Database for searching for theses and dissertations on "health as it relates to physical activity, physical fitness, activities of daily living, work, sport and athletics, recreation, dance, and play." Kinesiology Publications (KinPubs)--formerly Microform Publications of Human Movement Studies--is a non-profit component of the International Institute for Sport and Human Performance (IISHP). KinPubs archives and disseminates graduate research studies (master's and doctoral dissertations) on microfiche and in electronic format.

KinPubs collects studies from a multifaceted field in which movement or physical activity is the intellectual focus. The populations these studies include are children, adults, and the elderly; individuals with disabilities, injury or disease; and athletes. The research, which focuses on the causes and effects of physical activity, employs knowledge and methods of inquiry from arts and sciences as well as humanities; physiology, biochemistry, biomechanics, motor control and development, psychology, sociology, sports medicine, measurement and kinanthropometry, and also pedagogy, history, philosophy, and, more recently, sports marketing.

For dissertations that are not available for download, please search the library catalog for the title in microform. If you are still unable to locate the dissertation please contact Whitney Winberg, subject bibliographer for Recreation and Sports Sciences.

You can contact Whitney at (740) 593-0003, via e-mail at winberg@ohio.edu, or at her office in 412 Alden Library.