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Evidence-Based Research
CINAHL Complete
Nursing and Allied Health research journals, books, conference proceedings and evidence-based care sheets.
The Cochrane Library
Contains three databases. The Database of Systematic Reviews,
Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and Cochrane Clinical Answers
DynaMed Plus
clinical reference tool which provides fast, easy access to the latest filtered evidence-based information. Clinically-organized summaries for thousands of topics
MEDLINE Complete
Pubmed companion of biomedical and health journals. Topics: biomedicine, pre-clinical sciences, behavioral sciences, bioengineering, health policy development, nursing, and life sciences. Content Includes full-text journal articles and MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) for current biomedical journals.
PubMed
11 million MEDLINE® citations. Mid-1960’s-present.
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
Mental Health Medicine
Nursing & Allied Health Database
Reliable healthcare information covering nursing, allied health, alternative and complementary medicine, and much more. Full-text titles plus dissertations in nursing and related fields. Training videos from Medcom, Inc on health care safety, emergency planning, checking vital signs, and many more. Multicultural reports from CultureVision are available for 30 ethnicities and 11 religions for the diagnosis and treatment of patients.
SPORTDiscus with Full Text (4 users at a time)
Covers sports, physical fitness, exercise, sports medicine, sports science, physical education, kinesiology, college & university sport, disabled persons, health, health education, biomechanics, movement science, injury prevention rehabilitation,
physical therapy, allied health, occupational health & therapy, public health, and more.
Database Tutorials
Find Books
- Search for books and ebooks in Primo.
- For General instructions: Finding Books
- Find a specific book
Search Ebooks
Reference Websites
Follow these steps to locate Primary Research Articles in databases.
- Add the following row of keywords to your search: (methods AND results) OR methodology OR “case study” OR “this study” OR “a study”. You will want to copy and paste this entire row of keywords into its own search box.
Important! From your list of results, you will still need to examine each article to see if it is primary research.
- Filter by Document Type: on the Advanced Search page choose Case Study or Research under Document Type or Publication Type. In ProQuest databases, it looks like this:
All of these results are generally primary research articles, but not all primary research is a case study, so you will likely be missing some primary research articles on your topic by searching this way.
- In EBSCOhost databases, you can choose
“Research” under Publication Type.
Journal Titles
- Acta Physiologica
- Applied Physiology Nutrition And Metabolism
- Clinical Exercise Physiology
- Dynamic Medicine
- International Journal of Exercise Science
- International Journal of Obesity
- International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism
- Journal of Applied Physiology
- Journal of Professional Exercise Physiology
- Journal of Strength And Conditioning Research
- NSCA’s Strength and Conditioning Journal
- South African Journal of Sports Medicine
- Sports Medicine
Professional Organizations
- American Society of Exercise Physiologists
- American College of Sports Medicine
- American Kinesiology Association
- American Fitness Professionals and Associates
- Association for Applied Sport Psychology
- Clinical Exercise Physiology Association
- National Athletic Trainers Association
Career Guides
Online Sources
- HealthData.gov: US health and medicine data
- National Center for Health Statistics- Fast Stats Alphabetical list of stats on public health issues
- National Center for Health Statistics- Health annual report Datafinder tool and free infographics
- State Health Facts (Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation)
- World Health Organization Data Repository: Health-related statistics from over 100 countries
Online Reference Tools
- Physiopedia
Online Encyclopedia of Physiotherapy - MedlinePlus
Online Encyclopedia of Medicine
Research Search Tools
- Epistemonikos: EBP search
- HSRProj (Health Services Research Projects in Progress) (NIH)
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ): Evidence-Based Reports
Pico Search Tools
- PEDro (Physiotherapy Evidence Database):
free database of over 19,000 randomised trials, systematic reviews, and clinical practice guidelines in physiotherapy. - Trip Database – Clinical Search Engine
Clinical search tool for rapidly identifying the highest quality clinical evidence for clinical practice. Registered users (registration is free) benefit from CPD, search history, and collaborative tools.
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