Articles - KINS 3700: Sport in Society - Dr. Deaner

Finding Articles

A good starting point for scholarly journal articles on your research topic is Academic Search Premier.

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For journal articles on research topics in physical education and kinesiology, use the most comprehensive database, Physical Education Index.

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• For a more precise search, use the online thesaurus for vocabulary to represent the concepts of your research topic.
• Place each unique concept in a separate row. Use AND to connect concepts (for example, exercise AND lifestyle changes). Both concepts will be present in your results.
• Limit your results to peer reviewed for abstracts from scholarly publications.

For journal articles on research topics related to health and nursing, use CINAHL Plus with Full Text.

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CINAHL® Plus also provides indexing for more than 5,000 journals from the fields of nursing and allied health. The database contains more than 4 million records dating back to 1937.

Search ERIC for journal articles and non-journal literature on physical education in a school setting.

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When provided by ERIC, there are links to the ERIC full text or links to other sources such as publisher websites or DOIs.

For journal articles on the sociological implications of sport, use Social Sciences Full Text or Sociological Abstracts.

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Subject coverage includes addiction studies, anthropology, community health & medical care, communications, economics, environmental studies, ethics, family studies, gender studies, geography, international relations, law, mass media, minority studies, political science, psychiatry, psychology, public welfare, social work, urban studies and much more.
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For research on controversial topics, CQ Researcher provides a weekly report on a key national issue including a pro/con section.

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Finding Articles on the Internet

Google Scholar is a good resource for scholarly articles available online.

To access articles from library databases, click settings, library links, then search CSU Stanislaus. Check all boxes for CSU Stanislaus and Open WorldCat library search. Articles available in full text in a library database or via open access will include a pdf link on the right side of the list of results.

Getting the Text of Articles

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If there are no full-text links, use Find It! to see if article is available in another library subscription.

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