Physical Education Research Guide
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Education Databases (EBSCOHost)* - includes Education Abstracts, ERIC, the Professional Development Collection (500 journals for professional educators), Primary Search (more than 60 popular magazines for elementary school research), PsycARTICLES and PsycINFO.
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Academic Search Premier* - can be a good choice for physical education articles. Be careful how you search it though. It is a huge database with many newspapers and popular magazines. Using the Scholarly/Peer Reviewed limiter is highly recommended.
SPORTDiscus (EBSCOHost)* - The database contains information on the following: sports medicine, exercise physiology, biomechanics, psychology, training techniques, coaching, physical education, physical fitness, active living, recreation, history, facilities and equipment. Some full text articles are available. Dates: 1975 -
SBRnet : sports business research network* - SBRnet provides searchable news and market research from the National Sporting Goods Association and other industry sources.
PsycINFO (EBSCOHost)* - PsycINFO® contains citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, and technical reports, as well as citations to dissertations, all in the field of psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines, such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business, and law. Many links to full text.
ProQuest* - Full text and abstracts of more than 4,000 general and academic journals,the Buffalo News, NewYork Times and Wall Streeet Journal
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