Kinesiology: an Oviatt Library Research Guide- http://library.csun.edu/mhenry/kinesiology.html

[SUBJECT HEADINGS]  [DATABASES] [JOURNALS]  [WEBSITES] Kinesiology Librarian is Marcia Henry Email:mhenry@csun.edu Telephone:818.677.3012

Subject Headings with links to retrieve books, videos, journals, and theses in the

CSUN Online Catalog

CSUN library uses  Library of Congress Subject Headings when . Following are a select list of LC subject headings appropriate for research on topics for kinesiology and physical education.  Each LC subject heading is a link into our  CSUN catalog.  Remember to Sort Results by date to get the most recent books first. If you want to retrieve ALL books that mention the keyword(s) anywhere in the catalog record change the search from a subject search to a keyword anywhere.

• Kinesiology ; Physical Education and Training ; Sports Medicine
• Human Locomotion; Biomechanics; Movement Education
• Exercise Therapy; Motor Ability
   

To search for materials from other libraries,  get help on How to Cite, search the freely available WorldCat  database at http://www.worldcat.org

Call Number Ranges (for browsing the Book Stacks):

• Floor 3 QP303 Kinesiology ; RC1200 Sports Medicine
• Floor 2 GV Physical Training, Physical Education, Sports, Dance

DATABASES

The best way to find articles on a specific topic is to search in a database, most of which index thousands of articles in thousands of journals. Not all articles are available full-text online; some are in print only and some are not available from the Library except through interlibrary loan. To determine the availability of an article, most databases offer the FindText button.

Below are recommended databases for Kinesiology . They can be accessed either from Databases A-Z, as well as from the Databases by Subject: Kinesiology at http://library.csun.edu/xerxes/databases/Kinesiology

You can also build your own database of records you retrieve from the following databases by creating a free account with Endnote Web at http://myendnoteweb.com.

JOURNALS

The following are journals CSUN owns in paper and electronically.  The links to the journal titles go to the journal title's catalog record in CSUN Catalog: Periodicals. The catalog record gives you the call number for the journal in print and also provides a link to the online journal when journal is available online.
Library Catalog Periodical Title Search gives you access to over 25,000 electronic journals. To search for electronic periodicals only, check the "Search electronic periodicals only" checkbox.

• Kinesiology periodicals
• Physical education and training periodicals

WEB SITES

• American Alliance for Health, Physical Education and Dance (http://www.aahperd.org/)
• Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles (http://www.aafla.org/) Also look at its Virtual Archives
• The International Journal of Applied Kinesiology and Kinesiologic Medicine (http://www.kinmed.com/)
• American Society of Exercise Physiologists http://www.asep.org/
• National Athletic Trainers' Association http://www.nata.org/
• MedlinePlus http://medlineplus.gov/ good resource for diseases
• Mining Co. Guide to: Sports Medicine http://sportsmedicine.miningco.com/library/weekly/aa020199.htm?terms=kinesiology&COB=home
• Virtual Body (http://www.medtropolis.com/VBody.asp)
• "Doctoral Information - The Online Virtual Human Body" - http://www.onlinephdprograms.com/resources/virtual-human-body.html
• New York Public Library's Dance Collection catalog
• SportScience
• Kinesiology Network  
• Best of Biomechanics
• Sports Medicine on the Web  
• American Statistics Society Sport Links  
• University of Calgary's Scholarly Sport Sites

This page was created by and is maintained by Marcia Henry.
Any questions or comments can be sent to mailto: mhenry@csun.edu.