Guide to Kinesiology Resources

The following is a selected list of resources for starting research in Kinesiology. For further assistance, contact
Judy McMillan, Librarian.

 

Books / Media
Online Databases
Web sites

Books / Media

Find books / media at Northwest Vista College and other ACCD colleges.

You can check out books, CDs and videos / DVDs.They are all located in the west wing of the library.
You will need your student ID or a valid picture ID in order to check out materials.

Library Catalog  [ Search Tips ]
Search the NVC catalog for books, ebooks, CDs, and DVDs or search the collections of all ACCD libraries.

Other Options

WorldCat
Search the collections of libraries world-wide -- about 52,000,000 books. Ask a librarian for help in ordering materials.


Online Databases - Find Articles

The online databases give you access to thousands of scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers and materials from books. Use your original PALS username and password to log in to the databases from off campus.
[ Off-Campus Access Tutorial ]

Alt Health Watch - This alternative health database provides full text for 180 publications in the collection, including full text for many peer-reviewed journals. Alt HealthWatch provides in-depth coverage across the full spectrum of subject areas covered by complementary and alternative medicine dating back to 1990. For search tips, click on the Help link in the right corner.

Consumer Health Complete - is designed to support patients' information needs and foster an overall understanding of health-related topics. This full text database covers topics such as aging, cancer, diabetes, drugs & alcohol, fitness, nutrition & dietetics, children's health, men & women's health, etc. For search tips, click on the Help link in the right corner.

Health and Wellness Resource Center -covers Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, Prescription Drugs, etc. For search tips, click on the Help link.

Health Reference Center Academic - covers Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health,Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, HMOs, Prescription Drugs, etc. For search tips, click on the Help link in the right corner.

Health Source: Consumer Edition - is the richest collection of consumer health information available to libraries worldwide, providing information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Health Source: Consumer Edition features searchable full text for nearly 150 journals. This database is updated on a daily basis. For search tips, click on the Help link in the right corner.

Health Source: Nursing/Academic - provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition also features abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals. This database is updated on a daily basis. For search tips, click on the Help link in the right corner.

 


Web Sites

American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation & Dance

American College of Sports Medicine

American Society of Exercise Physiologists


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