LibGuides: Health, Exercise and Sports Science: Getting Started

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SPORTDiscus with Full Text This link opens in a new window
A scholarly database covering sports science, sports medicine, fitness, physical education, and related fields.
Scopus This link opens in a new window
The largest citation and abstract database of peer-reviewed literature, with an emphasis on health and natural sciences.
Wiley Online Library This link opens in a new window
A multidisciplinary collection of online resources covering life, health and physical sciences, social sciences, and the humanities.
ProQuest Health & Medical Collection This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive journal coverage of clinical and biomedical topics, consumer health, and health administration.

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Aerobic exercises
Athletes
Bodybuilding
Clinical exercise physiology
College sports
Exercise
Exercise physiologists
Exercise for women
Exercise therapy
Fitness walking
Heat (physiological effects)
Individual sports like Baseball or Basketball
Joints (range of motion)
Kinesiology
Leg exercises
Movement therapy
Muscle anatomy
Muscle strength
Physical education
Physical education for children
Physical fitness
Physical fitness measurement
Pilates method
Plyometrics
Postnatal exercises
Professional sports
Sports (physiological aspects)
Sports injuries
Stretching exercises
Stretch (physiology)

Papers from Previous Semesters

Here are examples of honors papers from previous semesters.

Impact of exercise duration and frequency on body composition in clinical health populations by Abby Black
Call Number: HONORS BLACK
Publication Date: 2023
Effects of elemental body alignment system on the flexibility of high school dancers by Nola Grace Brown
Call Number: HONORS BROWNN
Publication Date: 2019
The efficacy and reliability of two methods of range of motion measurement to determine the chronic effects of static and proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation stretching techniques and balance in untrained college females by Hannah Gerding
Call Number: HONORS GERDING
Publication Date: 2017
Influences of fitness assessment programs on female undergraduate exercise and sports science majors by Lydia L. King
Call Number: HONORS KINGL
Publication Date: 2011
What effect does nutrition intervention have on snack choice for middle school students in the Raleigh area participating in after-school programs? by Amber Caitlin Schryver
Call Number: HONORS SCHRYVER
Publication Date: 2012
Fine tuning physical education : unpacking barriers that inhibit a positive experience by Kimberly Schuh
Call Number: HONORS SCHUH
Publication Date: 2020
A comparison of an acute bout of static or dynamic stretching on a measure of functional movement by Maryann Sibrizzi
Call Number: HONORS SIBRIZZI
Publication Date: 2015
Injuries among fast-pitch travel softball athletes as they relate to frequency of participation by Ashley D. Watkins
Call Number: HONORS WATKINSA
Publication Date: 2013
Comparison of Concussion Rates between NCAA Division III Male and Female Soccer Athletes by Whitney Williams
Call Number: HONORS WILLIAMSWH
Publication Date: 2014

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