Subject Guides: Movement Science: MOV Home

Movement Science: MOV Home

This guide provides an overview of some library resources in support of students in various Movement Science courses

Movement Science at GVSU

GVSU Movement Science Department
GVSU's Movement Science Department is comprised of four programs: Athletic Training, Exercise Science, Physical Education, and Sport Management. Visit the website for more information about courses, faculty members, and events.
GVSU Sport Management
GVSU Athletic Training
GVSU Exercise Science
GVSU Physical Education

I want to:

Find peer-reviewed articles.
- Use the databases in the box to the right ==========>
Determine if an article is peer-reviewed.
- Follow instructions here for using Ulrichsweb.
Cite my sources.
- Consult Purdue's OWL website or try Zotero.

Movement Science Recommended Databases

SPORTDiscus with Full Text
Covers journals, popular sources, book chapters, books, dissertations, theses, and conference proceedings in sport and fitness literature as well as related disciplines.
Google Scholar
Use Google Scholar to search for scholarly, peer reviewed articles on any topic.

When off campus, be sure to login to Google Scholar from the Library's website to directly access GVSU resources and set your Scholar Preferences to include Grand Valley State University.
PubMed
PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, is a publicly available online database of biomedical and medical journal records. It includes MEDLINE content.
Web of Science
Web of Science is a multidisciplinary resource that allows you to search multiple databases at once, including: Web of Science (Core Collection), Current Contents Connect, BIOSIS Previews, MEDLINE, and Journal Citation Reports. Find journal articles, books, conference proceedings, reports, and tables of contents.
Education Source
Provides scholarly research for education students, professionals, and policy makers. Covers all levels of education from early childhood to higher education. Covers specialties such as multilingual education, health education, and testing.
JSTOR
JSTOR provides the searchable full text of the backfiles of many of the core research and academic society published journals in almost all subject areas, but its emphasis is in the humanities and social sciences. The majority of JSTOR's content is academic and peer-reviewed.