{"id":21822,"date":"2023-11-24T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/?p=21822"},"modified":"2023-11-29T10:21:39","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T10:21:39","slug":"uniskills-focus-on-sportdiscus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/2023\/11\/24\/uniskills-focus-on-sportdiscus\/","title":{"rendered":"UniSkills Focus On: SPORTDiscus\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Welcome to the latest instalment of your <strong><em>UniSkills<\/em><\/strong><em> <\/em><strong><em>Focus On\u2026<\/em><\/strong> blog, where this month we take a look at <a href=\"https:\/\/edgehill.idm.oclc.org\/login?url=https:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?profile=ehost&amp;defaultdb=s3h&amp;authtype=ip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SPORTDiscus<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2023\/11\/LS1329-UniSkills-Blog-Series3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2023\/11\/LS1329-UniSkills-Blog-Series3-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21823\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2023\/11\/LS1329-UniSkills-Blog-Series3-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2023\/11\/LS1329-UniSkills-Blog-Series3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2023\/11\/LS1329-UniSkills-Blog-Series3-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2023\/11\/LS1329-UniSkills-Blog-Series3-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2023\/11\/LS1329-UniSkills-Blog-Series3.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What is SPORTDiscus?<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/edgehill.idm.oclc.org\/login?url=https:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?profile=ehost&amp;defaultdb=s3h&amp;authtype=ip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SPORTDiscus<\/a> is a database that has journals on sport science and sport medicine and is produced by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebsco.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EBSCO<\/a>, one of the main database companies.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What does SPORTDiscus contain?<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/edgehill.idm.oclc.org\/login?url=https:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?profile=ehost&amp;defaultdb=s3h&amp;authtype=ip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SPORTDiscus<\/a> contains articles from 666 journals, of which 481 are peer-reviewed, as well as articles from some of the most important sports science journals. <a href=\"https:\/\/edgehill.idm.oclc.org\/login?url=https:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?profile=ehost&amp;defaultdb=s3h&amp;authtype=ip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SPORTSDiscus<\/a> also has books, conference papers, dissertations and much more.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The subjects covered in <a href=\"https:\/\/edgehill.idm.oclc.org\/login?url=https:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?profile=ehost&amp;defaultdb=s3h&amp;authtype=ip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SPORTDiscus<\/a> include:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Athletic training&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coaching and education&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Consumer health&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Exercise science and fitness&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Health education&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kinesiology&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nutrition&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Occupational health and safety&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Orthopaedics&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Physical education&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Physical therapy&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sociology of sports&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sport psychology&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sports injuries and rehabilitation&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sports management&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sports sciences\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What are the benefits of using SPORTDiscus?<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/edgehill.idm.oclc.org\/login?url=https:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?profile=ehost&amp;defaultdb=s3h&amp;authtype=ip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SPORTDiscus<\/a> is an essential database for finding academic journal articles if you are studying any course in Sport and Physical Activity. It is also an important database for trainee teachers who are studying PE at both primary and secondary level.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How do I access SPORTDiscus?<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The easiest way to access <a href=\"https:\/\/edgehill.idm.oclc.org\/login?url=https:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?profile=ehost&amp;defaultdb=s3h&amp;authtype=ip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SPORTSDiscus<\/a> is to visit the subject resources web page for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edgehill.ac.uk\/departments\/support\/ls\/subject-resources\/sport\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sports and Physical Activity<\/a> and click on the link, which you will find under the Journals and Databases tab.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Further Help and Support<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you need any further help or support finding, accessing, or getting the most out of your resources head over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edgehill.ac.uk\/departments\/support\/ls\/uni-skills\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UniSkills web pages<\/a>. 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