Kinesiology
UVA Library research guide for kinesiology
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Databases Focused on Kinesiology
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7 Education DatabasesSimultaneously search the following 7 education databases:
1) ERIC, 2) Academic Search Complete, 3) Education Full Text, 4) Education Index
Retrospective: 1929-1983, 5) Education Research Complete, 6) Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection, and 7) SPORTDiscus
Click the PEER REVIEWED button to limit articles to only peer reviewed journals.
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CINAHL: Cumulative Index to Nursing, Allied Health Literature This link opens in a new windowArticles from English-language journals plus healthcare books, nursing dissertations, conference proceedings, professional standards, software and audiovisual materials.
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Medline (OVID) This link opens in a new windowAll aspects of biomedicine and allied health fields plus other biological, physical and social sciences as they relate to health and medicine. Both versions have the same contents, but different interfaces and update schedules.
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Sports Medicine & Education Index This link opens in a new windowCoverage: 1970 - current
This database provides specialized, editorially curated A&I resources critical to researchers with an academic, professional or personal interest in the field of physical education. Through scholarly and trade literature, the database covers a wide range of topics, ranging from physical and health education to fitness and recreation and the business of sports, as well as kinesiology, physical therapy, motor learning, and sport sociology and psychology. -
APA PsycINFO This link opens in a new windowBeginning in the 1800s, covers journal articles in more than 30 languages and books in English about psychology and related disciplines including medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education. Also includes full text book chapters.
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PubMed This link opens in a new windowCitations from MedLine and other biomedical articles from the 1950s on. UVa also has direct access to the Medline database through 3 other vendors.
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ScienceDirect This link opens in a new windowFull text of articles from most journals and some book series published by Elsevier Science.
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SPORTDiscus with Full Text This link opens in a new windowInternational database covering sports medicine, exercise physiology, biomechanics, coaching, recreation, and more. Includes book reviews.
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Web of Knowledge/Web of Science This link opens in a new windowIncludes Book Citation Index- Science (2005-), Book Citation Index- Social Science & Humanities (2005-), Conference Proceedings Citation Index- Science (1990-), Conference Proceedings Citation Index- Social Sciences & Humanities (1990-), Current Chemical Reactions (1985-), Index Chemicus (1993-), Science Citation Index Expanded (1900-), Social Sciences Citation Index (1900-), Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1975-), and Emerging Sources Citation Index (2005-present).
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Journal Citation Reports This link opens in a new windowTool for journal evaluation, using citation data taken from over 8,000 journals in the areas of science and technology. Used to find impact factors.