SPORTDiscus

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• Brief description Full text database covering journal articles, monographs and theses on sport
• Resource type Full-text journals, references and abstracts, reports and conference proceedings, trials and reviews
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Full Details

Full text database, plus index and abstracts covering journal articles, monographs and theses on sport, sport medicine, fitness and related disciplines.

Date Range

1985 onwards.

Size

350+ journals.

Features

Search history & alerts function from the Advanced search screen.
Use the Thesaurus to search using subject headings.  Guide to Subject searching.
Direct export to Refworks from the save results option.
Can search other Ebsco resources at the same time.

Search Tips

Uses Boolean AND, OR, NOT.
? wildcard.
* truncation.
() for grouping.
" "exact phrases.
Can limit by date, full-text and document type.

Other information

Some journals have an embargo, so there may be a delay before recent issues are made available.