Library Guides: Health, Wellness & Fitness: Start Here

Key Resources

Anatomy: A Pressing Concern in Exercise Physiology by Tommy Boone
Publication Date: 2017

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Gray's Basic Anatomy by Richard Drake; A. Wayne Vogl; Adam W. M. Mitchell
Publication Date: 2017 Second Edition

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Sports Nutrition Strategies for Success: A Practical Guide to Improving Performance Through Nutrition by Abigail Larson
Publication Date: 2017

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Fitness Assessment: Body Composition by Lucia Malá, Tomáš Malý, and František Zahálka
Publication Date: 2014

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Nutrition Throughout the Lifecycle by Elizabeth Eilender
Publication Date: 2016

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Edelman and Kudzma's Canadian Health Promotion Throughout the Life Span by Shannon Dames; Marian Luctkar-Flude; Jane Tyerman
Call Number: IAHS STACKS RA427.8 .D35 2021

Publication Date: 2021
Fit & Well: Core Concepts and Labs in Physical Fitness and Wellness by Thomas Fahey et al.
Call Number: Fennell STACKS GV481 .F26 2016

Publication Date: 2016
Fitness and Wellness by Wener W. K. Hoeger; Sharon A. Hoeger
Call Number: Fennell STACKS RA781 .H6 2017

Publication Date: 2017
Diet and Nutrition Sourcebook by Kevin Hayes (Editor)
Call Number: Fennell STACKS RA784 .D534 2019

Publication Date: 2019
Physiology of Sport and Exercise by W. Larry Kenney; Jack H. Wilmore; David L. Costill
Call Number: IAHS STACKS QP301 .W6749 2015

Publication Date: 2015

ACSM's Health & Fitness Journal
ACSM's Health & Fitness Journal®, an official publication from the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), is written to fulfill the information needs of fitness instructors, personal trainers, exercise leaders, program managers, and other front-line health and fitness professionals. The journal includes peer-reviewed features along with various topical columns to cover all aspects of exercise science and nutrition research.
Coverage: January 1997 - present
Journal of Exercise Science and Fitness
The Journal of Exercise Science and Fitness is the official peer-reviewed journal of The Society of Chinese Scholars on Exercise Physiology and Fitness (SCSEPF), the Physical Fitness Association of Hong Kong, China (HKPFA), and the Hong Kong Association of Sports Medicine and Sports Science (HKASMSS). It is published quarterly, in January, April, July and October, by Elsevier.
Coverage: January 2009 - present
Journal of Nutrition
Publishes peer-reviewed original research papers covering all aspects of experimental nutrition in humans and other animal species. Coverage: 1996 - present (Full Text Delay: 1 year)
Nutrition Research Reviews
Presents up-to-date, critical reviews of key topics in nutrition science advancing new concepts and hypotheses that encourage the exchange of fundamental ideas on nutritional well-being in both humans and animals.Coverage: 2001 - present (Full Text Delay: 1 year)

Alt HealthWatch

Alternative health research database. Covers complementary and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. Includes full-text articles offering the latest information on holistic medicine and therapies.
Nursing and Allied Health Premium
Health research database. Covers the fields of nursing and allied health, as well as alternative and complementary medicine. Includes trade journals, books, full-length training videos, reports, pamphlets and ephemeral works, and websites.
Emcare (OVID)
Premium nursing and allied health database. Covers all nursing specialities and nursing healthcare professions. Includes international coverage of allied health, midwifery, healthcare economics, social work, psychiatry and mental health, traumatology, emergency and critical-care medicine.
CINAHL (EBSCO)
Health research database. Indexes the top nursing and allied health literature available including nursing journals and publications from the National League for Nursing and the American Nurses Association. Includes Medical Subject headings (MeSH).
Health Source: Consumer Edition
Consumer health information database. Covers a wide variety of subjects such as fitness, nutrition, sports medicine, aging, women's health and specific diseases. Includes magazines, reference books. and pamphlets.

Canada's Food Guide
Health Canada - Food and Nutrition
What is Healthy Living?
Public Health Agency of Canada
The main Government of Canada agency responsible for public health in Canada.
Vital signs report 2018 health & well-being
Published by: Hamilton Community Foundation, May 30, 2018
National Vital Signs Report (2023)
Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines (2019)
Source: Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology (CSEP)

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NASM Essentials of Personal Fitness Training by Micheal Clark; Brian G. Sutton; Scott Lucett
Call Number: Fennell STACKS GV428.7 .N37 2018

Publication Date: 2017

Provides the most comprehensive resource for aspiring personal trainers, health and fitness professionals and enthusiasts. Through NASM's proprietary Optimum Performance Training (OPTTM) model, this text will teach you a systematic approach for designing exercise programs that can help anyone reach their fitness goals.

Human Anatomy (Gale Interactive)

Interactive anatomy database. Explore and manipulate 3-D models of human anatomy by zooming in, rotating, and dissecting. Dive into specific systems or regions of the body. Note: When accessing this database off-campus, enter “mohawk” into the Sign In box.

Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology

Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology (CSEP) is the principal body for physical activity, health and fitness research and personal training in Canada providing leadership in research, education and practice to improve health outcomes for Canadians.

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