Abdelwahab (Introduction by); Carlo Martinoli; L. E. Derchi (Contribution by); M. P. Zamorani (Contribution by); G. Rizzatto (Contribution by)
Call Number: KAL 616.707543 ULTRASOUND

ISBN: 9783540422679

Publication Date: 2007-03-05
NSCA's Essentials of Sport Science by Duncan French (Editor); Lorena Torres Ronda (Editor); NSCA -National Strength & Conditioning Association (Editor)
Call Number: MED 796.01 NATIONAL

ISBN: 9781492593355

Publication Date: 2021-02-19
Functional Testing in Human Performance by Michael P. Reiman; Robert C. Manske
Call Number: 615.82 REIMAN

ISBN: 9780736068796

Publication Date: 2009-03-25