UNM GENERAL LIBRARY
Physical Education & Sports
   Librarian
Mary Ellen Hanson
mehanson@unm.edu
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E L E C T R O N I C   I N D E X E S   A N D  D A T A B A S E S 
LIBROS
is the online catalog of the UNM General Library. It provides access to books and journals owned by the UNM Libraries and New Mexico member institutions. Parts of the library's collection must still be accessed using the traditional card catalog. For materials not located in LIBROS contact InterLibrary Loan.

SPECIALIZED DATABASES:

Remote access is available to UNM students, staff, and faculty for EBSCO, Firstsearch, and ProQuest.
Sport Discus
a research resource from the Sport Information Resource Cenre (SIRC) covering physical fitness, sport science, recreation, etc. International coverage is provided.
Dissertation Abstracts
indexes dissertations and theses for all subject areas
Education Abstracts
abstracts articles from 2000 serials published worldwide covering linguistics and all languages. Also includes coverage of recent books, enhanced dissertation listings, and bibliographic citations for book reviews.
ERIC
provides references to journal articles and non-journal documents related to all aspects of education, teaching, and information.
General Science Periodicals
covers a variety of scientific topics including medicine & health and abstracts articles from journals and magazines of the U.S. and Great Britain.
Medline
abstracts articles and reports from over 9000 sources covering the areas of medicine including health and nutrition.
PsycINFO
examines topics that include education, medicine, physiology, etc. Coverage is from 1887 to the present, examines over 9000 sources, in includes journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations, etc.
SciSearch
indexes over 3000 journals in the science and technology areas. The approach in international and multidisciplinary.
SocAbstracts  (Sociology Abstracts)
examines all aspects of the social and behavioral sciences including human biology, health, medicine, and group interaction. Indexes over 1500 journals.

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GENERAL DATABASES:
Remote access is available to UNM students, staff, and faculty for EBSCO, Firstsearch, and ProQuest databases.

FirstSearch
a collection of over sixty databases indexing articles, theses, disserations in education, humanities, social sciences (SIRSResearcher), science (BIOSIS), and technology.
EBSCOHost-Academic Search FULLTEXT Elite
abstracts and indexes over 3,500 journals and features full text articles for over 1,200 journals since1990.
Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe
provides full text sources in categories of News, Business, Legal, Medical, Sports and Reference.
Project Muse
contains full text index to selected humanities and social science journals.
ProQuest
indexes over 2,200 multi-disciplinary sources, of which 1,400 are full text. Funded by the New Mexico State Library.
SocSciAbs  (Social Sciences Abstracts)
indexes numerous periodicals and is an excellent resource for cultural interaction topics.
Social SciSearch
indexes 1700 worldwide journals in a broad range of social science disciplines. Coverage is from 1990 to the present.
UnCover
indexes approximately 17,000 multidisciplinary magazines and journals published since the fall of 1988.

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E L E C T R O N I C   J O U R N A L S &  N E W S  S O U R C E S 

  The following are selected journals and online news sources for physical education and sports. For a complete listing of full text titles, browse the General Library's Electronic Journal home page. Years of coverage vary for each title. For a specific journal title check LIBROS .

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W E B    S I T E S 

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D I S C U S S I O N    L I S T S    AND  N E W S G R O U PS 
Directory of Scholarly and Professional E-Conferences
A subject-arranged and keyword-searchable text file with descriptions of groups and instructions for subscribing.
See directory listings for physical education and sports.
H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences Online
"H-Net is an interdisciplinary organization of scholars dedicated to developing the enormous educational potential of the Internet and the World Wide Web". Includes listings for Discussion Networks and a Job Guide.
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R E F E R E N C E    T O O L S 
Subject Specific Resources Worldwide Biographical Sources General Online Sources Top of page

A C A D E M I C   P R O G R A M S 

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A S S O C I A T I O N S   A N D    S O C I E T I E S 

   The associations and societies listed below are representative of the top organizations in physical education and sports.

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C A L L    N U M B E R S 

Library of Congress Call Numbers for physical education and sports medicine encompass several call number areas. The following is a sampling of general call number areas.
GV 1-190 Recreation. Leasure. -- Periodicals, dictionaries, history, etc.
GV 191.2-200.66 Outdoor life & recreation -- includes camping, hiking, caving, mountaineering, etc.
GV 201-555 Physical Education & training.
GV 560-1198 Sports -- History and individual sports.
GV 706.4 Sport Psychology
GV 1199-1570 Games & amusements.
GV 1580-1799.3 Dancing
GV 1800-1860 Circuses, spectacles, etc.
RC 1200-1245 Sports medicine.

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