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Original /Empirical /Primary Research Article Tip

If your assignment requires Original /Empirical /Primary Research, consider using the Advanced Search feature of the selected database and add the following key terms to your search to delete the type of peer-reveiwed articles that you do not need:

NOT ( literature review or review of the literature or overview or systematic review or meta analysis or case study or review or editorial )

Exercise Science Databases

SPORTDiscus with FullText This link opens in a new window Full text of sports & sports medicine journals.
MEDLINE Complete This link opens in a new window This database offers information related to the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and pre-clinical sciences.
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window Peer-reviewed scientific, medical and technical journals, books, and reference works.
GALE OneFile: Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine This link opens in a new window Gale OneFile: Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine provides access to academic journals and magazines covering the fields of physical therapy, physical fitness, and sports medicine. The database offers a wide spectrum of information, including proven treatment techniques, experimental research, and more.
Alt HealthWatch This link opens in a new window Alt HealthWatchfocuses on multiple perspectives of complementary, holistic, and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. Full-text content comes from more than 180 international peer-reviewed and professional journals, magazines, reports, proceedings, and association and consumer newsletters, plus hundreds of pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research, and book excerpts.

PEDro (Physiotherapy Evidence Database) PEDro is a free database of randomised controlled trials, systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines in physiotherapy.
PubMed

BioOne Complete This link opens in a new window A collection of the full texts of bioscience research journals, published mostly by small societies and non-commercial publishers in the biological, ecological and environmental sciences.
Consumer Health Complete This link opens in a new window Consumer Health Complete (CHC) is a comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content, including full text from many health reference books and encyclopedias and thousands of health reports as well as physician-generated videos and hundreds of medical images and diagrams
Science and Technology Collection This link opens in a new window Science & Technology Collection contains more than 830 full-text journals covering relevant aspects of the scientific and technical community.

Sports Psychology, Health Sciences, & Multidisciplinary Databases
All Exercise Science Databases @GGC
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Consider adding the following to your seach to delete the type of peer-reveiwed articles that you do not need:

NOT ( literature review or review of the literature or overview or systematic review or meta analysis or case study or editorial or review or brief report)

Articles from Databases @GGC Kaufman Library

The following databases represent a few selections available from GGC Kaufman Library. These databases are are multi-disciplinary and cover many different subject areas/topics. You will find: scholarly jounral articles, news, trade journals, magazines, and books reviews to name a few.

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window Full-text coverage of information in many areas of academic study, including archaeology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, civil engineering, electrical engineering, ethnic and multicultural studies, food science and technology, general science, geography, geology, law, mathematics, mechanical engineering, music, physics, psychology, religion and theology, women's studies, and other fields.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window Access to more than 10 million academic journal articles, books, images, and primary sources in 75 disciplines.
ProQuest Central This link opens in a new window ProQuest Central is the largest single periodical resource available, bringing together complete databases across all major subject areas, including Business, Health and Medical, Language and Literature, Social Sciences, Education, Science and Technology, as well as core titles in the Performing and Visual Arts, History, Religion, Philosophy, and includes thousands of full-text newspapers from around the world.
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window Peer-reviewed scientific, medical and technical journals, books, and reference works.

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