Health Sciences and Physical Education

Hard copies of reference books, like encyclopedias, dictionaries and handbooks, are located in the ReadyRef area, on the 1st floor of the O'Toole Library. 

They are for library use only.

• Encyclopedia of the Human Brain

  A single source for information on the human brain covering anatomy, physiology, neuropsychology, clinical neurology, neuropharmacology, evolutionary biology, genetics, and behavioral science.
• Human Body Book: An Illustrated Guide to Its Structure, Function and Disorders

  Revealing and detailing all aspects of the body, from the secrets of DNA to the functions of every major body system.

• Key Concepts in Sport & Exercise Sciences

  Provides students and scholars with a fail-safe guide to the key concepts in the field of Sport and Exercise Science.
• Key Concepts in Sports Studies

  Written by experienced academics use to teaching the subject, this book will help students and researchers find their way within the diverse field of sport studies.
• SAGE Key Concepts series: Key Concepts in Sport Psychology

  The concise and authoritative entries have been selected by experienced teachers and researchers; each one defines, explains and develops a key topic in sport psychology acting as a springboard for further reading and debate.

• Benders' Dictionary of Nutrition and Food Technology by David A. Bender

  Provides succinct, authoritative definitions of over 6100 terms in nutrition and food technology. Also includes nutrient composition data for foods and an appendix with nutrient intake and other useful data.
• The Gale Encyclopedia of Fitness by Jacqueline L. Longe

  Covers 300 topics on physiology and fitness, including coverage of Healthy People 2010 - 2020, the nationwide initiative sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to improve the nation's health, as well as topics on diseases and conditions related to fitness.
• Routledge Handbook of Complementary and Alternative Medicine

  The Routledge Handbook of Complementary and Alternative Medicine draws on historical and international comparative research to provide a rigorous and thematic examination of the field.