CSUDH Library and Information Resources for

Sports and Physical Education Prepared by: Caroline Bordinaro, Librarian cbordinaro@csudh.edu 310-243-2084

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Finding Books and Journals in the Library

Go to TOROFIND: the CSUDH Library Catalog at http://library.csudh.edu/CSUDHcatalog.php and search on the title, author, subject or keyword. The library has an extensive print collection of sports journals and magazines, which you can search for either by title or subject.

• try an Exact title / beginning of title search on the name of the sport or History of [your sport]
• try a Library of Congress Subjects search on [Your Sport] history or Sports periodicals
• If you don't see the right item listed, or want more titles, try an on a few keywords (in separate boxes).
• If you still don't find the right book, ask a reference librarian.
  

Finding Journal Articles

NOTE: to access any of our subscription databases from home, please see our Remote Patron Access Instructions (http://library.csudh.edu/troubleshoot/RPAInstructions.php) guide for login procedures.

Journal indexes must be accessed through these links:

1. go to the CSUDH library homepage at http://library.csudh.edu/

2. select Find Journal Articles & Electronic Resources at http://library.csudh.edu/FindJrnArtElecRes.php.

   • Browse by subject area at http://library.csudh.edu/DatabaseSubjectGuide.php

   OR

   • go to your favorite resource using the Alphabetical List at http://library.csudh.edu/ElectDB.php.

Where to find information on various sports topics:

• Sports Medicine/Physical Therapy: Factiva, ProQuest Medical Library/ProQuest Nursing Journals, EbscoHost EJS, Academic Search Premier, , Wilson OmniFile, Lexis-Nexis
• Women in Sports: Academic Search Premier, Wilson OmniFile, MAS Ultra, Gender Watch
• Sports Business: Academic Search Premier, Wilson OmniFile, Business Resource Premier
• Science and Sports: Science Direct, Academic Search Premier, Wilson OmniFile
• Sports Law: Lexis-Nexis
• Sports Pedagogy: Academic Search Premier
• Current News: Academic Search Premier, Wilson OmniFile, Lexis-Nexis
• Multi/Other subjects: Academic Search Premier, Wilson OmniFile, Lexis-Nexis

Recommended Online Indexes:

• Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles: Covers all aspects of amateur and professional sports and research collections. Collection includes: The official report of every modern Olympic Games. Dozens of periodical titles such as Sports Illustrated, The Sporting News, Ring, Women's Sports and Fitness, the Journal of Sport History, Research Quarterly , Street & Smith annuals and Track & Field News . All articles in full-image (PDF) format.
• Factiva: A Dow Jones/Wall street Journal partnership, this multi-subject database indexes titles such as the Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, Women's Sports and Fitness, Sports Afield, and Interactive Sports Wire, and also includes such lesser-known titles as the ANSA - Sports News Service, the Australian Associated Press - Sports News and Sports Argus. Use for sports business, law and news.
• MASUltra: indexes many varied sports titles, such as Sailing World, Sports Illustrated, Sports of Mexico, and Swimming World
• Business Resource Premier*: several key journals and magazines. Also includes a collection of sports industry profiles (such as equipment, drinks, etc.)
• Lexis-Nexis: especially useful for sports law journals and reviews
• Academic Search Premier*: includes several sports education journals, such as Teaching Elementary Physical Education and the Journal of Teaching in Physical Education
• ProQuest Medical Library/ProQuest Nursing Journals: large collection of sports medicine, physical therapy, rehabilitation and kinesiology journals
• Science Direct: many journals that focus on exercise and motion studies
• Wilson OmniFile*: indexes many titles dealing with a wide variety of sports-related issues

Recommended Journals

• Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (Factiva)
• International Journal of Physical Education (Wilson OmniFile)
• International Sports Journal (Academic Search Premier)
• Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport (CSUDH Library or ProQuest Medical Library)
• Physical Fitness Research Digest (CSUDH Library)
• American Journal of Sports Medicine (EBSCOhost EJS)
• Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness (CSUDH Library or ProQuest Medical/Nursing)
• Women's Sports and Fitness (Factiva)

*To limit search to peer-reviewed journals only, look for check box next to Peer-Reviewed, Scholarly Journals, or Academic Journals on database search screen (may be in Advanced Search)

BONUS!! Try our new SEARCH TUTORIAL and tell us how you liked it! Send comments to Jeff Broude, librarian at jbroude@csudh.edu.

Search Tips:

• Try Advanced Search for more search options
• Always look for and use the Print and Save functions embedded within the screen. It is usually not a good idea to use the File-Print or File-Save As functions in the upper left hand corner of the browser.
• Put search phrases "in quotes", or combine keywords with AND, OR, NOT
• Use the online HELP screens - they really are helpful!
  

Finding articles on the web (for free!)

• Heracles database : Produced by SPORTDOC, originally a French-language database containing bibliographic information on sport, physical activity, and leisure. It contains citations to books, magazine articles, theses, research works, conference proceedings and audiovisual products.
• SportScan Database from NSIC : from the Australian National Sport Information Center, the SportScan database lists key articles, published since the mid-1980s, found in Australian and international sports journals.
• PubMed: a free citation index from the National Library of Medicine that covers all aspects of sports medicine, sports injuries, rehabilitation and physical therapy. WARNING: this database is written for and used by medical practitioners - not for the faint-hearted or easily-confused.

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Created by C. Bordinaro, CSUDH librarian 9/20/05