PEPonline Professionalization of Exercise Physiologyonline An international electronic journal for exercise physiologists ISSN 1099-5862 Vol 3 No 7 July 2000   ASEP Internet Presence: What is it? Tommy Boone, PhD, MPH, FASEP Professor and Chair Director, Exercise Physiology Laboratories College of St. Scholastica Duluth, MN THE PRIMARY QUESTION in this article is, “To what extent does ASEP have a recognized presence on the Internet?”  A secondary question of importance is, "To what extent are the ASEP electronic journals recognized on the Internet?"  Both questions will be answered in this article.  The overview of the Internet sites are not in any particular order.  Collectively, they should enable the reader to draw some conclusion about the ASEP's web presence. Neilsen Library Research Guide has ASEP and JEPonline posted among other electronic web sites.  At the George Washington Unviersity, the Himmelfarb Health Science Libraries, there is the listing ASEP.  The College of St. Catherine Library via their Guide to Resources in Exercise and Sports Science list JEPonline.  Similarly, look under the Physiologie section of Universite de Montreal. Cardiff University, through its Information Services, has made links to both of ASEP's electronic journals.  The University of Leon's Department of Physiology lists ASEP along with other Societies and Organizations. Impressive. Perhaps even more impressive is that NewJour, an archive of Internet listing of electronic journals and newsletters,listed ASEP's electronic journals almost from the beginning of their conception and web presence. Consider, for example, JEPonlineand PEPonline.  There is also a listing for the ASEPNewsletter.  With University of Texas at Arlington Libraries Online, they present Internet Resources page entitled Exercise and Sport Studies with the listing of ASEP.  The OhioUniversity Libraries has listed ASEP on its Physical Activity and Sports Resources page. The De Montfort University Physical Education Department lists in its Graduate Information ASEP's Exercise Physiology Related Web Links.  Also, the Midwestern State Unviersity, the instructor listed  with her important Web Sources.  The author states that the American Society of Exercise Physiologists is an organization with the intent on unifying, promoting, standardizing, and certifying exercise physiologists. The author also states that this is probably a good idea as the only state currently with certification and licensure requirements defining who can be called an exercise physiologist is Louisiana. The University Career Services at Northwestern University has linked with ASEP under Professional Associations and Societies.  The University of Dayton, Department of Health and Sport Science has a comprehensive Lists of Interest, including ASEP.  Dr. Gordon Robertson of the University of Ottawa includes ASEP in yet another comprehensive listing of Websites and Links. Similarly, among many electronic Internet journals listed by Scholarly Sport Sites, Serials, ASEP’s presence is strong with the listing of its two journals.  Note that listed are online, fulltext periodicals with editorial boards. Unless otherwise specified, there are no subscription charges to access these periodical articles.  Note also that under “Associations” you will ASEP listed as one of many organizations that has something to do with exercise/fitness.  Have you notice what is missing in the list?  The Australian Sports Commission states that there are several good sites for "exercise physiology" topic on the Internet. Listed are a few of the best Topics in Sports.  Note also that ASEP's electronic journal, PEPonline is listed, too.  What about the Italian Society of Sport Science, well, refer to their SportScienceLink page under favorite links.  Workout.com has listed ASEP among its Fitness Organizations. Note the listing of ASEP with the Health Care Information Resources in the Health Care Disciplines and Education sector of their homepage. They make information about health and disease accessible in the belief that the informed consumer is a more satisfied consumer of healthcare.  Also, under MedMarket.com, you find the listing of ASEP listed with the other Medical Resources as “…a national non-profit professional organization committed exclusively to the advancement and improvement of exercise physiology."  How about the MedWebPlus web site, and ASEP and Societies? About.com and KLS.com has ASEP listed with several popular fitness Organizations and Organizations on the Web, respectively.  Also, take a look at their listing of important journals. Listed in Sportscience Net Links is ASEP with other professional organizations and associations.  What about LIN? ASEP listed once again!  And, OPG as well. VacuMed has been serving customers around the world in exercise physiology and cardiopulmonary science since 1968.  Take a look at how they present their Links page. Interesting!  Similarly, the use of the ASEP name is used in educational departments (such as Exercise Physiology Web Resources).  Insite Fitness identifies ASEP among its Exercise Physiology Links.  Both ASEP and JEPonline are listed with Z Fitness Pro - Library.  The Illinois State Academy of Science (ISAS) was founded on December 7, 1907, and is affiliated with the Illinois State Museum in Springfield. ISAS was the successor to two 19th century state societies devoted to natural history studies.  The Illinois State Academy of Science World Wide Web site was originally created on January 3, 1996, hosted by the Illinois State Museum. Guess what?  Listed along with the Physiology Societies and Associations is ASEP! If you look in different search engines, ASEP is everywhere!  Under Yahoo, it comes up "first" in the search for Exercise Physiology.  With WebCrawler (Health and Exercise), it is listed in the Organizations section.  Similarly, Magellan Internet Search uses the same listings. ASEP has always been at the very top of the list of exercise physiology organizations in the Yahoo search engine.  Similarly, Excite Health by WebMD, there is a listing ASEP with other organizations.  The AeroSport company list ASEP in their Resources/Links page.  Similarly, Ideal Products list ASEP on their Professional Organizations page.  Check out Lycos and Google and ASEP. Professors at several colleges also list ASEP with other organizations in their web sites.  Take, for example, Dr. Steve Glass of Wright State College has a big web site and, yes, listed in the section for Organizations is ASEP.  Chris Gillen of Kenyon College, has linked the course syllabus with ASEP and other organizations in a Biology of Exercise course.  Very impressive course!  Well, then, what about the following syllabus? Exercise Physiology Web Resources of the Biology Department of the College of the Holly Cross.  Also, look at the Highly Recommended Sites at Gordon, and what about the Exercise Physiology Links from Dr. Elder's web site Kinesiology 2310 - Physiology of Exercise?  What about the University of Mississippi's contact page and the  Journals and Publishing web page? Dr. Lynn B. Patton's of East Tennessee State University has a web site that also includes a section for Professional Resources that list ASEP.  Dr. Darryn Willoughby has listed ASEP on his Resume.  How about our President's page, Dr. Robert Robergs and his Professonal Philosophy? The University of San Francisco via the Exercise and Sport Science Department has an excellent Links web site.  Similarly, take a look at the Florida Atlantic University Links of Interest site.  How about the Electronic Journals page located at Augus L. Macdonald Library at St. Francis Xavier University?  Again, the same occurs on the Exercise Science, Sports Medicine, and Kinesiology web site.  University of Florida has a web page entitled Exercise Physiologists.  It is full of interesting information, including the listing of ASEP.  The College of Charleston, Department of Physical Education and Health, has listed ASEP with its other Professional Organizations.  Matt Feigenbaum, PhD, of the Department of Health & Exercise Science at Furman University, has listed ASEP among other professional organizations.  Similarly, at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, The School of Allied Health Professionals has a very interesting listing of Professional Organizations and Certification Programs, including ASEP. The Division of HPR at Wayne State University, has a good looking HPR Links page.  In fact, all of their pages are a "must see".  Obviously, the list of Internet sites that bear either directly or indirectly on ASEP is in the thousands.  I hope that this very short list has been helpful.  ASEP has a significant Internet presence.  Organizations, libraries, departments, search engines, healthcare agencies, and so forth recognize that ASEP exists, and is recognized as the professional organization of exercise physiologists in the United Sates. Copyright ©1997-2000 American Society of Exercise Physiologists. All Rights Reserved. ASEP Table of Contents Questions/comments