Core Journals
Recommended Databases
- APA PsycINFO (ProQuest)
This important database covers a wide range of human behaviors. Do you need to know why someone might have a food addiction or an addiction to exercise? - CINAHL Plus with Full Text (EBSCO)
Access the top research journals for medicine, nursing, and related fields like physical and occupational therapy. This is a great database for research study and evidenced-based practices. - MedlinePlus
Medline Plus is an open-access version of the MEDLINE database, geared toward the public consumer, with information from the National Library of Medicine about diseases, conditions, and wellness issues. It also contains extensive references and articles, from 1966 to the present, with special collections on different health topics, medical tests, drugs and supplements, and more.
- PubMed
The PubMed database contains more than 30 million citations and abstracts of biomedical literature. PubMed was developed and is maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM). It facilitates searching across several NLM resources, including MEDLINE and PubMed Central. Coverage extends from the 1940s to the present day.
- Sports Medicine and Education Index (ProQuest)
This index covers the huge volume of scholarly or peer-reviewed literature in the field of physical education from kinesiology, fitness tests and motor learning to recreation, sports equipment and coaching. This wide ranging database will help locate articles on sports psychology/sociology as well as physical and occupational therapy.
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