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SUBJECT: Sport and Exercise, Physical Education, and Recreation
Recommended starting places
Education Full Text (WilsonWeb)
(article index)
Provides comprehensive coverage of an international range of English-language periodicals, monographs and yearbooks. Indexing coverage begins June 1983; abstracts are included beginning spring 1994; full text of some journals is available beginning Jan. 1996.
ERIC (CSA); ERIC (ED.gov)
(article index)
1966-present. Covers both journal and non-journal literature in education. The non-journal ERIC documents are available in Michener Library on microfiche; some 1993 and newer ERIC documents are also available online.
Kinesiology Publications
(dissertations and theses)
Provides access to theses and dissertations in human movement studies. Free PDF versions of newer publications are available online; all are available on microfiche in Michener Library's 2nd floor Periodicals area. Check the online catalog, The Source, for microfiche call numbers.
Physical Education Index (CSA)
(article index)
1970-present. Articles from the popular press, peer-reviewed journals, and conference proceedings covering recreation, physical education, coaching and training, sports equipment, business and marketing, sport sociology/psychology, sport law, kinesiology, sports medicine, physical therapy, health education, and dance.
SPORTDiscus (EBSCOhost)
(article index)
1949-present. SPORTDiscus indexes journals and books in recreation, exercise physiology, sports medicine, coaching, and physical fitness.
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Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost)
(article index)
A large academic multi-disciplinary database providing indexing for over 8,000 journals and full text for nearly 4,700 (including more than 3,600 peer-reviewed journals). PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for some journals.
Business and Company Resource Center (Gale/InfoTrac)
(article index)
1980-present. Use this database to find articles on: Finance, Acquisitions & Mergers, International Trade, Money Management, New Technologies & Products, Local & Regional Business Trends, Investments, and Banking. Also includes company profiles and histories, investment reports, brand information, and rankings.
Digital Dissertations (ProQuest) - now ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
The online version of Dissertation Abstracts, with citations for dissertations from over 1,000 graduate schools and universities beginning in 1861, and master's theses beginning in 1980. For a fee, the full text of many of these titles is available in paper and microform formats, and titles published from 1997 forward are available in digitial format. (Check The Source catalog and Interlibrary Loan for availability at no charge.) In addition, see Dissertations & Theses @ University of Northern Colorado for free downloads of theses and dissertations completed at UNC beginning in 1997 (click the yellow Continue box to begin searching).
SBRnet (Sports Business Research Network)
(reference resource)
Combines market research from the National Sporting Goods Association; the U.S. Department of Commerce; various sports governing bodies; and full-text articles from magazines and newsletters. Subjects covered include sporting goods industry, sports sponsorship and marketing, broadcasting, facilities, broadcasting and new media.
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