LibGuides: Exercise & Sports Studies: Sports Psychology, Health & Wellness

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Article Databases

There are a number of useful resources for finding information on sports psychology and health & wellness. Below are some recommended article databases, many of which contain the full text of articles. If you do not see a link to the full text, use the to find a different access point or to order a copy through Interlibrary Loan.

PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
Provides access to international literature in psychology, the behavioral sciences, and related disciplines from professional journals, book chapters, books, reports, and dissertations. Most citations include abstracts. In addition, there are millions of cited references in journal articles, books, and chapters.
Date Coverage: 1890 - present
Materials Indexed: Book Chapters; Book Reviews; Books; Journal Articles; Technical Reports; Theses & Dissertations
Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Scholarly and popular articles from across the disciplines. Articles date from 1984 to the present, with some PDF content going back as far as 1867.
Date Coverage: 1984 to present
Materials Indexed: Book Chapters; Book Reviews; Books; Journal Articles; Magazine Articles; Newspaper Articles
Readers' Guide Retrospective This link opens in a new window
Index to the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the U.S. between 1890-1982. For coverage of similar topics from 1984 to the present, use Academic Search Complete.
Date Coverage: 1890 - 1982
Materials Indexed: Book Reviews; Magazine Articles
Counseling & Therapy in Video: Library
Contains streaming video files of actual therapy sessions, training videos, and reenactments conducted by renowned counseling professionals. Provides a firsthand look at the realities of working with clients and the challenges associated with putting theoretical concepts into practice.
Dates covered: 1985-present
Materials indexed: Videos
Current Contents Connect This link opens in a new window
Current Contents Connect indexes the bibliographic data for articles from thousands of scholarly journals. Its unique feature is the ability to browse issue by issue tables-of-contents for any of the journals indexed.
Date Coverage: 1998 to present
Materials Indexed: Journal Articles
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
Elsevier ScienceDirect allows searching of articles from hundreds of electronic journals, plus books and reference works, published by Elsevier and its subsidiaries. Full-text display is available for most journals and for a few of the books and reference works.
Materials Indexed: Book Chapters; Books; Journal Articles

Sample Books from the Catalog

Performing under Pressure
Call Number: Main Library GV706.4 .P4728 2020
Positive Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychology
Coaching Athletes to Be Their Best
Call Number: Main Library GV711 .R65 2020
Extreme and Rare Sports: Performance Demands, Drivers, Functional Foods, and Nutrition

Call number ranges for sports psychology and related topics:

RC 1200-1245 - Sports medicine
RD 97 - Sports injuries & surgery
RA 773-788 - Personal health including exercise & nutrition

Suggested subject headings and keywords:
Sports -- psychological aspects
Stress management
Performance
Motivation (psychology)
Coaching (athletics)