Researching kinesiology or exercise science? Be sure to check out the Research Guide to Health & Wellness.
Now that you've got the basics, use the resources on this page to learn more about your topic or find answers to specific questions.
Use Advanced Search to combine multiple concepts with AND in the same search. Draw on the vocabulary you built during your background research.
Example question:
What are the legal implications of paying college athletes?
Example search:
("college athletes" OR "student athletes")
AND (compensation OR pay)
AND (legal OR laws)
Many periodicals only appear in one database. Searching several at once will get you more hits, but you'll have to be more strategic with keywords and filters to find the most relevant results.
Includes current and historical content from the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor, and Baltimore Sun
Articles on all topics from journals, magazines, and newspapers
These databases can help you learn about topics like sports injuries and benefits of exercise:
If you've only got an abstract or citation of a source you want to find, see:
Videos in nearly every academic discipline, including documentaries, interviews, speeches, commercials, counseling sessions, lectures, governmental archival footage, and much more
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