Manderino Library: Health Science and Exercise Science & Sport Studies: Articles

Introduction

This guide will help you find resources relating to the Heath and Exercise Sciences. This includes articles, books, and other resources. Just use the tabs to find your way around.

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Peer-Reviewed Journal?

"Peer-Reviewed" or "Refereed" Journals are considered scholarly. If you want to know more, watch this brief YouTube tutorial from North Carolina State University called Peer Review in 3 Minutes.

Not sure if the article you've found is from a peer-reviewed journal? Use the link below and search for the journal. Hint: Enter the journal name and select "TI Title" to search. If it is "Peer-Reviewed," that line will say "YES."

Serials Directory
Provides publication and pricing information for a large number of U.S. and international periodicals. Note: This is not the place to find articles! (EBSCO)

Health Sciences Databases

If you're a Cal U student, faculty, or staff, and want to use these resources off-campus, login with your Cal U username and password!

CINAHL Complete
CINAHL is the premier resource for nursing and allied health professionals, students, educators and researchers. Visit the CINAHL Support Center for help, guides, tutorials, etc. (EBSCO)

More info from EBSCO.
Cochrane Collection PLUS
Cochrane Collection Plus combines two databases into one. Among the many resources are full-text reviews of health care interventions and treatment plans for health care providers and patients. Most include a literature review of research on that treatment and statistical evidence. (EBSCO)

Cochrane Collection Plus is a combination of two databases into one: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and Cochrane Clinical Answers.
More info from EBSCO
Health Sciences Databases Collection
Looking for health, nursing, or physical exercise information? This link searches four EBSCO databases at once: 1) CINAHL Complete, 2) Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition, 3) MEDLINE Complete, and 4) SPORTDiscus with Full-Text.
Health Source: Consumer Edition
Designed for the general public, this resource provides full-text access to consumer health periodicals, pamphlets, and reference books. Describes prescription drugs, herbal and nutritional supplements, and over-the-counter products. (EBSCO)

Nursing and health science researchers should consider using Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition for more scholarly resources.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Designed for academic research, this resource provides strong coverage of nursing and allied health subjects, with a large number of full-text resources. (EBSCO)
MEDLINE Complete
This premier medical research database includes very high end journal content, with significant full-text availability. Note: This EBSCO version of MEDLINE provides many more full-text articles than PubMed. (EBSCO)

More info from EBSCO.
Info from the NIH: MEDLINE, PubMed, and PMC (PubMed Central): How are they different?
OVID Health Science and Nursing Journals
Access over 45 peer-reviewed titles in the health sciences and nursing, including some major sports medicine titles.
PubMed
PubMed is a free resource for researching biomedical and life sciences literature. It does not include full-text journal articles itself. However, links to the full text are often present when it is available from other sources. It includes the citations from the MEDLINE database, full-text from PubMed Central, and citations for books. Cal U patrons: using the Library's version of MEDLINE Complete will provide you with much more full-text.

Use the NLM Catalog: Journals in the NCBI Databases when you need to identify journal abbreviations in PubMed.
SPORTDiscus with Full-Text
Covers a wide range of sport disciplines, including: exercise physiology, sports medicine, physical therapy, physical fitness, training, coaching, and other sport and fitness-related topics. (EBSCO)

More info from EBSCO.

Other Databases

Academic Search Ultimate
A large and all-inclusive database that covers almost every academic subject. (EBSCO)

More info from EBSCO.
Open Dissertations
Open Dissertations is a free database (open to anyone) with records for more than a million electronic theses and dissertations from around the world.
NOTE: The "Open Dissertations" link above is for Cal U patrons and requires a login. However, ANYONE can search (or submit their work to) the database using this BiblioLabs link: https://biblioboard.com/opendissertations/
Westlaw
Search LEGAL information: codes, cases, secondary legal information, etc. You can also search NEWS and BUSINESS info.

PDF Reference Guide: 10 Quick Tips for Using Westlaw