| Database Information |
Physical Education Index |
| Access: |
Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect: 1. from a public computer in the University of Delaware Library 2. from a University of Delaware campus connection in your dorm, lab, or office 3. from an off-campus connection (University of Delaware ID required) |
| Description: | An index to the literature of physical education, with links to full text. Records are indexed and classified from peer-reviewed journals, report literature, conference proceedings, trade magazines, patents, articles from the popular press, and many other publications. Abstracts feature a wide variety of content, ranging from physical education curricula, to sports medicine, to dance. Other coverage includes sport law, kinesiology, motor learning, recreation, standardized fitness tests, sports equipment, business and marketing, coaching and training, and sport sociology/psychology. Health education and physical therapy are also covered. |
| Coverage: | 1970- |
| Updated: | monthly |
| Journals: | A Serials Source List is available. |
| Links: | Depending upon the Cambridge Scientific Abstracts database, there might be links to full-text electronic journal articles from the American Meteorological Society, BioOne, HighWire Press, IngentaConnect, Ingenta Select, JSTOR, National Sea Grant Library, Nature Publishing Group, Project MUSE, PsycARTICLES, Sage Publications, ScienceDirect, Springer LINK, or Synergy. If full text is available, there will be a clickable “Full-Text” link at the top of a citation. Additional Article Express links are provided by clicking on the “AE Get Article” button. |
| Alerts: | Click on “Alerts” in the “Search Tools” area to set up a personal profile. You can click on “Alerts” above a result set to save it. A saved “Alert” will be used to automatically search your selected databases for new content every week. |
| Notes: | Scholar profile information can be accessed from search results lists by 1) clicking on the ScholarIcon ( |
| Output Formats: | Click on “Save/Print/Email Records.” Available as an option from the Save/Print/Email screen, QuikBib allows you to generate a bibliography from your search results in any of eight popular bibliographic styles. Final output is available as HTML, Text, RTF, and MS Word. |
| Help: | Click on “Help” in the upper right of the screen. For further assistance, contact a librarian. |
| Software Requirements: | Best viewed with Netscape 6.0 or newer or Internet Explorer 6.0 or newer. |
| Related Resources: | Databases for Health & Exercise Sciences |
| Users: | unlimited concurrent users |
| Producer: | Cambridge Scientific Abstracts |