Sport Discus is 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. Includes access to the full text of more than 350 journals. Full-text coverage dates back to 1985.
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The wildcard is represented by a question mark ?. To use the wildcard, enter your search terms and replace each unknown character with a ?. EBSCOhost finds all citations of that word with the ? replaced by a letter. For example, type ne?t to find all citations containing neat, nest or next. EBSCOhost does not find net because the wildcard replaces a single character.
Truncation is represented by an asterisk (*). To use truncation, enter the root of a search term and replace the ending with an *. EBSCOhost finds all forms of that word. For example, type comput* to find the words computer or computing.
It is possible to limit your search results only those articles that are peer reviewed (articles written by scholars and reviewed by experts in the field before they are published). In the area of the search screen labeled “limit your results” click in the box labeled peer reviewed. This will eliminate articles written by journalists such as those in Sports Illustrated.
To export your citations directly to RefWorks to be used in your bibliography, first save them to a folder by clicking on the word add on the right side of the screen within each of the citations you want to include. When you have selected those items you want to add to your bibliography, click on the folder link that says “folder has items”. Once in the folder, mark the items you want in your bibliography by clicking the box next each one on the left and click on export. You will be prompted to log into RefWorks to complete the import. It is important to have pop-up blockers turned off to do this. It is also important that you not open RefWorks until you are prompted to.
Where is it: Go to the UNLV Libraries' home page http://www.library.unlv.edu. Select the Articles and Databases tab, click on the A-Z List of Databases and then on the letter S and select Sport Discus with Full Text.
Quick Link: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=s3h
