The SPORTDiscus covers both serial and monographic literature in the following areas of sport: recreation, exercise physiology, sports medicine, coaching, physical fitness, the psychology, history and sociology of sport, training, and conditioning. Seventy percent of the database consists of periodical articles.
The following alphabetical list provides the two-letter label, the relevant alias, and an example for each SPORTDiscus field.
===== ============ Label Name/Example ===== ============ ab English Abstract [Word Indexed] professional basketball.ab. The English Abstract (AB) field includes the English-language abstract for Research or Advanced level articles and book chapters. Annotations are sometimes supplied for basic and intermediate level documents. The English Abstract field may contain contents notes for research or advanced level monographs and theses. If there are any other language abstracts available, they will appear after the English abstract. ae French Abstract - For display only - am Author's E-mail Address - For display only - an Accession Number [Phrase Indexed] 360871.an. The Accession Number field (AN) contains a unique sequential six-digit number assigned to each document. au Author [Phrase Indexed] pyne d.au. The Author (AU) field contains the names of individual authors, editors or compilers. Individual author names appear in the format of last name followed by initials, and should be searched without using periods, as in Smith AB. be Excerpt/Chapter Record [Phrase Indexed] - For display only - bp Total Pages in Book Analytic Source [Phrase Indexed] 364.bp. The Book Analytic Source, Total Pages (BP) field This field contains the total number of pages in an indexed book analytic. cc Classification Subject Codes [Word Indexed] "951400".cc. The Classification Subject (CC) field is a 6-digit numeric code representing subject headings that allow easy access to general subject groupings of database records. These codes are expanded in four languages: English, French, Italian and Spanish; and can be seen in English Classification Subject (CE) field, Italian Classification Subject (CT) field, French Classification Subject (CF) field, and Spanish Classification Subject (CS) field. ce English Classification Subjects [Phrase Indexed] Olympic games (Summer) Sydney 2000 transportation.ce. The English Classification Subject (CE) field is the expansion of the 6-digit numeric code representing subject headings that allow easy access to general subject groupings of database records in English. ci Conference Proceedings [Word Indexed] endiburgh.ci. The Conference Information (CI) field is used for conference proceedings or for separate documents or articles which were delivered at a conference, symposium, or congress. cp Country Code [Word Indexed] "036".cp. Canada.cp. The Country of Publication (CP) field can be searched by a three-digit numeric code (which indicates the country of publication) or by country name. fa Foreign Abstract [Word Indexed] aerobie anaerobie.fa. This index contains the French, Italian, and Spanish abstracts. These are descriptive abstracts used to help the reader decide if the article is appropriate. Important concepts are covered, and the abstracts enhance the subject heading used. Here are a couple of search tips. 1. Many of the words are cognates of each other. So to see more articles, you should pick the obvious cognates. 2. There is overlap in that many of the French, Italian, or Spanish words are the same. If you are looking for Spanish only, you might want to limit by language instead of picking from this list. fc Foreign Classification Subjects [Phrase Indexed] jeux olympiques (ete) sydney 2000 transport.fc. The Foreign Classification Subject (FC) field is the expansion of the 6-digit numeric code representing subject headings that allow easy access to general subject groupings of database records in French, Italian, and Spanish. fd Foreign Subject Headings [Phrase Indexed] sistema cardiovascular.fd. The Foreign Descriptor (FD) field is the phrase indexing for all subject headings in French, Italian, or Spanish. hs Disability Subject Headings [Word Indexed] "617".hs. diving.hs. The Disability Subject Heading (HS) field contains the subject headings used in the publication "Sport and Recreation for the Disabled." This index can be searched by 3-digit code or by phrase. hw Heading Words [Word Indexed] horse.hw. The Subject Heading Word (HW) field contains a word index list of all of the subject headings that were phrase indexed. This includes Subject Headings, Disability Subject Headings, and Classification Codes in all languages. jn Journal Name [Phrase Indexed] equus.jn. The Journal Name (JN) field contains the name of the journal in which the article was printed. jw Journal Words [Word Indexed] medicine.jw. The Journal Word (JW) field contains individual words from every journal name in SPORTDiscus. Stopwords such as "the" or "of" are not included. This field is used to retrieve every occurrance of a journal which includes a particular word, such as "marketing." le Level [Word Indexed] advanced.le. a.le. The Level (LE) field indicates the level of difficulty of the material. This is accepted as a very subjective decision. If the material is of a practical nature, easily understood by a non-specialist, it is given the code B for basic. If the material appears to be original scientific research, it receives the code A. Level I is reserved for well-written material that supplies more than basic information but is not quite of a research level. This field can be search by code or name. lg Language [Word Indexed] eng.lg. english.lg. The Language (LG) field contains the language or languages of the document. It is possible to have more than one language assigned to a document. It is searchable by language abbreviation or by the full name of the language. lo Location [Word Indexed] OOFS.lo. The Location (LO) field indicates the physical location of the document in SIRC's collection as well as any other indexing source of the document. All documents held by the Sport Information Resource Centre (SIRC) have OOFS entered in this field. OOFS is the Canadian library symbol assigned to SIRC by the National Library of Canada. The international symbol for SIRC is CaOOFS, but only OOFS has been used. When records have been indexed and submitted by international contributors a code representing that organization is included in this field and the code ID is entered into the SS field. ma E-mail Addresses [Word Indexed] edu.ma. The E-Mail Address (MA) field is a combined index of the Author's E-mail and Publisher's E-mail address. These addresses can be used to reach the appropriate people. no Identifying Numbers [Word Indexed] gv583.no. The Identifying Numbers (NO) field contains all the numbers that go into identifying an individual work. They include the ERIC Document Number, the ISBN and ISSN, the Library of Congress Catalog Number (LC), the Canadian Library of Congress Catalog Number (LCCN), the Participant Document Number, the Serial ID number, the SIRLS Document, and ID numbers and the Dissertation Abstracts number. nt Notes [Word Indexed] bibliography.nt. The Notes (NT) field contains useful information that cannot be placed in other specific fields. pp Place of Publication [Word Indexed] canberra.pb. The Place of Publication (PP) field contains the information pertaining to place of publication for a document. This can include city, state or country information. pr Publisher's URL Address -- For Display Only -- The Publisher's URL Address (UR) field contains the web address for the publisher. This field is indexed under WP. pt Publication Type [Word Indexed] periodical.pt. s.pt. The Publication Type (PT) field contains the document type, as in monograph, article, CD-ROM, and so on. This field can be searched by code letter or by name. pu Publisher [Word Indexed] Penguin.pu. The Publisher (PU) field contains the name of the publisher for the publication. rf Number of References [Word Indexed] 5.rf. The Number of References (RF) field indicates the number of bibliographic references supplied by an author at the end of a document. rr Related Record Number [Phrase Indexed] 645376.rr. The Related Record Number(RR) are the combined Excerpt/Chapter Record Numbers and the Monograph Record Numbers. sa SIRC Record Number [Phrase Indexed] 111465.sa. The SIRC Article Number (SA) field contains a unique number used for ordering copies of documents through the SPORTExpress service. sh Subject Headings [Phrase Indexed] horseback riding.sh. The Subject Heading (SH) field contains the English descriptors assigned for subjects, geographical locations, sport associations, sport teams and leagues, corporate bodies, and personal names. All these, except for corporate bodies and personal names, are taken from the SPORT Thesaurus. sn Series Note [Word Indexed] sports research.sn. The Series Note (SN) field contains information relating the document if it is part of a series. so Source -- For Display Only -- ss Sub Database [Phrase Indexed] id.ss. The Sub Database (SS) field contains subsets of the SPORTDiscus database. This field can be searched by letter abbreviation or by name. tc Table of Contents [Word Indexed] sports.tc. The Table of Contents (TC) field contains the chapter numbers and titles for a monograph. ti Title [Word Indexed] anabolic steroids.ti. The Title (TI) field contains the title of the record. Common words such as a, an, the, etc. are not indexed. up Update Code [Phrase Indexed] 199611.up. The Update (UP) field contains the year and month the data was sent to the vendor. This field can be used to find the newest data. ur URL Address -- For Display Only -- The URL Address (UR) field contains the web address for the actual article refered to by the record. This field is indexed under WP. wp Web Page Address [Word Indexed] sportsmedicineworld.wp. The Web Page Address (WP) indexes all web pages addresses listed in the database. They include the Publisher's URL, indexed websites or websites for the full text of a document. This field does not display. yr Publication Year [Phrase Indexed] 1996.yr.
The following limits are available for the SPORTDiscus database.
Update Code Command Syntax: ..l/3 up=9611 Sentence Syntax: limit 3 to up=199611 Year Command Syntax: ..l/3 yr=1996 Sentence Syntax: limit 3 to yr=1996 Language Command Syntax: ..l/3 lg=eng Sentence Syntax: limit 3 to english Country Code Command Syntax: ..l/3 cp=036 Sentence Syntax: limit 3 to cc=036 Subdatabase Command Syntax: ..l/3 ss=id Sentence Sytnax: limit 3 to ss=id Level Command Syntax: ..l/3 le=advanced Sentence Syntax: limit 3 to advanced Publication Type Command Syntax: ..l/3 pt=periodical article Sentence Syntax: limit 3 to periodical article Disable Subject Headings Command Syntax: ..l/3 hs=professional development general Sentence Syntax: limit 3 to professional development general
Command Syntax: ..c/sfdb Sentence Syntax: use sfdb
<1> Accession Number 479800 Update code 199810 Author Fernandez Pombo, M. Author's E-Mail pombo@accesosis.es Title Estructura del entrenamiento de la fuerza a lo largo de la temporada en el futbol. (Structure of the force training along the season in football/soccer.) [Spanish] Source Lecturas: Educacion Fisica y Deportes, Revista Digital 3(10), May 1998, English Abstract This study develops the different types of force that are necessary for the training in football-soccer. In this sense, a base force, a coordination-force and a specific force exist for the football-soccer. There are different models for the development of each force, that they could be applied in different moments and levels. Spanish Abstract Este estudio desarrolla los distintos tipos de fuerza necesarios para el entrenamiento en futbol. En este sentido, existe una fuerza de base, una fuerza-coordinacion y una fuerza especifica para el futbol. Existen distintos modelos para el desarrollo de cada fuerza que pueden ser aplicados en distintos momentos y niveles. Country of Publication Argentina Language Spanish Identifiying Numbers ISSN 0329-0069 Subject Headings strength. training. soccer English Classification Subjects SOCCER-TRAINING AND CONDITIONING WEIGHT AND STRENGTH TRAINING (576347) TRAINING-METHODS-STRENGTH-TRAINING (902920) French Classification Subjects SOCCER-ENTRAINEMENT-ET-CONDITIONNEMENT-ENTRAINEMENT-AVEC-POIDS-ET-HALTERES (576347) METHODES-D'ENTRAINEMENT-MUSCULATION (902920) Italian Classification Subjects CALCIO-ALLENAMENTO-E-CONDIZIONAMENTO-CON-I-PESI-E-ALLENAMENTO-DI-FORZA (576347) METODI-DI-ALLENAMENTO-PER-ATLETI-AGONISTI-ALLENAMENTO-ISOCINETICO, -ISOMETRICO,-ISOTONICO (902920) Spanish Descriptors fuerza. entrenamiento. futbol Spanish Classification Subjects FUTBOL-ENTRENAMIENTO-Y-CONDICIONAMIENTO-ENTRENAMIENTO-DE-PESO-Y-MUSCULACION (576347) METODOS-DE-ENTRENAMIENTO-MUSCULACION (902920) Level Intermediate Location INTERNET Notes Articulo publicado en la revista Training Futbol, agosto de 1997, Valladolid. Cantidad de archivos: 5. URL Address http://www.sportquest.com/revista/efd10/pombo10.htm Publication Type URL Date of Publication 1998 <2> Accession Number S-13451 Update code 199812 Author Stewart, G.A. Author's E-Mail sport training@alaskalife.net Title The attainment of strength with a balanced program for alpine ski racers: training strategies for champions. Source Ski racing 31(2), 25 Sept 1998, 17 Country of Publication United States Language English Identifiying Numbers ISSN 0037-6213 Subject Headings alpine skiing. strength. training. weight training English Classification Subjects ALPINE SKIING-TRAINING AND CONDITIONING WEIGHT AND STRENGTH TRAINING (506347) French Classification Subjects SKI-ALPIN-ENTRAINEMENT-ET-CONDITIONNEMENT-ENTRAINEMENT-AVEC-POIDS-ET-HALTERES (506347) Italian Classification Subjects SCI-ALPINO-ALLENAMENTO-E-CONDIZIONAMENTO-CON-I-PESI-E-ALLENAMENTO-DI-FORZA (506347) Spanish Classification Subjects ESQUI-ALPINO-ENTRENAMIENTO-Y-CONDICIONAMIENTO-ENTRENAMIENTO-DE-PESO-Y -MUSCULACION (506347) Level Basic SIRC Information SIRC Article Number: S-13451 Location OOFS URL Address http://www.skiracing.com Publication Type Article Date of Publication 1998 Total Pgs. in Article 1
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Updated 9 April 2001