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Research Guide to Drugs and Sports

  1. Library Catalog subject headings for finding books and media on the topic:
    • Anabolic Steroids
    • Androgens
    • Athletes—Drug use
    • Athletes—Nutrition
    • Bodybuilders
    • Bodybuilding
    • Body Image
    • Creatine
    • Dietary Supplements
    • Doping in Sports
    • Drug Testing
    • Steroids
    • Students—Drug Testing
    • Testosterone

  2. Recent selected books, including a bibliography, and a videodisc on the topic:
    • Anabolic Steroids and Sports, Testing, Creatine, Androstenedione, and Other Ergogenic Aids: Annotated Bibliography Ref. RC 1230 .A52 2006
    • Body Image for Boys VideoD BF 724 .B55 .B639 2005
    • Doping in Sport: Global Ethical Issues RC 1230 .D766 2007
    • From Lance to Landis GV 1049.2 .T68 .W35 2007
    • Gym Candy TMC Fiction PZ 7 .D493 Gym 2007
    • Juice TMC Fiction PS 8595 .A598 .J93 2005
    • Muscular Ideal GN 66.5 .M87 2007
    • Spiral of Denial: Muscle Doping in American Football (2009 on order)
    • Sport Nutrition Guidebook TX 361 .A8 .C54 2008
    • Sports Nutrition QP 751 .S72 2007
    • Steroid Nation RC 1230 .A86 2007
    • Steroids RC 1230 .S732 2007

  3. Indexing/Abstracting databases with some suggested subject headings to find magazine, newspaper, or journal articles in print or electronic format; check Periodical Holdings/360 link:
    • Academic Search Premier
      • “Doping in Sports”
      • “Athletes—Drug use”
      • “Performance-enhancing drugs”
    • CINAHL
    • Education Full-Text
    • Education Research Complete
    • ERIC
      • “Drug Abuse” and “Athletics”
      • “Drug use” and “Athletes”
      • “Anabolic Steroids” or “Drug Use testing” or “Mandatory Drug Testing”
    • Health Reference Center
      • “Anabolic Steroids”
      • “Drugs and Athletes”
    • Lexis-Nexis for full-text newspaper articles as well as law reviews
    • Medline
      • “Anabolic Agents”
      • “Doping in Sports”
    • Physical Education Index
      • “Dietary Supplements”
      • “Drugs (Sports)”
      • “Drugs (Testing)”
      • “Steroids”
      • “Blood Doping”
      • “Ergogenic Aids”
    • Professional Development Collection
      • “Athletes—Drug Use”
      • “Drug Testing in Sports”
    • Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
    • ScienceDirect
    • SocIndex
    • SportDiscus
      • “Albuterol”
      • “Anabolic Steroids”
      • “Androgens”
      • “Androstenedione”
      • “Clenbuterol”
      • “Doping in Sports”
      • “Ergogenic Aids”
      • “Human Growth Hormone”
      • “Somatotropin”
      • “Testosterone”
    • Wilson OmniFile
      • “Drug Abuse—Testing”
      • “Olympic Athletes—Drug use”

  4. Internet/World Wide Web sites:

Prepared by Ellen Paterson, Health Bibliographer
Updated: 1/03, 9/04, 6/09

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