Exercise & Nutrition Sciences: E-Journals

These databases cover a wide range of health sciences disciplines and can be searched for journal articles related to exercise science.

• Scopus 
  • Interdisciplinary citation and abstract database covering more than 14,200 peer-reviewed journals, tracking cited and citing literature.  Coverage: 1823 - Present. Produced by Elsevier B.V.
• MEDLINE
  • Health sciences articles including clinical, basic sciences, and public health information.  Encompasses medicine, nursing, allied health, biological and physical sciences, and humanities and information science as they relate to medicine and health care.  Coverage: 1950 - Present including corrections and daily updates. Produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
• PubMed
  • Health sciences articles including clinical, basic sciences, and public health information.  Encompasses medicine, nursing, allied health, biological and physical sciences, and humanities and information science as they relate to medicine and health care.  Coverage: 1950 - Present including corrections and daily updates. Produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

These databases have a specific focus on exercise science topics and can be searched for journal articles.

• CINAHL
  • Authoritative coverage of nursing and allied health literature.  Coverage: 1981 - Present. Produced by Ebsco Publishing.
• SPORTDiscus
  • Sport database covering recreation, exercise physiology, sports medicine, coaching, physical fitness, the psychology, history and sociology of sport, training, and conditioning.   Includes journal articles and books. Produced by the Sport Information Resource Centre

The following list of exercise science journals that can be used to identify relevant journals and/or to generate ideas for research projects or papers

TIP: To identify articles on a particular subject, use the 'Multidatabase Search' or the databases listed at right to search by topic.