Research Guides: Physical Education, Wellness & Sport: Finding Articles

Print Journals

The Union University library subscribes to some print journals which will be of interest to students and researchers. These print journals can be found in the Periodicals Reading Room on the first floor of The Logos.

Athletic Management
Collegiate Baseball
Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness
Street and Smith's Sports Business Journal
Training and Conditioning

Newspapers

ProQuest US Dailies
Access to a core collection of national newspapers including Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, and Washington Post.
Newspaper Source Plus
Newspaper Source Plus includes more than 700 full-text newspapers, nearly 31 million full-text articles, and more than 677,000 television and radio news transcripts.

Subject Databases

Science
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With more than 1.6 million articles, researchers can stay current with the latest scientific developments in particle physics, advanced mathematics, nanotechnology, geology, and hundreds of other areas.
PubMed
PubMed provides access to bibliographic information that includes MEDLINE, OLDMEDLINE, as well as: out-of-scope citations (e.g., articles on plate tectonics or astrophysics) from certain MEDLINE journals, primarily general science and chemistry journals, for which the life sciences articles are indexed for MEDLINE.
SAGE Journals
Online access to 550+ journals in the social sciences, business, humanities, science, technology, and medicine disciplines.
ScienceDirect
ScienceDirect is a full-text scientific database offering more than 3.5 million journal articles and book chapters from more than 2,500 peer-reviewed journals and more than 11,000 books.

General Resources

Academic Search Complete
Academic Search Complete is a comprehensive scholarly database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, indexes and abstracts for more than 12,500 journals and more than 13,200 publications. It covers a range of disciplines such as science, engineering, psychology, religion, and many others.
WilsonWeb OmniFile
Wilson Web OmniFile is a full text database that contains articles from approximately 2,700 publications beginning in 1994 that cover Art, Agriculture, Applied Science, Business, Education, Science, Humanities, Law, Library Science, Social Sciences, Technology, and more.
Academic Onefile
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Academic OneFile includes peer-reviewed and full text articles from journals and reference sources in the subjects of physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, and literature, as well as the New York Times.

Sport Facilities

Business Source Complete
Business Source Complete provides bibliographic and full text business content from more than 1300 journals including those dating back to 1886.

PEWS 416 Tests and Measurements

Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print
Information about and reviews of standardized tests covering educational skills, personality, vocational aptitude, psychology, and related areas.
APA PsycINFO
PsycINFO® database provides abstracts and citations to the scholarly literature in the psychological, social, behavioral, and health sciences.
Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI)
Material on unpublished information-gathering tools for clinicians in medical and nursing areas as well as psychology, social work, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and speech & hearing therapy.

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Online Journals

The Union University Library subscribes to some individual online journals which are not fully in the databases but will be of interest to students and researchers. The full-text of these journals can be found on the library's homepage (www.uu.edu/library), clicking on the link Journals by Title or Subject, and entering the desired title.

Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly
International Journal of Athletic Therapy and Training
International Journal of Sport Nutrition & Exercise Metabolism
Journal of Aging and Physical Activity
Journal of Applied Biomechanics
Journal of Applied Mechanics
Journal of Applied Sport Psychology
Journal of Physical Activity & Health
Journal of Physical Education Recreation and Dance [JOPERD]
Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology
Journal of Sport Rehabilitation
Journal of Teaching in Physical Education
Journal of the Philosophy of Sport
Sociology of Sport Journal
Strength and Conditioning Journal

Nutrition

Health and Wellness
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A consumer health resource providing thousands of full text medical journals, magazines, reference works, and multimedia on a full range of health related issues from current disease and disorder information, alternative medicine, and more.
Health and Medicine
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Multi-source database provides access to full text and images of many respected nursing, allied health and medical journals; consumer health magazines; newsletters; pamphlets; newspaper articles; topical overviews; and reference books.