Research Guides: Exercise & Nutrition Sciences: Find Articles

Systematic Reviews Databases

What is a "Systematic Review" study? To find out, go to Himmelfarb's Study Design 101 Tutorial. Then, search the following databases to find systematic reviews:

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Systematic reviews in health care and health policy prepared by The Cochrane Collaboration.

Additional Databases

If you are unfamiliar with a topic, you may want to search a research citation database to view the scope of literature available on your topic.

Google Scholar
Scopus
Interdisciplinary citation and abstract database covering more than 16,000 peer-reviewed journals, tracking cited and citing literature.
Web of Science

If your topic is broad, try the following multi-discipline databases which will include scholarly research as well as articles from newspapers, wire feeds, trade publications, reports and conference papers and proceedings. (Tip: Click "Peer-Reviewed" to refine your search to only articles in scholarly publications.)

Exercise Science Databases

The following databases focus on exercise science topics:

CINAHL
Authoritative coverage of nursing and allied health literature. Coverage: 1981 - Present. Produced by Ebsco Publishing.
REHABDATA
Disability and rehabilitation database covers physical, mental, and psychiatric disabilities, vocational rehabilitation, special education, assistive technology, and other issues as they relate to people with disabilities.

Medical Health Sciences Databases

Following are core databases covering the medical health science literature.

CINAHL
ClinicalKey
MEDLINE
PsycINFO
Psychology professional and academic literature including medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, and other areas. Coverage: 1806 - Present.
PubMed
Trip
Medical search engine with emphasis on evidence based medicine (EBM) and clinical guidelines and queries, including content from Cochrane and Bandolier. Allows you to conduct a PICO search.

Subject Specific Databases

Depending on your topic, the following databases may help you to locate research on a specific topic area or to refine your search.

Gender Studies Database
Full-text access to global information on women in over 150 countries. Indexes books, journals, newsletters, research reports from non-profit groups, government and international agencies, and fact sheets and includes links to full-text articles for many citations.
ERIC
Factiva
Business information resource that also offers full-text news sources.
ClinicalKey
Clinical information tool searches extensive full-text holdings for clinical answers in journal articles, books, and videos. Searchable by keyword as well as disease, condition, theory, procedure or drug.
JSTOR
Back issues of core scholarly journals in subjects including African-American studies, anthropology, Asian studies, classics, ecology, economics, education, finance, history, literature, mathematics, philosophy, political science, population studies, sociology, and statistics. Includes free Early-Journal Content, journals published before 1923 in the U.S. and before 1870 outside of the U.S.
REHABDATA