Free research articles

In support of the FIFA South Africa World Cup, Routledge in collaboration with Editors and society partners, have selected 90 research articles which engage with football and the South Africa World Cup. These articles are freely available until 31st July 2010, and also include research articles on science and nutrition.

Social trends - how UK life has changed since the 1970s

Published today, Social trends 40 marks forty years of social reporting in the UK. Many trends are highlighted including - we are living longer, we take more holidays abroad, women are having babies later in life and less people are getting married. It also includes 5 previously unpublished chapters which show "more than three-fifths of three and four-year-olds were in early years education in the UK in 2008/09" and "Just under a quarter of adults in England in 2008 were obese"

Improve your internet searching skills

Intute have developed a set of free interactive internet tutorials to help you develop your internet research skills. Learn how to make discerning use of the Internet to help find information for your coursework and assignments. These interactive, teach-yourself tutorials take around an hour to complete, simply work through the material in your own time at your own pace.

http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/

Environmental Education Research

Ydych chi'n astudio Addysg Awyr Agored neu Blynyddoedd Cynnar?

Cymerwch cip ar y cylchgrawn newydd Environmental Education Research sy'n cynnwys erthyglau ar yr amgylchedd, addysg a phlant

Participation in the outdoors

Have you seen the magazine Countyside Recreation? The Summer issue is entirely devoted to "Participation in the outdoors" with articles on Forest Schools, and barriers to visiting the outdoors. Follow the link below to take a look:


http://www.countrysiderecreation.org.uk/journal/Summer2009/Summer_2009-All.pdf

Child obesity "is levelling off"

The National Heart Forum has published new research which shows that childhood obesity may be levelling off in children in England. A new updated forecast suggests that levels of obesity may be in decline. To see the whole report follow the link below:

http://www.heartforum.org.uk/Publications_NHFreports_Obesity_RecentTrendsinChildren.aspx

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Need some statistics?

Are you struggling to find statistics for your assignment?
Did you know that there is a wealth of statistics available from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) including information on Smoking Trends, Alcohol Consumption Trends as well as information on Health and Exercise. You can also get a snapshot of the area that you live in, so there are statistics on how many people live in your area, how old they are, how many people are employed as well as loads more. Follow the link below to take a look:

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/default.asp

"Last night I had a dream about a horse?!"

Have you ever woken up wondering why you dream about strange things? Now you can access a great new electronic journal called Dreaming available through our new database PsycARTICLES.

PsycARTICLES contains access to more than 140,000 articles from over 60 journals on the subject of psychology (including Sport Psychology). See the LRC website for more details http://www.trinity-cm.ac.uk/en/lrc/resources/databases/

Remeber to get your Athens Password to access these resources!

International Perspectives on Outdoor and Experiential Learning

This special issue of Education 3-13 is devoted entirely to Outdoor Learning. It's available in print in the library for you to look at, or if you are off campus follow the link below (remember you'll need to enter your Athens password to see the full text!)

http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content=g909516044

School of Sport, Health and Outdoor Education

Did you know students of the School of Sport, Health and Outdoor Education (SHOE) have their own library Blackboard pages, linking to electronic books, electronic journals, useful websites and more! Follow the link below to take a look:

http://blackboard.trinity-cm.ac.uk/webapps/blackboard/content/listContent.jsp?course_id=_425_1&content_id=_32227_1&mode=reset