LibGuides: Kinesiology &amp; Public Health Promotion: Other Resources

Professional Associations

SHAPE America
SHAPE America provides comprehensive resources, support, and programs to help practitioners improve their skills and further the health and well-being of the American public.
California Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance
CAHPERD promotes healthful lifestyles through quality education and leadership to school, community, and statewide programs in the areas of health, physical education, recreation, dance, and other movement-related programs.

Encyclopedia of Education by James W. Guthrie (editor)
ISBN: 9780028655949
Publication Date: 2002-11-14
8 volume encyclopedia covering educational institutions, people, processes, roles, and philosophies in the United States and the world.

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Academic encyclopedia and dictionary entries defining and introducing topics in all disciplines.
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) This link opens in a new window
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) indexes core journals, priority journals, and selective journals; plus books, research reports and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more.

California Department of Education
Data and statistics measuring trends, educational needs, and performance.
United States Department of Education
Data and research reports on all aspects of education.
RAND California
Statistics covering state, county, metropolitan area, and city data including Education.
US Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau website includes population, income, employment, and education statistics.

Developing a Search Strategy
Tips on searching more efficiently and effectively.
ERIC Documents
Tips on identifying and retrieving non-journal literature using the ERIC database.
Content Standards and Curriculum Frameworks
From the California Department of Education.

Distinguishing Between Scholarly Journals & Popular Periodicals (CSU, Stanislaus)
Review the differences between scholarly and popular journals. Also includes a short tutorial on finding scholarly journals in a database. [PDF]

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