Research Guides: Sport and Exercise Studies: Library Resources

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Article Databases

SPORTDiscus with Full Text
Provides indexing and abstracting of articles and other publications on sport, fitness and related disciplines, with more than 240 full text journals.
Academic Search Complete
Contains full-text articles on topics in multiple disciplines, useful as a starting point for most subjects.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals, including nearly 450 peer-reviewed journals focusing on many medical disciplines.
Alt Healthwatch
Focuses on the perspectives of complementary, holistic, and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. Includes full text articles from international (some peer reviewed), reports, proceedings, association and consumer newsletters. Also includes pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research, and book excerpts.
Consumer Health Complete
Designed to foster an overall understanding of health-related topics; covers all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic, and integrated medicine.
Sports Nutrition Care Manual
Contains research-based nutrition information by American Dietetic Association Board-Certified Specialists in Sports Dietetics (CSSDs). Provides printable client education handouts and meal plans, calculators for BMI, energy expenditure, sweat rate, lean body mass, and healthy body weight. NOTE: This database permits a limited number of users. Always logout when you are done. If the user limit is reached, a username and password prompt will probably be displayed--wait 15 minutes and try again.

Sport and Exercise Studies eTextbooks

Applied Exercise and Sport Physiology, with Labs
SES 2100

Number of Users at a Time: Unlimited
Motivational Interviewing in Nutrition and Fitness
SES 2500

Number of users at a time: Unlimited

Google Search Engine

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Nutrition & Exercise Web Sites

Credo Reference

Credo Reference
A great place to start your research. Provides background information from dictionaries and encyclopedias on an array of topics from Art to Technology.

Credo PRO/CON
Partnership of CREDO, ProCon.org, and Bloomberg QuickTakes that provides fact-checked, unbiased articles on current events and controversies.

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Sport and Exercise Studies: Library Resources