Electronic Databases : How To Find Journal Articles

For locating journal or magazine articles, go to the library's online databases page

The titles listed below are databases that can you use to find journal articles. The primary databases for sports articles are highlighted with asterisks and a brief summary of content.

ABI/Inform

Academic Search Premiere

CINAHL

ERIC

ExpandedAcademic ASAP

General Reference Center Gold

International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance, with full-text ***This comprehensive research tool was started in 1984 and now contains a databank for more than 60,000 journal articles, books and dissertations. Full text to more than 100 periodicals.

InfoTrac

Medline

PreCINAHL

Educator's Reference Complete

SportsDiscus
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Covers journal literature for sports and recreation from 1985 to the present. Contains more than 350 full text journals.

WilsonSelect Plus

The following is a selective list of journals SCSU owns in paper format. If the journal is available in full text, the second column will indicate “Full Text.”    

Health , Physical Education And Recreation , Exercise And Sport Sciences

Journal of Leisure Property            

Full Text

Journal of Leisure Research

Full Text

Journal of the International Council for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation

Journal of Park and Recreation Administration

Full Text

Journal of physical education and recreation

Full Text

Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance

Full Text

Leisure and Hospitality Business

Full Text

Leisure Report

Full Text

Leisure Sciences

Full Text

Leisure Studies 

Full Text

Leisure Travel News

Full Text

Leisure Week           

Full Text

LeisureWays

Managing Leisure

Full Text

Recreation

Parks & recreation

Full Text

Playground and recreation 

Therapeutic recreation journal