Physical Activity & Nutrition: Books & eBooks
Requesting Books & Articles
While the Portland State Library has a large collection of books, articles, and journals, we may not have a specific item you are looking for. In that case, you may be able to get it for you from another library.
- If you find an item in the catalog and our copy is not available you can Request from other libraries
Find Books Using Subjects
Find books on your topic by using a keyword search to find relevant subject headings. For example, search the keyword, Sustainability, in the PSU Library catalog. Under the details for the book entitled, Sustainability, the subject headings lead to other relevant books on this topic. The Subject links in the left-hand column provide pertinent results too.
Useful Subjects
To find books on Physical Activity and Nutrition, consider searching with the following subjects:
- Nutrition
- Physical Fitness
- Human Anatomy
- Diet
- Recreation
- Human Physiology
- Exercise
- Sports Medicine
- Kinesiology
PSU Library Catalog - Book Search
eBook Collections
Browse eBooks in the following collections or in the PSU Library catalog.
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Oxford Handbooks Online This link opens in a new windowContains full text Oxford University Press handbooks on topics in the fields of business, management, philosophy, political science, and religion. Handbooks provide overview, background, historical synthesis and reference lists.
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Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new windowContains full text subject encyclopedias, reference works, dictionaries, and handbooks in all disciplines.
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Sage eReference This link opens in a new windowContains full text encyclopedias and reference books in the social sciences and humanities. Search by keyword or browse by topic.
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ProjectMuse This link opens in a new windowIndexes citations for books and articles as wells as full text articles and ebooks from scholarly presses.
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ProQuest Ebook Central This link opens in a new windowProvides access to ebooks purchased by the Portland State University Library.
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NCBI Bookshelf This link opens in a new windowProvides free access to texts in life science and healthcare from the National Center for Biotechnology Information. Covers the health sciences, biology, cell sciences, molecular biology as well as public health, health policy, and health education.
Browse for Books in the Library
Sometimes browsing the library stacks can help you find books you didn't even know you were looking for. The following are good areas to peruse.
TX 335-341: Nutrition.
QP 303: Kinesiology.
QM: Human Anatomy.
RC 1200-RD 131: Sports Medicine.
GV 201-1588: Recreation & Leisure
Maps of the library are available at the 2nd floor Reference Desk, elevator lobbies, and also online.