Exercise and Sports Studies  

Includes information on the ACSM’s Certified Personal TrainerSM and Health/Fitness Instructor programs

An international nonprofit educational association which brings together a diverse group of professionals from the sport science, athletic, allied health, and fitness industries. These individuals are all in pursuit of achieving a common goal—the utilization of proper strength training and conditioning to improve athletic performance and fitness.

Primal Pictures' anatomy visuals are accompanied by complete and medically accurate 3Danimations that demonstrate function, biomechanics and surgical procedues. Clinical videos, MRI scans and text written by medical specialists supplement the core anatomy data.

This visual aid from the American Medical Association's Patient Education Resources page provides anatomy and medical illustrations for the human body.

Award-winning interactive atlas of human anatomy provided by Campus Medica (requires free online registration).

The Bartleby.com edition of Gray’s Anatomy of the Human Body features 1,247 vibrant engravings - many in color - from the classic 1918 publication, as well as a subject index with 13,000 entries.

Google Scholar is an alternative to using the online databases to search for journal articles. Simply put in your search terms and hit search. When used on campus, Google Scholar will automatically recognize D'Youville College holdings, but when using Google Scholar from home, there are three simple steps to follow:

-click on the wheel in the upper right corner
-select Scholar Preferences
-enter D'Youville College Library under Library Links

To find out if the full text of the article is available, click on either Full Text at DYC link to the right of the article citation, or Resources at DYC under the article citation. Sometimes there will be free PDFs of articles available as well; if there is, there will be a link to the right of the article citation as well.

The largest sports medicine and exercise science organization in the world.

A national professional organization whose goal is to foster advancements in physical therapy practice, research and education.

A leader in personal trainer certification, continuing education, solutions and tools for health, fitness, sports performance and sports medicine professionals.

A professional membership association for certified athletic trainers and others who support the athletic training profession.

An international nonprofit educational association which brings together a diverse group of professionals from the sport science, athletic, allied health and fitness industries. These individuals are all in pursuit of achieving a common goal—the utilization of proper strength training and conditioning to improve athletic performance and fitness.

Provided by the Centers for Disease Control, this site includes statistical data about U.S. public health topics such as health care, diseases, drug use, birth and death rates, and aging.