Welcome to the library resources guide for students researching Coaching and Performance Science topics. The purpose of this guide is to highlight some of the key resources for conducting library research in this discipline. I hope you will find these resources useful.
I am also available for private research consultation. My contact information is on the right, in the profile box. Please feel free to contact me for any further assistance.
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The following databases are you "best bets" for finding journal articles in the Sport Sciences field.
2025 cuts to the US Department of Education have left the future coverage of ERIC in question. For complementary and current coverage of education literature please consult the Education Source and Educational Administration Abstracts databases, available through EBSCOhost and the Education Research Index, available through ProQuest.
The ERIC database, sponsored by the US Department of Education, provides extensive access to educational-related literature including conferences, meetings, government documents, theses, dissertations, reports, audiovisual media, bibliographies, directories, books, and journal articles. Historically, ERIC indexed approximately 14,000 documents and over 20,000 journal articles per year.
To search for books about your topic use World Cat.
You can watch this tutorial, which covers plagiarism basics and some finer points as well, and then take the quiz as a guest. If you decide to register your class, students can take the quiz and send the results to you.
