Library Guides @ VIU: History: Sports

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Sports History: Finding Articles

These databases of journal and news articles can be searched either through LibrarySearch or directly through the links below.

America: History & Life with Full Text

Historical coverage of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Index to secondary literature with some full text coverage and linking to external full text sources.
SPORTDiscus with Full Text

SPORTDiscus offers index coverage of sport, fitness and related disciplines, with full text coverage for over 500 journals.
Academic Search Premier

Multi-disciplinary database with full text journal articles, including peer-reviewed titles.
CBCA Complete

Canadian periodicals from 1982 to date, including some full text.
ERIC

Includes journals, reports, and the ERIC Thesaurus from 1966 to date, with some full text.
Note: Library holds Microfiche ERIC documents ED 247-998 to ED 335-165 from Jan. 1985-Dec. 1991. This represents material from the Elementary and Early Childhood Education Clearing House.

Sports History: Retrospective Indexes to Articles

The Canadian Periodical Index lists articles published in Canadian magazines back to 1938. It is shelved in the Nanaimo Campus Stacks at call number AI 3 C242.

Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature lists articles published in American popular magazines back to 1900. It is shelved in the Nanaimo Campus Stacks at call number AI 3 R4.