Library Guides: KINESIOLOGY: Research Guide: Find Articles

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Core databases to start your research with
More databases that cover
- Other health topics such as consumer health and nutrition
- Physical education in schools
Select kinesiology journals

These are your go-to databases for research in exercise science.

ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
ScienceDirect focuses on peer-reviewed scientific, technical, and medical research in the life sciences, health sciences, physical sciences and engineering. Some full-text and some open access.
SportDiscus with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Indexes journal articles on physical education, physical training, sports medicine, and other sports-related topics. Some full text.
CINAHL Complete This link opens in a new window
Scholarly research, quick summaries, and evidence-based information sheets covering 50 nursing specialties, speech and language pathology, nutrition, general health and medicine, and more.
ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Premium This link opens in a new window
Reliable healthcare information covering nursing, allied health, alternative and complementary medicine, and much more. Provides abstracts and indexing for more than 850 titles, with over 715 titles in full-text.
Gale OneFile: Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine This link opens in a new window
Access to academic journals and magazines covering the fields of physical therapy, physical fitness, and sports medicine.

These databases cover other health topics, such as consumer health and nutrition, or have a broader scope than the databases above.

PubMed This link opens in a new window
Citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. PubMed citations and abstracts include the fields of biomedicine and health, covering portions of the life sciences, behavioral sciences, chemical sciences, and bioengineering. Use this link for easy access to UJ subscriptions from PubMed search results.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition This link opens in a new window
Provides nearly 550 full-text scholarly journals focusing on many medical disciplines plus patient education sheets for more than 1300 drugs/medications.
Alt HealthWatch This link opens in a new window
Full-text journals (often peer-reviewed) and reports focusing on complementary, holistic, and integrated health care and wellness.
Consumer Health Complete This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content. Covers all areas of health and wellness including drug information.
BioMed Central This link opens in a new window
Peer-reviewed open access journals on science, technology, and medicine topics.
Gale OneFile: Culinary Arts This link opens in a new window
More than five million articles from more than 250 major cooking and nutrition magazines, as well as encyclopedia and dictionary content.
Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
Scholarly research, trade journals, and popular news/magazines covering all disciplines. A good place to start for most research topics.

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ERIC (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
The premier database for research in education and related fields. Content includes journal articles, research reports, curriculum and teaching guides, conference papers, dissertations, and books dating back to 1966.