SJSU Research Guides: Kinesiology: Tips, Tools, & Tutorials

Research Tools

CitationLinker
If you already have a citation, CitationLinker will help you find it.
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CitationLinker works best if you enter the Journal Title or ISSN and the year or volume that you are looking for. If SJSU does not have the article online, CitationLinker should take you to our Illiad service to get the article from another library.
Electronic Journals Index
Find out if the library has access to a specific online journal.
Government Documents
Try this guide if you need to locate government information.
Find a DOI with CrossRef
Digital Object Identifiers are now used for online journal articles and other resources. Use CrossRef to find the DOI for a specific article.

Zotero This link opens in a new window
A FireFox extension that makes it easy to create citations.

Assignment Calculator
Use the Assignment Calculator to keep your research project on schedule.
Finding Your Book on the Shelf
This tutorial provides a quick introduction to call numbers.
Finding Your Book on the Shelf
Learn how to use a call number to find the book you want on the shelves.
Finding Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed Articles
(6 mins)
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This tutorial provides a quick introduction to finding scholarly, peer-reviewed articles using SJSU's databases. Topics covered include selecting a database, searching on a topic and accessing the full text of articles.
Database Spotlight: Academic Search Complete
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Academic Search Complete is one of the world's largest educational databases, and covers a wide variety of subject areas. Discover how to use its search feature to find full-text articles.
Academic Search Complete
Learn how to narrow your search, save your results, get citations in the correct format and more in Academic Search Complete.
Tutorials (Main Page)
Click on any of the links at this site to watch short, informative videos on a variety of topics or take longer tutorials which may be used for credit.
Customizing Google Scholar
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Learn how to link Google Scholar with SJSU GetText and RefWorks. This will tell you whether an article found on Google Scholar is available through the library's databases.