Kinesiology

General Databases

Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) is a multidisciplinary index giving access to articles in over 8,000 journals with many available in full-text.

Dissertations & Theses (ProQuest) includes bibliographic citations for dissertations and theses worldwide, from 1861 to the present, with full-text access available for the newer titles, and abstracts available for the older titles.

*Google Scholar provides a search of scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources, including theses, books, abstracts and articles.

*Opposing Viewpoints in Context (Gale Cengage Learning) is a resource that utilizes many different sources to provide information on both sides of controversial topics.

Subject Databases

SPORTSDiscus (EBSCO) offers comprehensive, bibliographic coverage of sport, fitness and related disciplines. This database contains over 650,000 records, with journal and monograph coverage going back to 1800.

*ERIC (EBSCO) provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index. The database contains more than 1,194,000 records, and links to more than 100,000 full-text documents from ERIC.

*ERIC (IES) is a digital library of education-related resources, including journal and non-journal literature, with some available in full-text format.

Health Source: Nursing/Academic edition (EBSCO) provides full-text access to articles in scholarly journals focusing on nursing and allied health professions.

Health Reference Center (Gale Cengage Learning) (1996 - Present) provides indexing for magazine and journal articles, and pamphlets dealing with personal and allied heath, medicine, and nursing. Many of the articles are available in full-text format.

PubMed is the National Library of Medicine's search service with access to 9 million citations in MEDLINE and Pre-MEDLINE (with links to participating on-line journals).

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eBooks

*Funk and Wagnalls New Encyclopedia (EBSCO) This database provides over 25,000 (full text and Audio) encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.

Merck Manual

Sport and Exercise Psychology : The Key Concepts, this encyclopedic second edition eBook covers sports, exercise and their psychological aspects. Routledge key guides. Routledge. 2008

STAT!Ref Bookshelf  an online collection of 35 medical reference books, including the Merck Manual, Stedman's Medical Dictionary and many others. There is also an A to Z list of titles, a list filtered by discipline, and full text searching is available.

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Websites

Physical Education and Sports

The Library of Congress: Performing Arts Reading Room
Dance world wide web resources provided through the Library of Congress.

President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports and their Research Digest

National Parks and Recreation Association

American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance

Texas Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance

Sports MedWeb
From Rice University.

Cooper Institute for Aerobic Research
Widely acclaimed as one of the leaders in preventive medicine research and education.

Amateur Athletic Union
One of the largest, nonprofit, volunteer, sports organizations in the United States. A multi-sport organization, the AAU is dedicated exclusively to the promotion and development of amateur sports and physical fitness programs.

United States Olympic Committee

American College of Sports Medicine Certification

American Running Association
A nonprofit, educational organization dedicated to providing educational support to runners, through programs and sound information on training, nutrition, and injury prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation.

Health

Centers for Disease Control

Kids Health Page from the Nemorus Foundation
The Nemorus Foundation is a nonprofit organization devoted to children's health, and is the largest physician practice delivering subspecialty pediatric care in the United States.

Healthfinder
A gateway consumer health and human services information web site from the United States Government.

American Council on Science and Health
(ACSH) A consumer education consortium concerned with issues related to food, nutrition, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, lifestyle, the environment and health. ACSH is an independent, nonprofit, tax-exempt organization.

Google Body
A detailed, 3D model of the human body. You can peel back anatomical layers, zoom in, click to identify anatomy, or search for muscles, organs, bones and more. You can also share the exact scene you are viewing by copying and pasting the URL.

DTIC Public Technical Reports (formerly STINET)
The largest central resource for DoD and government-funded scientific, technical, engineering, and business related information available. The database is mostly full-text and includes dissertations and thesis from all the war colleges, and almost any other type of research done, or paid for, by the Department of Defense. There is a collection of search tips, a MultiSearch, and topical list of resources under Special Collections.

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Note: The databases marked with an asterisk (*) are not part of any search using the Articles & More choice from the library home page.