Kinesiology Publications

Scope

Kinesiology Publications (KinPubs), formerly Microform Publications of Human Movement Studies–is a non-profit component of the International Institute for Sport and Human Performance (IISHP). KinPubs archives and disseminates graduate research studies (master’s and doctoral dissertations) on microfiche and in electronic format and is a continuation of the Health, Physical Education, and Recreation Microfiche Publications issued from 1949-1972 on microcards and from 1973-2002 on microfiche.

KinPubs collects studies from a multifaceted field in which movement or physical activity is the intellectual focus. This field includes health as it relates to physical activity, physical fitness, activities of daily living, work, sport and athletics, recreation, dance, and play. The populations these studies include are children, adults, and the elderly; individuals with disabilities, injury or disease; and athletes. The research, which focuses on the causes and effects of physical activity, employs knowledge and methods of inquiry from arts and sciences as well as humanities; physiology, biochemistry, biomechanics, motor control and development, psychology, sociology, sports medicine, measurement and kinanthropometry, and also pedagogy, history, philosophy, and, more recently, sports marketing.

Kinesiology Publications is an indexing partner of Sport Information Resource Centre (SIRC) of Canada, the world’s most authoritative sports information service. There, the authors, titles, and abstracts of the studies are incorporated into SIRC’s SPORT database, which can be accessed on-line through international telecommunication networks. The information is also available on Sport Discus (EBSCO). 

Catalog records for 2004+ include links to pdf’s of the publications.

In 2008 Kinesiology Publications changed it’s name to OregonPDF in Health & Performance.  The master’s and doctoral dissertations in the collection are all full text on the computer.