This research guide relays some basic information on library and information resources pertaining to the concerns of this department, as provided by University Libraries and/or sites on the World Wide Web.

1. To Shelf-Browse for Books (using main Library of Congress Subject Divisions)

Books on subjects associated with this field are shelved under the call number ranges listed below. Use TOPCAT to search for specific items in the collection, or more narrowly-defined subjects.

Education:  Education (General), L7 - L991 ------- History of Education, LA5 - LA2396 ------- Theory and Practice of Education, LB5 - LB3640 ------- Teaching (Principles and Practices), LB1025 - LB1050.7 ------- Special Aspects of Education, LC8 - LC6691

Recreation and Leisure:  Recreation & Leisure, GV1 - GV1860 ------- Outdoor Life/Outdoor Recreation, GV191.2 - GV200.66 ------- Physical Education and Training, GV201 - GV555 ------- Games and Amusements, GV1199 - GV1570 ------- Dancing, GV1580 - GV1799.3

2. To Find Journal and Magazine Articles (using indexing/abstracting/full-text services)

The following services are recommended for courses for first-year students and nonmajors:

• Academic Search Premier and MasterFILE Premier: These two all-subject WWW-based services (they are part of the EBSCOhost system) feature indexing and abstracting of many journals and magazines WKU Libraries receives in hardcopy, plus a large selection of articles in full-text.
• Career & Technical Education has full text articles about career, vocational, & technical education.
• ERIC (EBSCOhost): Covers over 1000 journals plus research reports and other types of literature on all aspects of education.
• Education Full Text: Indexes articles since 1983, abstracts articles since 1994, and selected full text since 1996.
• Health Source: Consumer Edition: This database provides health information for the health care consumer (layman). A full-text database available via EBSCOhost.
• Google Scholar: A free Web-based Google service that restricts searches to the scholarly literature. Now features linking to full-text of articles held by WKU.
• SPORT Discus: This database includes citations on all aspects of exercise physiology, physical education, physical fitness, sports, sports medicine published since 1975.

• ArticleFirst: FirstSearch database available to faculty and graduate students (and to undergraduate students by special permission). Indexes almost 13,000 journals and magazines from 1990 onward, including some ninety percent of the ones University Libraries carries in hardcopy.
• CINAHL/pre-CINAHL Full Text: These databases are devoted to the fields of nursing and allied health. Available via EBSCOhost.
• Combined Health Information Database: A bibliographic database prduced by health-related agencies of the Federal Government. This database provides titles, abstracts, and availability information for health information and health education resources, many of which are not indexed elsewhere. New records are added quarterly and some older records are retained for archival purposes.
• Educational Administration Abstracts (EBSCOhost): Indexes and abstracts articles in educational administration, including educational leadership, educational management, educational research, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. Older paper issues are located in Reference at LB2805 .E32 (Ref. Per. Ind.).
• MDXHealth: A consumer health database. Available via FirstSearch if you are faculty, staff, or a graduate student at WKU. Call the Reference Center at x6125 for Authorization and Password.
• MEDLINE: This EBSCOhost-based database provides abstracting of the primary research literature.
• PsycINFO (EBSCOhost): Provides indexing and abstracts for over one million articles in 1,500 journals, plus dissertations, books and book chapters, from 1887 to the present.
• Teacher Reference Center (EBSCOhost): Indexes and abstracts over 270 trade journals and magazines for teachers and administrators.

Special resource:  TDNet Electronic Journal Finder [use to access Libraries' electronic journals, magazines, and newspapers, as well as some indexes and databases containing full-text articles; includes a comprehensive A-Z listing of titles]

3. Monographic Reference Works in Helm Library

The following are recommended for use:

• Physical Education Index Helm Ref GV201.P534
• Health, Physical Education and Recreation, Exercise and Sport Sciences Microform Publications Bulletin Helm Ref GV201.H4
• Leisure, Recreation, and Tourism Abstracts Helm Ref GV191.6.R86
• To browse for materials such as handbooks, dictionaries, encyclopedias, directories, etc. devoted to issues in Physical Education and Recreation, search the Reference shelves in Helm within the GV1-GV1800 range of call numbers. Teacher resources pertaining to Physical Education can be found in the Professional Collection at the Educational Resources Center within this call number range also.

4. Department of Physical Education and Recreation Faculty

Faculty Page:  http://edtech.cebs.wku.edu/~perec/faculty.html

5. Related Professional Societies (for professional news, careers/jobs, memberships, etc.)

• American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance: http://www.aahperd.org/
• American Association for Leisure and Recreation: http://www.aahperd.org/aalr/template.cfm?template=main.html
• American Camping Association: http://www.acacamps.org/
• American Canoe Association: http://www.acanet.org/index.lasso
• American College of Sports Medicine: http://www.acsm.org/
• American Physiological Society: http://www.the-aps.org/
• American School Health Association http://www.ashaweb.org/
• American Society of Exercise Physiologists: http://www.asep.org/
• American Therapeutic Recreation Association: http://www.atra-tr.org/
• Association of Outdoor Recreation and Education http://www.aore.org/
• International Diabetic Athletes Association http://www.diabetes-exercise.org/
• International Society for Aging and Physical Activity (ISAPA): http://www.isapa.org/
• Kentucky Association for Environmental Education: http://www.louisville.edu/org/kiesd/kaee/
• Kentucky Recreation and Park Society: http://www.kyrec.org/
• National Association of Health and Fitness http://www.fitness.com/
• National Athletic Trainers' Association http://www.nata.org/
• National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association http://www.nirsa.org/
• National Recreation and Park Association: http://www.nrpa.org/
• National Strength & Conditioning Association: http://www.nsca-lift.org/menu.asp
• National Therapeutic Recreation Society: http://www.nrpa.org/content/default.aspx?documentid=530
• The North American Society for Sport Management http://www.nassm.org/
• Southeast American College of Sports Medicine: http://www.fau.edu/divdept/exsci/seacsm/sehomepage.htm
• Wilderness Education Association: http://www.weainfo.org/

6. Web Sites Recommended by Department of Physical Education and Recreation Faculty

Instruction, Teaching, Jobs

• Opportunities in Physical Education and Related Areas (OPERA) [jobs] http://www.csufresno.edu/kines/programs/opera/Home.html
• PE Central [gateway site for health & physical educators] http://www.pecentral.org/
• p.e. links [for educators] 4u http://www.pelinks4u.org/index.htm
• PE Zone [resources for health, wellness & physical educators] http://reach.ucf.edu/~pezone/
• Physical Education Lesson Plan Page: http://members.tripod.com/~pazz/lesson.html
• Sports Media P.E. Lesson Plans & Activities: http://www.sports-media.org/

Sports & Sports Medicine

• International Journal of Sports Medicine: http://www.thieme-connect.com/BASScgi/4?FID=Start&URL=JournalTOC&Level=Journal&JournalKey=40
• International Olympic Committee http://www.olympic.org/
• Kidsports International [directories & link lists for youth athletics] http://www.kidsports.net/
• MedlinePlus: Sports Fitness http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/sportsfitness.html
• National Institute for Sports Reform http://www.nisr.org/
• National Youth Sports Safety Foundation http://www.nyssf.org/
• Scholarly Sport Sites http://www.ucalgary.ca/library/ssportsite/
• Special Olympics http://www.specialolympics.org/
• Sports and Nutrition: The Winning Connection [advice] http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/hsnut/
• The Virtual Library of Sport [sports resources on the Web] http://sportsvl.com/

Other Sites

• American Council on Exercise http://www.acefitness.org/
• Dixie Division of American Canoe Association [news, events, instruction, etc.]: http://www.dixiedivision.com/
• Human Kinetics [information concerning physical activity]: http://www.humankinetics.com/
• Journal of Applied Physiology: http://jap.physiology.org/
• Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife http://www.kdfwr.state.ky.us/
• National Council for Therapeutic Recreation Certification: http://www.nctrc.org/
• National Wellness Institute http://www.nationalwellness.org/index.php
• Office of Minority Health (DHSS) Resource Center http://www.omhrc.gov/
• PubMed: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi
• The President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports http://www.fitness.gov/
• Therapeutic Recreation Directory: http://www.recreationtherapy.com/
• USDA Food and Nutrition Information Center http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/
• U.S. DHHS Office on Women's Health http://www.4woman.gov/owh/
• Wellness Councils of America http://www.welcoa.org/

University Libraries Liaison: Dan Forrest (x6164 / dan.forrest@wku.edu) last updated 3/04/2007
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