Research Guides: EXSC 4700: Statistics and Research Methods in Exercise Science Research Guide: Find Articles

Best bets for exercise science research

SPORTDiscus with Full Text (EBSCO)
Sports medicine, sports science, physical education, kinesiology, coaching, disabled persons, physical fitness, physical therapy, nutrition, exercise physiology, sport and exercise psychology, recreation, allied health, occupational health and therapy, public health and more. References from journal articles, books, book chapters, and conference proceedings.

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PubMed -- UMD Students, Staff & Faculty
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Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)
Scholarly journals, popular magazines and other resources covering most disciplines. A great place to start your research on any topic.
ERIC (EBSCO)
ERIC contains records and links to hundreds of thousands of full-text documents. It includes records for a variety of source types, including journal articles, books, conference papers, curriculum guides, dissertations and policy papers.
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PsycINFO (ProQuest)
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ScienceDirect (Elsevier)
Full text of selected journals and selected reference books published by Elsevier. Full text indexing available for all Elsevier journals from v. 1, issue 1.
Google Scholar -- UMD Students, Faculty & Staff
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Using Find It

If the article is not available in full-text within the database click the icon (available in many of the database) to help you retrieve the full-text article. Another window will open to UMD Library Catalog.

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Click Interlibrary Loan and log in using your UMD credentials.
Choose "date needed by" and your department.
Submit your request.

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