Physical Education
Resources for Physical Education
Physical Education definitions, facts, figures & overviews
- Dictionaries help you to define your terms
- Encyclopedias help you to get an overview of your topic and provide more information than a dictionary
- Handbooks and manuals provide figures and facts
Online dictionaries and encyclopediasPrint dictionaries and encyclopedias
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Encyclopedia of Physical Education, Fitness and Sports
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796.03/3
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Guidelines for the Safe Conduct of Sport and Physical Activity in Schools
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CRC 363.147/1
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Oxford dictionary of sports science and medicine
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617.1027/86
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Physical Education books and moreSearch the Library Catalogue to find books, videos, CDs If you know the exact title
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Physical Education journal articlesSearch a database to find journal articles, book chapters, conference papers and research reports. Try these first
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Notes
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ProQuest 5000
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Multidisciplinary including Education and health
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Proquest
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Informaworld
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All relevant disciplines are represented and there is strength in the humanities and social sciences.
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Expanded Academic Index
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Medicine. anatomy, diseases, drugs, techniques and equipment, psychology and health care
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Infotrac
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SPORTDiscus
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Sport: recreation, exercise physiology, sports medicine, coaching, physical fitness.
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Ebsco
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Australian Sport Database AUSPORT
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Australian sport including coaching, disabled, facilities, history, medicine, nutrition, physiology, psychology.
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Informit
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Complete list of Education databases Complete list of Health databases Database search tips:More information: Finding Journal Articles Tutorial Need help? Ask a question. top of page
Physical Education Internet sitesIt is important to critically evaluate all information found on the Web. Try the following sites as a starting point. Subject linksOrganisations
- The NSW Personal Development Health and Physical Education Teachers Association
- Active Health
This comprehensive site from the University of Wollongong's Faculty of Education provides a gateway to many web-based resources relating to Physical and Health Education.
- Australian Sport WWW - Australian Sports Commission
The Australian Sports Commission hosts this site of resources organised under headings such as Topics in Sport and Sports and Athletes.
- Australian Sports Commission - Coaching and Officiating
Formally the Australian Coaching Council, offers information on courses and qualifications, contacts, tools, resources and guidance for existing and those aspiring to be coaches and officials in Australia.
- Education Network of Australia (EdNA) Health and Physical Education
The Education Network of Australia is both a directory of education-related resources and a network for collaboration and cooperation between students, teachers, administrators and researchers in Australia. The site provides a wealth of resources - including curriculum materials and teaching aids - and all the resources listed have been evaluated. This link goes directly to the Health and Physical Education section.
- Sports Media
An interactive PE tool that provides: interactive learning, lesson plans, links, tips, drills, activities, articles and other teaching aids for teachers, coaches, students and instructors interested in sports and physical education. Health information
- Medline Plus
Medline Plus is a health information service provided by the National Library of Medicine in the US.
- Intute
Intute provides access to a searchable catalogue of Internet sites and resources covering the health and life sciences. Government departmentsSearch engines and directoriesSearch engines create databases using computer programs called 'spiders', 'robots' or 'crawlers' that trawl the web and other Internet sites and return results to the database. Try these first: Remember to evaluate all information. Directories organise Internet resources by subject. The information provided in directories is created, arranged and maintained by people rather than machines.
- Educator's Reference Desk
Resources include 2,000+ lesson plans, 3,000+ links to online education information, and 200+ question archive responses
- Scholarly Sports Sites
This subject directory brings together the websites which will assist the serious sports researcher, kinesiology librarian, sport information specialist, college/university student and faculty.
- Yahoo Health Directory
This directory covers fitness and physical education UOW sitestop of page
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