Exercise and Sports Subject Guide

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Indexes

   General

Wilson Web OmniFile
A multidisciplinary database providing abstracts and some full-text. Use SearchPlus to limit to a specific Subject Area or to filter results for peer-reviewed journals only.

Academic Search Complete
Academic Search Complete is a comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 9,810 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. Full text coverage of information in: archaeology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, ethnic & multicultural studies, general science, geography, law, mathematics, music, physics, psychology, religion & theology, women's studies, and other fields. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1865, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format. Searchable cited references are provided for nearly 1,000 journals.

Britannica Online
Full-text of the Encyclopedia Britannica including photos, drawings, flags, biographies, and geographical articles. Also includes the Merriam-Webster Dictionary.

For more general sources in the Social Sciences...

   Subject

ERIC is the Education Resources Information Center, the "new" ERIC service of the Department of Education.

ERIC (access via CSA) The ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) database is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education to provide extensive access to educational-related literature. In addition, ERIC provides coverage of conferences, meetings, government documents, theses, dissertations, reports, audiovisual media, bibliographies, directories, books and monographs.

MEDLINE, the primary index of the National Library of Medicine, provides citations and abstracts to authoritative medical information covering medicine, pathology, toxicology, psychiatry, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. MEDLINE allows users to search abstracts and MeSH Headings from thousands of scholarly journals. MEDLINE is available in several versions, with each one offering specific features and distinct search formats:


The National Library of Medicine offers links to MEDLINE through: PubMed and NLM Gateway.
These are free sites open to anyone.

Physical Education Index CSA Physical Education Index allows all researchers and professionals in the field to acquire accurate and scholarly information in this comprehensive database. These abstracts feature a wide variety of content, ranging from physical education curricula, to sports medicine, to dance. Other coverage includes sport law, kinesiology, motor learning, recreation, standardized fitness tests, sports equipment, business and marketing, coaching and training, and sport sociology/psychology. Health education and physical therapy are also covered as they continue to become more prevalent in our society.

NOTE: To locate Periodicals in Abell Library, search using the "Periodical Title" field in the online catalog. Check the record(s) to determine Location.

E-Sources

   Reference Works

Health and Wellness Resource Center Access to carefully compiled and trusted medical reference resources such as Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence, and PDR Family Guide to Health and Nutrition. Key health web sites are also listed here, as well as 2, 200 general interest health publications, and over 400 health and medical journals.

Health Reference Center - Academic An integrated collection of general interest health and fitness magazines, medical and professional periodicals, reference books and pamphlets. Topics included in the collection include information about alcoholism, AIDS, fitness, psychology, cancer, pediatrics, and more.

   Books

netLibrarycollection of full-text electronic books (ebooks) includes a wide variety of subject content from both popular and scholarly texts. Users can search across the entire eBook collection for authors, titles, or keywords, and they can search within books for keywords and phrases. Users may read or browse through ebooks for an unlimited amount of time. A title may be unavailable temporarily when all NetLibrary copies are in use by other patrons.

You are allowed to print one page at a time using your Web browser's print function or the print function on the Adobe Acrobat toolbar. Printing the entire eContent item violates copyright laws and precautions are taken to protect those copyright laws.

About the Catalog

Search in Abell Library's Catalog
Search for books, journal titles, and other resources in our online catalog.

Some subject headings used for this discipline are listed below. For additional headings, refer to the Library of Congress Subject Headings volumes located behind the Reference Desk.

• Coaching
• Exercise--Physiological aspects
• Physical education and training
• Physical fitness

Internet Sites

   Sports & Fitness

• CNN/Sports Illustrated Online

• The Coaching Corner contains information and resources on the basics of 4 different sports (baseball, soccer, basketball, and football), skills & drills, team strategies and bulletin boards as well as tips from experts and other youth team coaches.

• ESPN: Check out the latest on your favorite sport. Whether it's soccer or football, golf or basketball, this site will keep you up to date.

• The Fitness Partner Connection Jumpsite!

• National Standards for Physical Education from The National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE)

• NCAA: This is the official Web site of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

• Official Site of the Olympic Movement includes information on sports, athletes, news, and historical and future Olympic Games.

• Scholarly Sports Sites was compiled by Gretchen Ghent from the University of Calgary. It includes links to various professional associations, conferernces, databases, and online periodicals.

• Sports-Reference.com provides historical and up-to-date information and statistics on individual team players, teams and leagues. Baseball, football and basketball are covered from their inception to present.

• TAHPERD Texas Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (TAHPERD) is a not-for-profit professional association. This Texas-based association includes professional and students members serving education from kindergarten through college.

• Yahoo - Fitness

• Yahoo - Sports

  Health

• Alternative Health News Online

• Healthfinder Developed for consumers by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services together with other Federal agencies. Provides links to carefully selected information and Web sites from over 1,500 health-related organizations.

• HealthWeb

• JAMA & Archives from the American Medical Association

• Mayo Clinic Search for information about specific diseases or conditions, recommended treatments, drugs, and healthy living. Includes links to health-related calculators.

• National Center for Health Statistics

• National Institutes of Health

• National Institute for Mental Health

• Oncolink an execellent general site on cancer and related information.

PubMed Search the National Library of Medicine's database to obtain citations to articles in medical journals.

• WebMD Health provides objective, trustworthy, and timely health information

About the Department

Exercise and Sport Science Department (ESS)

    Citing Sources

Refer to the various books of Style Manuals on Reserve,
or click on Style Manuals to locate guidelines for using correct citation format for Chicago, MLA, APA, and others.