This guide contains resources for exercise sciences, sports sciences, and healthy eating.
Related Guides
Good Places to Start
Where to Begin Your Research:
Search a research citation database to view the scope of literature available on your topic.
- ScopusInterdisciplinary citation and abstract database covering more than 16,000 peer-reviewed journals, tracking cited and citing literature.
GW SPH Faculty Publications
Read the latest Exercise and Nutrition Sciences Faculty Publications from the Health Sciences Research Commons.
Exercise Science Databases
- CINAHLAuthoritative coverage of nursing and allied health literature. Coverage: 1981 - Present. Produced by Ebsco Publishing.
- PubMEDProduced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine. Coverage 1950- present on health sciences, clinical, basic science and public health articles.
- REHABDATADisability 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.
Subject Specific Databases
Depending on your topic, the following databases might help you to locate research on a specific topic area or to help refine your search.
- ClinicalKeyClinical information tool searches extensive full-text holdings for clinical answers in journal articles, books, and videos. Searchable by keyword as well as disease, finding, procedure or drug.
- FactivaBusiness information resource that also offers full-text news sources.
- JSTORBack 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.
