LibGuides: Kinesiology: Articles

Core Databases for Kinesiology

SPORTDiscus w/ Full Text (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Contains articles, books, and dissertations on sports, fitness, exercise science, and related disciplines.
Sports Medicine & Education Index (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Contains articles on physical education, sports medicine, health education, physical therapy, and dance.
PubMed This link opens in a new window
Largest biomedical database. Covers all aspects of medicine.
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Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Search for scholarly documents across the web, with Find It @ IUPUI links. See our FAQ for setting up Google Scholar for off-campus use.
Scopus This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary database often used to see which articles have cited each other.
Elsevier requires that you have an account in order to export from this database. If you do not have an account, you can create a free Elsevier account by going to https://www.mendeley.com and clicking on “Create Account.” Once you have created this account, it will work for other Elsevier products as well.
Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Large, multi-disciplinary database. Great place to start your research with a broad search.

Rehabilitation Databases

REHABDATA
REHABDATA, produced by the National Rehabilitation Information Center, is the leading literature database on disability and rehabilitation. The database describes over 80,000 documents covering physical, mental, and psychiatric disabilities, independent living, vocational rehabilitation, special education, assistive technology, law, employment, and other issues as they relate to people with disabilities. The collection spans 1956 to the present.

Public Health & Behavioral Health Databases

Guide to Community Preventive Services (The Community Guide)
This is a collection of evidence-based findings of the Community Preventive Services Task Force. It is a resource to help you select interventions to improve health and prevent disease in your state, community, community organization, business, healthcare organization, or school.

Abstracts in Social Gerontology (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Index of articles related to social gerontology, including the psychology of aging, elder abuse, society and the elderly, etc.
ProQuest Public Health This link opens in a new window
Core public health literature including journals, news, trade publications, reports and more.
PsycINFO 1887-current (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Index of the literature in psychology and related disciplines such as psychiatry, education, business, medicine, nursing, pharmacology, law, linguistics, and social work. Find articles on a wide variety of topics related to psychology and the workplace, such as training, communication, motivation, retention, and sales.
Sociological Abstracts (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Index of the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.