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Article databases

NameDescription
Academic Search CompleteMulti-disciplinary coverage. Over 5,500 full text periodicals, including more than 4,600 peer-reviewed journals. PDF content going back to 1887. Searchable cited references for nearly 1,000 journals. EBSCOhost
Alt HealthWatchComplementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. Full text for more than 180 journals and reports. EBSCOhost
Essay and General Literature IndexCitations for essays and chapters contained in books. Click "Library Owns?" icon to search for call numbers and availability of books. Coverage in the humanities and social sciences. H. W. Wilson
Health Source: Nursing/Academic EditionNearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. EBSCOhost
Hospitality & Tourism CompleteScholarly research and industry news relating to all areas of hospitality and tourism. More than 721,000 records from more than 650 titles, with coverage dating as far back as 1965. EBSCOhost
NetLibraryAccess to more than 50,000 digitized books. Search by title, author, keyword, Library of Congress subject heading, publisher, or ISBN. Full-text searching is also available. OCLC
Physical Education Index Peer-reviewed journals, reports, conference proceedings, trade magazines, and popular press coverage. Topics include physical education, sports medicine, dance, sport law, recreation, business and marketing, coaching and training, sport sociology/psychology, and physical therapy. Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
Sociological AbstractsCitations and abstracts for journal articles, book reviews, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers. Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
WorldCatSearch for materials in hundreds of libraries. Books, websites, computer programs, films, slides, journals, magazines, papers, manuscripts, maps, musical scores, newspapers, sound recordings, videotapes. Coverage from before 1000 BC to the present. OCLC

LC classification system

BF712-724.85 - Developmental Psychology GV - Recreation. Leisure
HV1551-3024 - Protection, Assistance, and Relief, people with disabilities RM - Therapeutics. Pharmacology.
RM695-950 - Physical Medicine [including massage, exercise, therapy] SB481-486 - Parks and Public Reservations [including theory, management and history]

Reference books

BookCall number
Encyclopedia of Sports ScienceREF GV558 .E53 1997
The Oxford Dictionary of Sports Science & Medicine (online book)The Oxford Dictionary of Sports Science & Medicine

Web resources

American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
Human Kinetics
Medline
National Athletic Trainers' Association
NRPA Academic Accreditation