LibGuides: Exercise, Leisure, Sport Databases: Databases

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Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Access the full text for more than 4,000 scholarly publications covering diverse academic areas of study.
Areas of study include social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies.

Amateur Athletic Foundation Sport Library
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Digitized content from several sport-related publications undertaken by the Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles. Indexed and searchable.

Biological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Find articles in the biological and life sciences.
BIOSIS Previews (including Biological Abstracts) This link opens in a new window
Find articles covering the life science disciplines from nearly 7,000 journals.
Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
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Search articles from popular, scholarly, and trade publications. Subjects covered include management, economics, finance, accounting, and international business. Coverage: 1886 to present.
Education Full Text This link opens in a new window
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Search for articles on a wide range of educational topics. Some articles are research focuses and others are practical focused.
ERIC (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Search for articles and special reports on topics related to education. Reports from government agencies (both state and federal) as well as professional organizations are included.
This resource is good for finding historical information on educational topics.
MEDLINE Complete (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Find articles from over 2000 journals on topics including nursing, medicine, pre-clinical science, health policy, and biomedicine.

Physical Education Index
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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 educati
PsycINFO - Current File (OSearch Interface)
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PsycINFO provides abstracts and citations to the scholarly literature in the behavioral sciences and mental health. The database includes material of relevance to psychologists and professionals in psychology and related fields such as psychiatry, management, business, education, social science, neuroscience, law, medicine, and social work. PsycINFO covers journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations, and technical reports.

PubMed (MEDLINE) This link opens in a new window
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PubMed provides free, worldwide access to 35 million citations in all areas of the life sciences including but not limited to: medicine, nursing, biological sciences, veterinary medicine, dentistry, and much more. Accessing PubMed through this URL will provide links to online, full-text articles available through Kent State University Libraries subscriptions.
SPORTdiscus This link opens in a new window
Locate articles on sports and fitness.
Topics covered include: physical fitness, physical education, sports medicine, exercise psychology, biomechanics, training, coaching, sports psychology, games, and dance.