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SPORTDiscus

Access

If required, login using your university email address and password.

The new look Ebsco interface is now live.  

We have the following guides to help you use the new website:
Quick Guide to Using Ebsco Eresources  
Advanced Searching in Ebsco Eresources 
Subject searching

Key updates:

  • Searching functionality stays the same in terms of entering keywords, building search strategies and viewing results
  • Any previous saved searches you had should have carried over into this new look
  • Ability to save and download more results than previously
  • A ‘Recent Activity’ log of searches and viewed records
  • New ‘Add to Project’ feature to save results for specific named projects
  • A new MyEbsco area which includes access to projects, saved items and recent activity log

If you previously created custom folders in the old version you will get a report to work with when you first login again.  Visit the Ebsco guidance for assistance with this. 

Any queries please email skills@cumbria.ac.uk  

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.

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