Research Guides: Recreation &amp; Leisure: Articles

Articles

Journal articles are scholarly works that go through a quality control process called peer-review before they are published.

Several databases provide access to regional, national and international news articles.

A select list of databases that include scholarly articles are listed below.

Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
- Find Peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations
- Off-Campus access to Brock resources is available to users who configure their Google Scholar Settings as follows:
  1. Click on Scholar Settings
  2. Select 'Library links' from the left menu
  3. Type Brock in the Library links box, and click the search icon
  4. Select Brock in the resulting list
  5. Click on the 'Save' button
  6. Follow the Find it @ Brock links to access available full-text.
Web of Science Core Collection This link opens in a new window
- Scholarly resources across all disciplines
- Access to Cited Reference searching.
- Includes Proquest Dissertations and Theses Citation Index.
- Permitted Uses
Sport Discus This link opens in a new window
- Scholarly literature covering all aspects of sport including, recreation, exercise physiology, sports medicine, coaching, physical fitness, the psychology, history and sociology of sport, training, and conditioning.
- Find journal articles and book content.
- Permitted Uses
Leisure Tourism Collection This link opens in a new window
- Covers of all aspects of leisure, recreation, sport, tourism and the cultural industries.
- Find journal articles, ebooks, reports and statistical bulletins available through leisuretourism.com.
- Coverage: 1974-present.
- Permitted Uses