Undergraduate Research Guide: Sports and Drugs
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Scope
This Research Guide explores the use of drugs by athletes. It includes performance-enhancing drugs as well as narcotics and alcohol. Drug testing of athletes is also included.
Overview
Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol and Addictive Behavior
College Library Reference Collection: HV5804 E53 2001
Refer to "Anabolic Steroids," vol. 1
Encyclopedia of World Sport
College Library Reference Collection: GV 567 E56 1996
Refer to "Drugs and Drug Testing"
The Cultural Encyclopedia of Baseball
College Library Reference Collection: GV 862.3 L54 1997
Refer to "Drug Abuse," pages 219-221
The Encyclopedia of North American Sports History
College Library Reference Collection: GV 567 H518 2002
Refer to "Drugs in Sports"
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online 1992 (updated daily)
Britannica Online is a searchable collection of authoritative references, including Britannica's latest encyclopedia articles. Basic instructions for Encyclopædia Britannica Online
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center (OVRC) includes the acclaimed social issues series published by Greenhaven Press, as well as core reference content from other Gale and Macmillan Reference USA sources and provides viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.
Finding Journal and News Articles
Below are links to databases that cover this subject area. The truncation symbol for all of them is an asterisk (*) unless otherwise noted.
- Sample searches for databases:
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athletes and drugs
athletes and steroids
athletes and alcohol
drug testing and olympi*
anabolic steroids
doping in sports
sports and drugs
football and steroids
weightlift* and steroids
creatine
androstenedione
Recommended Databases:
Academic Search 1984 - to date (updated daily)
This library database indexes approximately 3,100 popular magazines and academic journals and provides the full-text articles from approximately 1,000 journals. Basic instructions for Academic Search
Contains weekly reports from Congressional Quarterly that cover the most current and controversial issues. Basic instructions for CQ Researcher
Education Full Text 1983 - to date (updated monthly)
Indexes more than 400 scholarly and trade periodicals and selected monographs in education, educational psychology, college life, teacher education and evaluation. Basic instructions for Education Full Text
General Science Full Text 1984 - to date (updated monthly)
Indexes 150 popular and scholarly periodicals, as well as the Science section of the New York Times. Subjects include biology, chemistry, earth sciences, environment, nutrition, genetics, medicine and health. Basic instructions for General Science Full Text
ProQuest Research Library 1988 - to date (updated daily)
Indexes over 2,000 general-interest and academic journals. Nearly 1,000 periodicals are full-text. Dates vary, but many full-text journals go back to 1988. Basic instructions for ProQuest Research Library
SPORTDiscus 1949 - to date (updated monthly)
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. The truncation symbol is a question mark ($). Basic instructions for SPORTDiscus
More Databases:
Business Full Text 1982 - to date (updated monthly)
Indexes 400 key business periodicals, including trade magazines and scholarly journals, covering all aspects of business. Basic instructions for Business Full Text
Lexis/Nexis Academic Universe Dates Vary (updated daily)
Contains the full-text articles from U.S. and international newspapers (including the New York Times, June 1980 - to date), as well as some news and business magazines and trade journals. The truncation symbol is an exclamation point (!). Basic instructions for Lexis/Nexis Academic Universe
Readers' Guide Full Text and Retrospective 1890 - to date (updated monthly)
Indexes 240 popular magazines in a wide range of subject areas. Full-text coverage of 131 titles begins with 1994. Basic instructions for Readers' Guide Full Text
Social Sciences Full Text 1983 - to date (updated monthly)
Indexes more than 415 scholarly journals in economics, politics, public administration, public health, sociology, criminology, environmental and urban studies, psychology and anthropology. Basic instructions for Social Sciences Full Text
Finding Books
MadCat
Books on sports and drugs can be found in MadCat, the UW-Madison library catalog.
- Sample keyword searches:
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athletes and "drug use"
"anabolic steroids"
"doping in sports"
"drug testing" and athlete?
Internet Sites
NCAA Sports Sciences
http://www1.ncaa.org/membership/ed_outreach/health-safety/drug_testing/index
The NCAA Web site has information on "Drug Testing".
United States Olympic Committee
http://www.usoc.org
Search site for "drug testing" and "substance abuse policies" for Olympians.
National Institute on Drug Abuse - Steroids
http://www.drugabuse.gov/DrugPages/Steroids.html
Find publications and research reports. Also visit the companion site http://www.steroidabuse.gov/.
U.S. Anti-Doping Agency
http://www.usantidoping.org/default.aspx
The USADA is "the official anti-doping agency for Olympic, Pan American and Paralympic sport in the United States." This site includes publications, video, definitions, and press releases.
Statistics
FedStats Dates Vary (updated continually)
FedStats provides access to the statistics found in the publications of more than 70 United States federal government agencies. Searches on FedStats provide direct links to federal agency statistical publications in both full-text and tabular format.
Click on "Search across agency web sites." Use "Full-text search." Sample searches: "athletes and drugs" or "athletes and steroids".