Health and Human Performance (Subject Guides)
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Databases
SPORTDiscus with Full Text (Full Text)
Provides full text for more than 415 journals indexed in SPORTDiscus. Of those, nearly 250 have cover-to-cover indexing in SPORTDiscus. Contains more than 700,000 full-text articles dating back to 1985.
Medline (EBSCO)
MEDLINE provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE allows users to search abstracts from over 4,600 current biomedical journals.
Medline and Medical Databases (free)
National Library of Medicine's bibliographic database covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, and the preclinical sciences.
Science Direct (Full Text)
Full-text to over 1,200 in the scientific, technical and medical fields. Over 1.5 million articles available.
Education
Full Text (Full Text)
An education database that indexes and abstracts articles
from English-language periodicals and yearbooks published
in the United States and elsewhere. It also contains
full-text for over 100 journals.
CINAHL Plus with Full Text (Full Text)
Comprehensive nursing & allied health research database, providing full text for more than 620 journals indexed in CINAHL. The database also provides full text for 218 books/monographs. Full text coverage dates back to 1937.
CINAHL (Full Text)
Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, this database provides indexing for over 1,700 current nursing and allied health journals and publications dating back to 1982, totaling over 1,000,000 records.
InfoTrac
Health & Wellness Resource Center (Full Text)
Abstracts and some full-text of articles from 960 scholarly
and general-interest periodicals on a wide variety of
subjects including fitness, sports, medicine, nutrition
and health.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition (Full Text)
Includes more than 550 scholarly full text journals, including nearly 450 peer-reviewed journals focusing on the nursing and allied health fields but also covers many medical disciplines. Also featured are abstracts and indexing for more than 800 journals.
InfoTrac
Health Reference Center Academic (Full Text)
A database providing access to over 40 full text
of nursing and allied health journals, plus the wide
variety of personal health information sources including
consumer health magazines; newsletters; pamphlets; newspaper
articles; topical overviews; and reference books.
Ovid Nursing Collection II: Lippincott Premier Nursing Journals (Full Text)
Collection of searchable full-text nursing journals.
Academic
Search Premier (Full Text)
The world’s largest academic multi-disciplinary
database providing full text for nearly 4,700 publications,
including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed
journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic
study and offers information dating as far back as 1975.
This database is updated daily.
ERIC
(Full Text)
Citations and abstracts for educational topics.
Includes journal articles, books, theses, curricula,
conference papers, and standards and guidelines. From
1966.
Dissertations & Theses: Full Text
The ProQuest Dissertations & Theses database includes over 2 million master's theses and dissertations, with over 60,000 titles added every year. It's a great resource for researchers in a wide variety of fields.
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Print and Electronic Resources
Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine (Gale Virtual Reference Library) (Full Text)
Includes information on more than 1,600 medical disorders and concepts. Each article includes in-depth discussion of causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatments, procedures, and other related topics. Written for a general audience with an authoritative tone.
Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
(Gale Virtual Reference Library) (Full Text)
Presents current, unbiased information on alternative and complementary medical practices, including reflexology, acupressure, acupuncture, chelation therapy, kinesiology, yoga, chiropractic, Feldenkrais, polarity therapy, detoxification, naturopathy, Chinese medicine, biofeedback, Ayurveda, and osteopathy. Information on recommended therapies for specific disorders and diseases, medicinal uses for plants and herbs, are balanced by conclusions of studies on efficacy and analysis of current levels of acceptance by traditional scientists and doctors.
Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health (Gale Virtual Reference Library) (Full Text)
Written for students and professionals in the field. Entries cover topics in body systems and functions, conditions and common diseases, issues and theories, techniques and practices, and devices and equipment. Also discusses the roles of all major health professionals.
Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer (Gale Virtual Reference Library) (Full Text)
Includes entries covering cancers, cancer drugs, treatments, side effects, and diagnostic procedures.
Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders (Gale Virtual Reference Library) (Full Text)
Provides clear, complete information on genetic disorders, including conditions, tests, procedures, treatments and therapies, in articles that are both comprehensive and easy to understand in language accessible to laypersons.
Encyclopedia of Human Nutrition
REF QP 251 E526 1999
Educators
Guide to Free Health, Physical Education and Recreation
Materials
REF GV 207.4 E3 1999
Encyclopedia
of Sports Science
REF GV 558 E53 1997
Encyclopedia
of Women and Sport in America
REF GV 709 .E53 1998
Encyclopedia
of World Sport: From Ancient Times to the Present
REF GV 567 E56 1996
Fitness
and Exercise Sourcebook
REF GV 436 F53 1996
Physical
Education Index
REF GV 201 P533 1999
Sports
Leagues and Teams: An Encyclopedia, 1871 Through 1996
REF GV 583 .P655 1998
The Consumer Health Information Source
Book
REF RA 776 R43 1998
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Internet Resources
Physical Education and Health Resources on the
Web
From C of C's Physical Education and Health Department.
PE Central
Resources for physical education teachers including links to
lesson ideas, state and national professional associations
and top web sites for sports and fitness.
HealthWeb
Links to evaluated information resources on the Internet. Selected
by librarians at academic medical centers.
Hardin Meta Directory of Internet Health Sources
Pointers to comprehensive index
sites and to the most complete and frequently cited
lists in each subject.
Healthfinder
Information from the U.S. government. The Health Library includes
information about diet and nutrition, pollution, cancer,
bioterrorism, and more.
SportsMedia
International non-profit organization of authors, teachers,
coaches and professors. Includes lesson plans, links,
and a discussion forum.
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