Kinesiology Subject Guide

• Liaison
• General Information and Overview
• Databases/Articles
• Print Resources
• Web Resources




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This Subject Guide contains links to a few key online resources plus a sample of print materials housed in the Library’s first floor reference section. Web Resources below contains links to sites with substantial academic content. These may assist you on research papers and other class assignments as well as lead to additional useful sites.

Liaison

Liaison to Kinesiology Department: Katherine McKenzie

General Information and Overview

• Research: Getting Started @ Swem

Database/Article Indexes

• Health Reference Center- Academic
• • Includes articles from the health fields. Selected full text available.
• Medline (CSA) ; PubMed (NLM)
• • Medical topics relating to research, clinical practice, administration, policy issues, and health care services. Links to some full text.
• Philosopher's Index
• • Includes journal articles, books, book chapters, and book reviews. Links to some full text.
• Physical Education Index
• • Includes articles on Biomechanics, Coaching, Dance, Motor Learning, Philosophy, Physical Therapy, Sport Psychology and Sociology, and Sports Medicine. Links to some full text.
• PsycINFO
• • Includes journals articles, dissertations, reports, books and book chapters. Links to some full text.
• Web of Science
• • Includes Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index. Unique feature: ability to search citations to a person's work in footnotes and bibliographies.

also

• Dissertations and Theses -- Full Text
• General OneFile (formerly InfoTrac OneFile)
  Includes articles on a wide range of topics. Selected full text available.

• Full-text Electronic Journals:
• JSTOR
• Project Muse
• ScienceDirect
• SpringerLink

Look at the complete listing of databases for many other valuable scholary resources.

Print Resources

Background Information - Selected books from Reference Collection

• Encyclopedia of World Sport: From Ancient Times to the Present (Ref GV567 .E56 1996)
• Sport In American Culture: from Ali to X-games (Ref GV706.2 .D86 2004)
• International Encyclopedia of Women and Sports (Ref GV709 .I58 2001)
• Encyclopedia of the Modern Olympic Movement (Ref GV721.5 .H546 2004)
• Directory of Graduate Programs in Applied Sport Psychology (Ref GV365 .D563)
• Encyclopedia of Human Nutrition (Ref QP141 .E526 2005)
• Encyclopedia of Sports Science (Ref GV558 .E53 1997)

 

Web Resources

• Human Kinetics - Links
  
  • This publisher maintains a collection of links to other good Web sites on sport and fitness topics as well as academic and professional subjects.
• Kinesiology Forum
  
  • "The largest collection of internet resources related to kinesiology, human movement, and health. You will find links to other departments, research and information centers, scientific organizations, journals, newsgroups, and discussion lists."
• Net Anatomy
  
  • designed to teach human anatomy to students of the health professions
• Schlolarly Sports Sites
• • "This subject directory brings together the websites which will assist the serious sports researcher, kinesiology librarian, sport information specialist, college/university student and faculty."

For more web resources, try a Google Scholar search with appropriate keywords for your specific needs.