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ELECTRONIC RESOURCES ABI/Inform(Proquest Direct) - Business periodicals for information on advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, taxation, and computers. Also contains information on 60,000+ companies.
Dissertation
Abstracts- Ph. D. dissertations and selected masters theses accepted in
the US ERIC (EBSCOhost) - Provides citations and abstract information from over 750 educational journals and related documents from the Educational Resource Information Center and educational symposium report literature dating back to 1967. MEDLINE (EBSCOhost) - A comprehensive medical database to 3, 200 international journals in clinical and research biomedicine produced by the National Library of Medicine. Mental Measurements Yearbook (EBSCOhost) - contains full-text information about and reviews of all English language standardized test covering educational skills, personality, vocational aptitude, psychology, and related areas. PsycINFO (EBSCOhost) Provides indexing and abstracts for over one million articles in 1,500 journals from over 50 countries provided by the American Psychological Association. Also includes abstracts for dissertations, books and book chapters ranging in date from 1984 to the present. Web of Knowledge - Includes Web of Science ( Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index ) 1981-Present, and Medline 1950-Present. SocINDEX with Full Text (EBSCOhost ) - A sociology research database. The Database contains abstracts for 640 core journals dating back to 1895. 1,420 journals are selectively covered with 547 books and monographs as well as 6,711 conference papers. Sports Discus. - (EBSCOhost) 1975+. Monograph and thesis coverage - 1949+. Indexes bibliographic reference from over 1,200 periodicals published in the area of international sports as well as in many medical fields and other related topics. Books, conference proceedings, dissertations, reports and other monographs on sports are also included.
GENERAL OR RELATED INDEXES Academic Search
Premier - (EBSCOhost). A full-text database spanning academic
disciplines with coverage of popular press and scholarly publications,
including peer-reviewed journals. Lexis Nexis - Provides access to a wide range of business, news, legal and reference information. World Cat - Over 36 million records of any type of material (mostly books) cataloged by OCLC member libraries. Includes manuscripts written as early as the 11th century. HOW TO FIND: Journals Once you have your article citations, you can use one of two tools to help locate the journal you need in the library.
Books
SELECTED PRINTED RESOURCES
Encyclopedia of Health and Behavior. R 726.5 E53 2004 Encyclopedia of Leisure and Outdoor Recreation. GV 11 E55 2003 Encyclopedia of North American Sports History. Ref. GV 567 H518 2002 Encyclopedia of Recreation and Leisure in America. GV 53 E53 2004 Sports Culture. GV 706.5 C383 2000 Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives. Sports Figures. GV 697 A1 S42 2002 Strength and Power in Sport. RC 1206 S76 2003 Whitaker's Olympic Almanack: An Encyclopedia of the Olympic Games. GV 721.5 W45 2000.
SELECTED WEBSITES American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation & Dance.
AAHPERD is an alliance of six national associations,
six district associations,
and a research consortium which support healthy lifestyles through high quality programs. The site contains information on the association's publications and other resources.
American College of Sports Medicine ACSM advances and integrates scientific research to provide educational and practical applications of exercise science and sports medicine. The website contains information about certification and credentialing, professional education and meetings, grant and research initiatives, publications, and health and fitness information.
The American Heart Association is a national voluntary health agency whose mission is to reduce disability and death from cardiovascular diseases and stroke. The site has a wealth of information on the heart and strokes. It includes publications and resources, the Heart and Stroke Encyclopedia, health lifestyles, and funding raising efforts.
Centers for Disease Control (CDC). CDC is located in Atlanta, Georgia, and is an agency of the Department of Health and Human Services. The agency serves as the national focus for developing and applying disease prevention and control, environmental health, and health promotion and education activities designed to improve the health of the people of the United States.
Food and Nutrition Information Center (FNIC). The Food and Nutrition Information Center (FNIC) at the National Agricultural Library (NAL) has been a leader in food and human nutrition information dissemination since 1971. FNIC's web site provides a directory to credible, accurate, and practical resources for consumers, nutrition and health professionals, educators and government personnel.
National Recreation and Park Association. The mission of the National Recreation and Park Association is "To advance parks, recreation and environmental conservation efforts that enhance the quality of life for all people." Information on association's training and development, publications and research and other resources are included.
National Strength & Conditioning Association (NSCA). The NSCA is the world's leading authority on strength and conditioning. The association provide research based information on strength and conditioning. The site contains information on its journals, educational texts, videos and other services.
President's Council on Physical Fitness. The President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports is an advisory committee of volunteer citizens who advise the President through the Secretary of Health and Human Services about physical activity, fitness, and sports in America. Through its programs and partnerships with the public, private and non-profit sectors, the Council serves as a catalyst to promote health, physical activity, fitness, and enjoyment for people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities through participation in physical activity and sports.
Special Olympics is an international organization dedicated to empowering individuals with intellectual disabilities to become physically fit, productive and respected members of society through sports training and competition. Special Olympics offers children and adults with intellectual disabilities year-round training and competition in 26 Olympic type summer and winter sports.
EMPLOYMENT RESOURCES America's Job Bank is the biggest and busiest job market in cyberspace. Job seekers can post their resume where thousands of employers search every day, search for job openings automatically. Guided by the U.S. Department of Labor's vision for the America's Labor Market Information System, the CareerOneStop is a collection of electronic tools managed as a federal-state partnership, and operated through grants to New York and Minnesota, in partnership with the other states and private sector organizations.
ExerciseJobs.com is an online career center developed to enhance the career opportunities for professionals in the fields of health and fitness. Exercisejobs.com provide a wealth of job opportunities.
Jobs in Academe is an ongoing project of the Chronicle of Higher Education. Jobs can be searched by position type, discipline, state/region, institution or employer profiles.
Gain access to all of our sports job and internship listings, which are updated daily at the rate of hundreds of new jobs per week. You will also be able to post your resume to our database, for employers to read, and browse through our list of sports and industry contacts.
Provides a number of websites for employment in sports medicine. Visit the individual sites for employer profiles, specific job title salary information etc.
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