Databases & Indexes at ISU
- Article Indexes & DatabasesDatabases for finding individual journal articles and conference papers by topic, author, and more. Most require ISU Library login.
Most Popular Kinesiology Databases
These databases are good starting points for Kinesiology research. Great for undergraduate kinesiology research. Advanced researchers may need to depend on a wider range of databases. (See below for more.)
- PubMed This link opens in a new windowPubMed provides over 22 million citations for biomedical and life sciences literature, including: biomedicine and health, behavioral sciences, bioengineering, biochemistry, genetics, molecular and cell biology.
Click here for tutorial - PsycInfo This link opens in a new windowLiterature in psychology and related disciplines. About 90% of the articles are peer-reviewed; also includes book chapters, reports, theses and dissertations.
Health Sciences Databases
- PubMed This link opens in a new windowPubMed provides over 22 million citations for biomedical and life sciences literature, including: biomedicine and health, behavioral sciences, bioengineering, biochemistry, genetics, molecular and cell biology.
Click here for tutorial - Scopus This link opens in a new windowA large database containing scholarly journal articles and conference papers on any topic in science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts & humanities. Includes cited references and h-index information.
Click here for tutorial - Web of Science This link opens in a new windowWeb of Science (WoS) is a collection of databases that cover all topics. This link will take you to the page that searches all of these databases. To access more specific search tools you will need to search one database at a time using the dropdown menu.
Click here for tutorial - PsycInfo This link opens in a new windowLiterature in psychology and related disciplines. About 90% of the articles are peer-reviewed; also includes book chapters, reports, theses and dissertations.
- ScienceDirect This link opens in a new windowElectronic access to journals, books and encyclopedias published by Elsevier Science and Academic Press.
Click here for tutorial - Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition This link opens in a new windowThis database covers many medical disciplines and is particularly strong in nursing and allied health. It is not as comprehensive as PubMed.
Physical Education Databases
- Sports Medicine and Education Index This link opens in a new windowJournals, conference proceedings and report literature in kinesiology; sport law, sports medicine, dance, motor learning, recreation, standardized fitness tests, sports equipment, coaching and sport sociology/psychology, as well as physical education itself.
- ERIC (Education Resource Information Center) - EBSCOhost Access This link opens in a new windowERIC contains records and links to education literature and curriculum materials. It includes journal articles, books, conference papers, curriculum guides, dissertations and policy papers in topics ranging from pre-k through adult education, teacher education, counseling, second-language learning, special education, and assessment.
- Child Development & Adolescent Studies This link opens in a new windowBook reviews, abstracts, and a bibliography of technical reports, books, book chapters, theses and dissertations covering child development/adolescents, up to age 21
- Education Full Text This link opens in a new windowAn education database but contains a lot of materials on athletics. Covers periodicals, monographs and yearbooks.
Additional Resources
Listed below are news resources. Periodicals Archive Online and Access World News require ISU library log-in. Additional resources are available free on the web.
- Periodicals Archive Online This link opens in a new windowMajor archive that makes the older years of scholarly periodicals in the arts, humanities and social sciences available electronically, providing access to the searchable full text.
Click here for tutorial - Access World News This link opens in a new windowThis is a collection of more than 8,000 newspapers and other news sources from nearly 200 countries. It provides full-text access to several major national and international newspapers, as well as local and regional titles. Platform is updated daily making it good source for current events.
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- SI VaultServes as a full-text index and digital archive of Sports Illustrated and its website SI.com. Contains images, articles, and videos.
- The Sporting NewsComprehensive facts and stats on all the teams and leagues.
Multiple Database Searching
- Search Multiple DatabasesInformation for EBSCO and ProQuest databases.