LibGuides: Sports Research and Innovation Initiative: Sport Psychology

Sports Psychology Databases

APA PsycINFO 1887-Current
Good for: Researching psychological literature.
Contains: Journal articles, books, and dissertations.
Dates covered: 1800-present.
PubMed
Good for: Finding medical, nursing, dental, veterinary, health care, and preclinical sciences articles.
Contains: Indexed citations and abstracts to journal articles.
ScienceDirect Journals
Good for: Researching social science, medicine, science, and technology.
Contains: Journals.
Scopus
Good for: Researching peer-reviewed scientific, medical, technical, and social science literature.
Contains: Index to literature.
Dates covered: 1960-present.

Scopus also features a citation index, allowing you to find the papers that cite a specific piece of research.
SPORTDiscus with Full Text
Good for: Researching sports, physical education, and sports medicine.
Contains: Journal articles and more.
Dates covered: 1975-present.

An international database indexing journal articles, books, conference proceedings, research papers, and dissertations and theses in sports medicine, biomechanics, psychology, coaching, physical education and fitness, training, and other related topics.

Books can be retrieved directly from the library shelves or requested using the QuickSearch box on the UNLV Libraries home page.

QuickSearch
Great place to start your research on any topic. Includes books, newspapers, magazines, scholarly articles, etc.

PsychiatryOnline
Online access to DSM-5 and the American Journal of Psychiatry plus other references for diagnosis, treatment, research, and professional development.

The DSM-V is a standard resource for diagnosis in Psychology.