Physical Education

Resources for Kinesiology

Databases

• Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine Collection - Browse academic journals and magazines covering the fields of physical therapy, physical fitness, and sports medicine.
• Health and Medicine - Find reliable information on fitness, pregnancy, nutrition and much more.
• PubMed - Citations, many with abstracts and some with links to full text, for biomedical literature from 1809 onward.
• DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) - Explore a whitelist of open access journals. Journals and their articles are categorized using the Library of Congress Classification. 
• Science in Context - Draws students into the subject matter by integrating pure information with today’s headlines and videos – showing how scientific disciplines relate to real-world issues, from weather patterns to obesity.
• PsycInfo - Citations and abstracts, some with links to full text, for psychological literature dating from 1887 onward.
• ScienceDirect - Discover ebooks and peer-reviewed journals in the areas of physical sciences and engineering, life sciences, health sciences, and social sciences and humanities. It contains indexing, abstracts, and tables of contents for over 2,500 journals and over 35,000 ebooks

Websites

• MedlinePlus - MedlinePlus is the National Library of Medicine’s comprehensive information source, designed for the general public. It provides patient and consumer health information about diseases, conditions, and wellness issues in both English and Spanish. It includes videos of common procedures, a directory of health organizations, a medical encyclopedia, and a guide to drugs and supplements.

• Fitness and Sports Nutrition - Links to resources with information on optimal nutrition for successful athletic competition.

Citation Styles

• APA Style

Tutorials