Health and Physical Education

• Use a keyword search to find books and ebooks on a topic. Once you have completed a search you can limit your search to a specific collection such as, Giblin Eunson Library or format such as online books (login with your username and password to view e-books)
• Only want an eBook? Choose the option 'Online books'  in the catalogue. To read an e-book, open the catalogue record and then select the link: Connect to electronic book.
• Interested in requesting library books by mail? Check out the 'sourcing online and print resources' page
• Searching in Discovery will also retrieve books and ebooks

Library Guide on eBooks

• Construct simple search statements to find books- e.g. "mental health" AND (girls OR females)
• Use more complex search statements within databases- e.g. ("mental health" OR "mental wellbeing") AND (girls OR females) AND "eating disorders"
• Use truncation to extend search results - e.g. athlet* will retrieve athlete, athletes, athletics, athleticism. 
• Add "quotation marks" to retrieve a specific phrase.
• Use the term OR to find synonyms or alternative terms- e.g. "physiological training" OR "physical training" OR "physical conditioning"
• Use brackets around alternative terms to create order in your search - e.g. (nutrition OR diet) AND "health education"

You will find subject headings in the records for resources. You can use them in two ways: use them as browsing links or incorporate them into your search strategies to get more consistent results.

Look for sections labelled 'keywords', 'descripters' or 'subject headings' in database records.

You will find subject headings in the records for resources. You can use them in two ways: use them as browsing links or incorporate them into your search strategies to get more consistent results.

Look for sections labelled 'keywords', 'descriptors' or 'subject headings' in database records.

Try browsing the shelves at these call number locations:

• 372.86 Physical Education for Children
• 613 & 613.07 Health Education and Promotion
• 613.2 Nutrition
• 613.7 Physical Educaton and Training
• 796.07 Coaching