HEALTH, PHYSICAL EDUCATION & RECREATION
LIBRARY RESOURCES

Use the Online Catalog {LUIS} to identify books, government documents, and non-print media available in the ISU Library, St. Mary-of-the-Woods College and Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Other university collections in Indiana may be accessed via the Other Libraries link. To locate materials in the Online Catalog, you can conduct Subject searches and Keyword/Boolean searches, as well as Author and title  and Journal Title searches when appropriate. A separate handout is available on keyword/Boolean searching.

The Internet provides access to many useful, scholarly resources. Use the Library's Internet Resources --> Health & Human Performance links and  Internet Search Tools to find other Internet resources.

 

SELECTED INDEXES

These database links represent a good starting point for much of your research but there are many other possibilities. Look at our Alphabetical and Subject listings for more choices.

ProQuest (generally and its Social Sciences Plus and Education Complete databases) provides access to journal articles on all topics in the social sciences, general sciences, humanities and business from the 1990s to the present (some earlier coverage).

Sport Discus (1975 to present) provides electronic access to articles from journals, monographs, book analytics and theses on all aspects of sport, fitness, and recreation (international coverage). Includes material on individuals and sports, coaching and administration, biomechanics, sports medicine, exercise physiology, social science and sport, motor learning, and sport and people with disabilities; recreation management; therapeutic recreation.

Physical Education Index (print only, Reference Z 6121 .P49), 1978 to the present. This is the most specific print resource for locating magazine articles on physical education and recreation subjects; accesses > 100 HPER journals; some overlap with Sports Discus citations will occur.

Education Index (print only Reference L 11 .E3) -- 1929 to the present. Use this index to supplement ERIC or to search topics before 1966 (when ERIC indexing began). Accesses articles from 344 educational journals; topics such as Title IX, ethical aspects of sports, teaching aids and devices for physical education, special education, child development, etc.

Medline via PubMed (from 1986 to present) -- Use for sports medicine and related topics; this is the main index to medical materials and is the online version of Index Medicus. 

PsycInfo (1887 to present, the online version of Psychological Abstracts), provides international coverage of journal articles and books in all fields of psychology; topics include athletic participation, athletic training, childhood play behavior, leisure time; therapeutic recreation; specific sports, etc.

ABI/Inform (via ProQuest)-- this database provides coverage of business-related journal articles, including such topics as sports & recreation clubs; professional sports; market research, etc. See also Academic Universe for general as well as business coverage.

SocioFiles(1974 to present), electronic version of Sociological Abstracts; provides access to citations from journals and disserations on sociological aspects of such topics as delinquency prevention, sociology of leisure, recreational facilities, etc.

Columbia International Affairs Online International (1972/1976 to present ; or Reference JA 1 .P8, 1915 to 1992 print). Coverage concentrates on the social sciences, political science, etc. HPER topics covered include advertising, discrimination, school sports, sports facilities; and the leisure market.

Criminal Justice Abstracts (1968 to the present) and the Index to Legal Periodicals (Reference KF8 .I5x) cites journal articles, books, publications of government and non-governmental agencies; topics such as prison recreation, community crime prevention, juvenile delinquency prevention and recreation.

Completed Research in Health, Physical Education and Recreation from the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (Reference Z 6121 .A62, 1955 to the present) This resource provides access to magazine articles (through 1981) and to masters' theses and dissertations. 

Dissertation Abstracts International (1876-present) -- doctoral dissertations from most major universities; helpful in determining the scope/extent of completed research; citations include abstract/description of dissertation; it is sometimes possible to obtain the actual dissertation via Interlibrary Loan.

Handbook of Research on Sport Psychology (GV 706.4 .H37 1993)

Leisure Literature: a guide to sources in leisure studies, fitness, sports, and travel (Reference Z 7511 .L37 1992) -- lists of resources include guides/handbooks, standard/classic sources; dissertations; bibliographies/catalogs; core journals, etc.; many special topic essays such as leisure education/academic programs; fitness consumers; women's role in sport; importance of tourism as an industry; appendices for degree programs; important publishers; leisure-related associations.

Dictionary of the Sport and Exercise Sciences (Reference GV 558 .D53 1991) -- 3,000 terms derived from professional refereed research journals and textbooks; see also Dictionary of Concepts in Recreation and Leisure Studies (Reference GV 11 .S57 1990).

Thesaurus of Park, Recreation & Leisure Search Terms (Reference GV 11 .T49 1990) -- a collection of terms to use in indexing and searching manual and automated information systems.

Recreation and Entertainment Industries: an information sourcebook (Reference Z 7164 .L53 C57 1990) -- from the fitness industry to the music industry (SIC codes given), directories, management, periodicals, bibliographies, indexes, databases, associations. Other directories available include: Recreation and Outdoor Life Directory (Reference GV 191.35 .R5 1979); Sports Market Place (Reference HD 9992 .U5 S667 1992) for the sports business industry; The Sports Address Book: how to contact anyone in the sports world (Reference GV 12 .S68 1988).

Women in Sport: an annotated bibliography and resource guide, 1900-1990 (Reference Z 7963 .S6 R51 1991) -- chapters divided & arranged chronologically; include other sources of information, including periodicals, sports organizations, halls of fame.

World Sport Psychology Sourcebook, 2nd ed. (Reference GV 706.4 .S25 1991).

You may need to use Internet resources such as FirstSearch (info) and  Ingenta to find more articles. Remember, electronic Interlibrary Loan forms are available via the Library’s Home Page. IF YOU NEED HELP IN LOCATING OR USING ANY LIBRARY RESOURCE, ASK FOR HELP AT THE INFORMATION DESK or email via Ask Us.