Merner Pfeiffer Library: Research Guide - Exercise and Sports Science

Databases

Use these print and online resources for finding articles and essays on your topic.
ft = some or all works cited include full text

• Annual Reviews –full text of Annual Reviews in nutrition, physiology and others, 1996–present.
• ERIC – Educational Resources Information Center's index to books, articles, and digests on education research and practice.
• Health and Wellness Resource Center (TEL) – full text of articles and health reference books -ft
• Health Reference Center Academic (TEL) – full text articles -ft
• National Library of Medicine – Medline, Medline Plus, PubMed, and others
• Professional Collection (TEL) – indexes and abstracts journals written for educators, including sports and athletic training journals – some full text
• PsycInfo - index to articles in psychology since the 1800s, and to books and chapters in psychology since 1987.
• Psychology and Behavioral Sciences – can be searched with or separately from PsycInfo. Contains the full text of 510 journals in psychology, methods, education, and nursing.-ft
• Expanded Academic ASAP – index and full text of journals in many subject areas -ft
• Wilson Select Plus –contains indexing and full text for selected journals from Wilson's "Education Index" among others. –ft.

Web Sites

Exercise Science

• American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance
• American College of Sports Medicine
• Gatorade Sports Science Institute
• Human Kinetics
• National Athletic Trainers' Association
• National Strength and Conditioning Association

Physical Education

• Gateway.org

Health and Nutrition

• Centers for Disease Control
• Sports and Nutrition
• LUMEN: structure of the human body
• Medline Plus
• Nutrition.gov
• SportQuest

Reference Sources

Use these sources for selecting and narrowing your topic, finding bibliographies, and doing background reading.

• Dictionary of the Sport and Exercise Sciences – R GV558.D53
• Encyclopedia of Human Nutrition – R QP 141.E526, 3 vol.
• Encyclopedia of Sports Science R GV558.E53, 2 vol.
• Handbook of Research on Sport Psychology – R GV706.4.H37