KNR 383: Adapted Physical Education

Sources for the Description of the Disability

Below are a few selected reference books. The titles are linked to the Online Catalog, which provides the call number, location, and holdings information. Most of these sources are located in the Reference section on Floor 5.

Childhood Disorders: Diagnostic Desk Reference
Alphabetical arrangement; covers a wide range of physical and and mental disorders

*Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR) Use the Index to locate information about a variety of mental disorders.

Dictionary of Syndromes and Inherited Disorders
Alphabetical arrangement; includes information about the characteristics and management implications of the disorder.

Encyclopedia of Special Education
Basic information about a wide variety of disorders and educational implications.

*Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
This online source is available as part of  Gale Virtual Reference.

Medical-Surgical Nursing
Use index to locate information about a variety of physical and mental disorders.

National Institutes of Health
The government is a great source of information. If searching the Internet, you may want to use the advanced Google search and limit to the .gov domain.

NORD Guide to Rare Disorders
Use the index to locate information about rare physical disorders and diseases.

Selected Journals

Suggested journals:

Note:  The links to the databases take you to the tables of contents for the selected journals.  You can perform a narrower search by adding another term, e.g., the particular disability you are writing about.

Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly
Indexed in SPORTDiscus   

Clinical Kinesiology
Note: although this is available electronically, there does not appear to be a way to search for a particular term.  It is indexed in CINAHL and SPORTDiscus. 

Journal of Physical Education Recreation and Dance
Indexed in ERIC

Palaestra
Indexed in ERIC

Perceptual and Motor Skills A free online journal.
You can search from the free website, but limit your search to P&MS only by using the radial button.
Also indexed in ERIC.

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport
Indexed in ERIC

Other journals related to teaching Physical Education:

Journal of Teaching in Physical Education
Indexed in ERIC 

Teaching Elementary Physical Education
ceased with November 2006 issue
Indexed in ERIC

Strategies
Indexed in ERIC

Other journals related to either teaching or disabilities:
Try adding terms like "physical education", "exercise", "fitness", "physical activity", etc.

American Annals of the Deaf
Indexed in ERIC

American Journal of Mental Retardation
Indexed in ERIC
Note: Seems to have emphasis on adults.

Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities
Indexed in ERIC

RE:view
Covers visual impairments and blindness.
Indexed in Academic Search Premier

Teaching Exceptional Children
Indexed in Academic Search Premier

Therapeutic Recreation Journal
Indexed in SportDiscus.

Selected Indexes

ERIC covers the field of Education and is probably your best bet.  "Physical Education" limited to journals is presented in this set of results.  Try adding another term.

Education Abstracts is a smaller database that also covers the field of Education.  "Physical Education" is presented in this set of results.  Try adding another term.

Academic Search Premier
This large, interdisciplinary database includes indexing for several of the key journals The search "physical education & training" as a subject heading is represented in this set of results.  Try adding another term.

SPORTDiscus Before you start searching, look near the bottom of the screen and notice that you can limit. You may want to limit the Publication Type to Journal Article and the Language to English. Then try typing in the disability you have chosen. Don't type in too many terms! You may also need to try alternative terms or broader "umbrella" terms.

CINAHL CINAHL covers nursing, physical therapy, allied health, biomedical and consumer health journals.

PubMed PubMed is a service of the National Library of Medicine that includes over 16 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to the 1950s. PubMed includes links to full text articles and other related resources.

Locating Test Information

Mental Measurements Yearbook
Detailed information about and reviews of standardized tests. Includes the full text of selected reviewsl