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Sport and Exercise Science

Library resources and support for sport and exercise science students

Useful websites

There are many external websites which you will find useful for your sport and exercise science studies. Here are some suggestions:

American College of Sports Medicine - requires a membership to access the main resources.

Australian Institute of Sport - links to some very good pages on sports nutrition.

British Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation (BACR) - general news website for cardiology.

British Association of Sport & Exercise Sciences - has a student area with plenty of useful links.

British Heart Foundation - physical activity guidelines for all ages. Includes some journal articles.

Cochrane Collaboration - an evidence-based healthcare website. Full access to the Cochrane Library is also available on the Greenwich and Kent library webpages via the respective portals.

Department of Health and Social Care - this page concentrates on obesity but other health and social care topics also web pages.

EU Health-enhancing physical activity statistics - an overview of statistics on the physical activity performed by people in the European Union.

HEPA Europe (European network for the promotion of health-enhancing physical activity) - a World Health Organization website promoting physical activity. A newsletter can also be found here.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) - website of the IOC.

PEDro - a physiotherapy evidence database of over 15,000 randomised trials, reviews and clinical practice guidelines for physiotherapy.

SportsScience - a peer-reviewed journal and site for sports research with plenty of very useful resources.

UK Athletics - website of the UK national governing body for athletics. 

 

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