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Selected Resources for: Kinesiology

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Subject Librarian: Scott Marsalis

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Kinesiology resources are listed under the Research QuickStart page titled, "Physical Education, Recreation and Kinesiology."



Article Databases and Indexes


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Google Scholar Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service.
Connect to Google Scholar through the Libraries' web site to gain off-campus access to all the articles and journals in full text in the Libraries. Use Google Scholar to find articles from a wide variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities, as well as scholarly articles available across the web. To connect to the full text, click "FindIt@U of M Twin Cities" in your Google Scholar search results. Learn more: Google Scholar FAQ
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Physical Education Index Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service.
Search PEI for a wide range of Physical Education & Kinesiology topics including physical education curricula, sports medicine, dance, sport law, motor learning, recreation, standardized fitness tests, sports equipment, business and marketing, coaching and training, and sports psychology & sociology. Scholarly and trade literature references are included. Abstracts were added starting in 2001.
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SPORT Discus Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service. Link to mobile version of resource.
The world's most comprehensive bibliographic resources for all aspects of sport and fitness. Includes Internet sites, conference papers, journal articles, unpublished papers and theses. Includes Full-text access to over 350 journals.
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Academic or Scholarly Articles Subject Indexes

Business Source Premier Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service. Link to mobile version of resource.
This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education.
Use this popular research database to find business articles from 2100 journals and magazines in marketing, management, information technology, operations, human resources, accounting, finance and economics dating back to 1965. Additional company and industry profiles from Datamonitor are included along with country analysis the Economist Intelligence Unit, Business Monitor International, CountryWatch, Icon Group, PRS and other publishers.
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ERIC (Access via CSA) Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service.
United States and Other Countries: For Education Topics use ERIC CSA for Find It access to U of M e-journals; ERIC is the Education Resources Information Center. It provides access to education-related journal and non-journal literature. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, it provides full citations and abstracts for journal articles, books, curricula, government documents, dissertations, reports, and other educational materials.
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Gale Professional Collection Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service.
A custom selection of more than 300 full-text journals for educators that is updated daily.
Remote access available for University of Minnesota -- Twin Cities students, staff, and faculty
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OVID MEDLINE Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service.
OVID, like PubMed, is an interface to search the MEDLINE database. It includes citations from the fields of medicine, public health, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, and the basic biomedical sciences. MEDLINE is the National Library of Medicine's bibliographic database/article index that contains over 17 million references to journal articles. Coverage is from 1949 to the present. Over 5200 journals worldwide in over 37 languages are indexed.
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PsycINFO Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service.
This is the premier index for finding literature on behavioral aspects of Kinesiology, such as sports psychology and motivation
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PubMed Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service. Link to mobile version of resource.
Primary source of journal article access for the health sciences - the campus version provides full text access to all MEDLINE e-journals subscribed to by the University of Minnesota TC Libraries.
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Sports Business Research Network Authentication Required
Contains research data on the entire sports market including, consumer expenditures, brand share, participation, attendance and statistics about sport facilities, TV viewership, directories and full text articles from specialized sports industry magazines.
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General Reference Sources


Dissertations and Theses

Digital Dissertations Authentication Required
Dissertations and theses from over 1000 universities. Doctoral dissertations are indexed for almost all North American graduate schools and many European universities. Masters theses from selected schools only. Provides bibliographic citations for older titles. Abstracts are included for dissertations since 1980 and for masters theses since 1988. Some dissertations, beginning with 1997 publication dates, are available digitally. These include the University of Minnesota and other CIC member universities.
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Kinesiology Abstracts
A Subject and author index of dissertations and theses. For advanced research. Most items will need to be requested via Interlibrary Loan.
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OregonPDF in health and performance Authentication Required
1948 - present, from the University of Oregon. Graduate dissertations and theses in areas related to health and performance. The focus of the collection is physical activity. Academic areas of interest include biochemistry, biomechanics, dance, exercise physiology, history or philosophy of physical education, kinesiology, motor control, obesity, recreation, sports marketing, sports medicine, sports pedagogy, sports psychology, and tests and measurements.
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Internet Resources


Electronic Texts

LA84 Foundation Library
The LA84 Foundation Library is one of the world's largest sports research collections. Contains Official Olympic reports for every Modern Olympic Games and oral histories of many olympians. The Library's ongoing digitization project makes thousands of articles and other publications available free-of-charge to sport researchers throughout the world.
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Gateways & Megasites




Library Information


Primary Subject Location

Wilson Library
Wilson Library houses the main humanities and social sciences collections of the University Libraries.
Campus: West Bank, Minneapolis Campus
Address: 309 19th Ave. S.
Telephone: Reference: 612-626-2227; Circulation: 612-624-3321
Main URL: http://wilson.lib.umn.edu/
Reference URL: http://infopoint.lib.umn.edu/
Map URL: http://onestop.umn.edu/Maps/OMWL/index.html
Hours URL: http://www.lib.umn.edu/about/collections/wilson/hours


Secondary Subject Location(s)

Bio-Medical Library
Health sciences: allied health, dentistry, medicine, mortuary science, nursing, pharmacy, psychiatry and public health.
Campus: East Bank, Minneapolis Campus
Address: Diehl Hall, 505 Essex St. S.E.
Telephone: Reference: 612-626-3260; Circulation: 612-626-4045
Main URL: http://hsl.lib.umn.edu/biomed
Reference URL: http://hsl.lib.umn.edu/biomed/services/reference
Map URL: http://onestop.umn.edu/Maps/DiehlH/index.html
Hours URL: http://www.lib.umn.edu/about/collections/biomed/hours

 

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