Search tips
Information on how to search the following databases: NSIC Catalogue, AIS Sports Science Publications and SportScan Article Database.
NSIC Catalogue
The following search tips will help you search the catalogue more effectively.
Step one
Determine if you require all types of information - books, articles, videos or specific information. Select the appropriate type menu tab at the top of the catalogue
Step two
Boolean operators can be used to broaden or narrow searches. This allows you to access more records.
Use the AND operator to locate records containing all of the specified search terms
For example;
- 'altitude swimming' will return 12 records
- 'altitude AND swimming' will return 27 records
If you know the exact title of a book, journal or video do not use 'AND'. For example a search on the title of a book should be 'Textbook of sports medicine'. If your search is unsuccessful then try using 'AND' with the search terms ' textbook AND sports AND medicine'.
Use the OR operator to locate records matching any or all of the specified terms
For example;
- boxing and (coaching or training)
- (swimming or running) and altitude
Use the NOT operator to locate records containing the first search term but not the second
For example;
- hockey NOT ice - to exclude ice hockey
AIS Sports Science Publications
A subset of the National Sport Information Centre catalogue is the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) Sports Science Publications Database.
This database lists AIS sports science and medicine staff's peer-reviewed and other journal articles, books and conference papers. Items can be obtained from the National Sport Information Centre through its document delivery service.
Searching tips
To locate all the publications of an AIS sports science area click on the predefined list ie AIS Medicine publications
To loacte all material by a staff member - click on Search Database and enter their surname ie Hahn for Dr Allan Hahn
To locate all material on a sport or topic – click on Search Database and enter sport or keyword ie rowing , altitude . To search on a combinations of topics use ‘and’ operator ie swimming and physiology , cycling and biomechanics
To locate specific information for an AIS sports science area – click on Search Database and enter area code (full list below) and topic ie AISBIOM and cycling – for all material published by AIS Biomechanics on cycling
Area Codes
AISBIOM - Biomechanics
AISMED – Medicine
AISNUTR - Nutrition
AISPHYTHER – Physical Therapy
AISPHYS - Physiology
AISPERFORM – Performance Psychology
AISPSYCH - Psychology
AISSTR – Strength and Conditionong
AISSKILL – Skill Acquisition
AISTALID – Talent Identification
PEER-REVIEW - Peer Reviewed
SportScan Article Database
When indexing articles for the Sports Journal Update Database the NSIC staff use a controlled set of terms to ensure consistency of spelling and application.
You can browse by topic or sport by using the Browse Subject area - the most recent articles will display for each subject
For the keyword search type in the two most important words for your topic in the two search boxes ie
swimming , training
coaching, soccer
