SubjectsPlus: Exercise Science


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Articles

Academic OneFile Resource restricted to Truman network ArticleLinker enabled Some full text available Resource contains images

A source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources, with extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects.  Millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text.  Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995. Updated daily.

Academic Search Elite Resource restricted to Truman network ArticleLinker enabled Some full text available Resource contains images
Contains full text for more than 2,000 journals, including more than 1,550 peer-reviewed titles. This multi-disciplinary database covers virtually every area of academic study.

Google Scholar Unrestricted resource
Scholarly journal articles on all subjects, some are full text; many have links to cited references.

Health and Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module Resource restricted to Truman network Some full text available
Specialized reference tool offering a vast collection of medical information incuding hundreds of health/medical journals, newsletters and thousands of pamphlets and hundreds of streaming videos from medical experts. Provides access to many encyclopedias including Clinical Reference Systems, PDR guides, Medical and Health Information Directory, Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood & Adolescence and much more. Includes Alternative Health module which provides a rich collection of books, journals, magazines on alternative and complimentary therapies.

Health Reference Center Academic Resource restricted to Truman network Some full text available
The full text of nursing, allied health and medical journals; consumer health magazines; newsletters topical overviews; and reference books.  More than 2,000 full-text sources and hundreds of videos demonstrating medical procedures and live surgeries.

MedLine, 1950+ Resource restricted to Truman network ArticleLinker enabled
Abstracted articles from 19,000 medical journals. Also free to the public from the National Library of Medicine's PubMedGoPubMed searches the same databases as MedLine and PubMed but adds a neat index for concept searching.

PsycINFO Resource restricted to Truman network ArticleLinker enabled
Citations and abstracts of articles from journals in Psychology and other social science disciplines including Anthropology, Education, Medicine, Nursing, and Psychiatry, from mid-19th century to present.  Also includes citations to books and book chapters from 1987 to present.

PubMed Central Unrestricted resource Some full text available
Full text of life science research articles.

SPORTDiscus Resource restricted to Truman network ArticleLinker enabled
Comprehensive coverage of sport, fitness and related disciplines provided by the Sport Information Resource Center (SPIRS).  Includes over 700,000 records of monographs and journal articles going back as far as 1800.

Sportscience Unrestricted resource Some full text available Resource contains images Resource contains video
Peer-reviewed journal and a website that includes information on sports medicine, nutrition and training.

Biographical Information

Dictionary of Medical Biography. On campus use only Some full text available Resource contains images

Encyclopedias & Dictionaries

Credo Reference Resource restricted to Truman network Some full text available Resource contains images
Over 360 online reference titles in all subject areas.  Allows cross-referencing between titles and expanding searches into the Truman catalog and other library resources.

Encyclopedia of International Sports Studies.Call Number: Reference GV 567 E48 2006 Resource contains images
Covers sports medicine, sport science, the social science of sport, and sports engineering and technology.

Encyclopedia of Sports Medicine.Call Number: Reference RC 1206 O355 2005 Some full text available
Covers prevention, diagnosis and treatment of sports injuries

Specialized Sources

Kinesiology Publications, 1949-2006
Call Number: Microfiche Cabinet 18 Drawer 7
Some full text available
This is an index to theses in exercise science.  Pickler Library has the actual theses on microfiche. It is called Health, Physical Education and Recreation Microform Publications.   They were compiled by the University of Oregon.  The early years were called Microform Publications Bulletin.  Ceased publication in 2006.

Style & Citation Guides

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Guides for how to use the American Psychological Association (APA) citation style; the Modern Language Association (MLA) citation style; and the Chicago/Turabian citation style.  This page also has information on how to use tools that automatically format bibliographic information for you like: EndNote, Zotero, and EasyBib.com.

Web Sites

Scholarly Sports Sites Unrestricted resource Some full text available
This subject directory brings together the websites which will assist the serious sports researcher, kinesiology librarian, sport information specialist, college/university student and faculty.

Sports Science Center Unrestricted resource Some full text available
Contains articles onhydration, sports nutrition, training, performance, medical conditions, sports injuries, and youth in sports.  Created by the Gatorade Sports Science Institute