As the peak body for organisations in Australia, Sports Medicine Australia produces a number of information documents for the general public. These can be ordered from Sports Medicine Australia for a small charge, or downloaded for free from this site.

SPORTS MEDICINE RESEARCH GUIDE

This research guide has been prepared by the National Sport Information Centre (NSIC) to assist members of the public in locating sports medicine information. The NSIC has an extensive sports medicine collection and in particular holds over 40 sports medicine journal titles.

Databases for locating references :

Science Direct (www.sciencedirect.com)

Science Direct features more than 2,500 Journals and over 6,000 Books. Click here for online access to the Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport.

Scopus (www.scopus.com)

Scopus is a leading database or research literature.

PubMed (www.pubmed.com)

World’s leading medical database and covers all major sports medicine journal titles.

Sport Discus

World’s leading sports research database. More extensive than PubMed as it covers conference papers, reports and book chapters. Available through Australian sport and university libraries or through the Sport Detective website - http://www.sirc.ca/products/sircdetective

Locating Articles

NSIC Services

The National Sports Information Centre holds an extensive range of sports medicine titles. To locate a specific title please search NSIC Serials Catalogue - http://www.ausport.gov.au/nsic/index.asp

For further assistance please contact:

National Sport Information Centre
Australian Sports Commission
PO Box 176
Belconnen ACT 2616
Tel: 02 6214 1369 Fax: 02 6214 1681
Web: www.ausport.gov.au/nsic/
Email: nsic@ausport.gov.au

Please indicate if you are a SMA member when contacting the NSIC.

Sports Medicine Australia Online Library (www.medinfornow.com)

This online resource library for SMA Members is powered by Med Info Now.

Sports Medicine Bookshelf (essentialsportsmedicine.medinfo.com)

The bookshelf lists the latest "must-have" titles in Sports Medicine.

Online Free Medical Journals

If the journal is not held by the NSIC it may be available through the extensive Free Medical Journal List (http://www.freemedicaljournals.com/htm/) – this provides access to many recent articles. Journals available include lancet, BMJ, Medical Journal of Australia.

Keeping Up to Date

Knowledge Finder Service (http://www.kfinder.com/newweb/)

Electronic Table of Contents page service allows you to receive by email the contents page of over 4,000 medical titles including American Journal of Sports Medicine, Clinics in Sports Medicine etc. This service is free.