Exercise Physiology Guide

Exercise Physiology & Athletic Training Databases

Use these search techniques to locate Primary Research Articles inside databases.

1. Add the following row of keywords to your search: (methods AND results) OR methodology OR “case study” OR “research” OR “study”. You will want to copy and paste this entire row of keywords into its own search box (see first example below).

Important! From your list of results, you will still need to examine each article to see if it is primary research.

2. 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.

3. In Ebscohost databases, you can choose 
   “Research” under Publication Type.

4. If you get a lot of results, consider limiting by Special interest or Field as well:

You can search for journal articles in Primo and library databases (see databases tab).

For General Instructions: Finding Journal Articles

Journal Titles

Issues from the past year often require ILL or Print

• ACSM’s Health and Fitness Journal
• Acta Physiologica
• American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
• Applied Physiology Nutrition And Metabolism
• Archives Of Physical Medicine And Rehabilitation
• Clinical Exercise Physiology
• Clinical Journal Of Sport Medicine
• Circulation
• Dynamic Medicine
• European Journal of Applied Physiology
• Exercise and Sport Science Reviews (More in Print)
• International Journal of Exercise Science
• International Journal of Obesity
• International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise
• Journal of Applied Biomechanics
• Journal of Applied Physiology
• Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention
• Journal of Exercise Physiology
• Journal of Physical Activity And Health
• Journal of Physical Therapy
• Journal of Physical Therapy Science
• Journal of Professional Exercise Physiology
• Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research
• Journal of The American Geriatrics Society
• Journal of The American Medical Association (JAMA)
• Medicine And Science In Sports And Exercise
• New England Journal Of Medicine
• Strength and Conditioning Journal
• South African Journal of Sports Medicine
• Sport Medicine Standards and Malpractice Reporter
• Sports Medicine

Exercise Physiology EJournal Shelf

You can search for books & ebooks in Primo

Books

For General instructions: Finding Books

Find a Specific Book or Chapter

Library of Congress Call Numbers

Ebooks

Ebook Central
EBSCO eBooks

Reference Books

Reference books are located in the short stacks in the center of the library. Need Help? Finding Encyclopedia’s Guide

Health Statistics Online

• 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
  
• NIH tutorial on finding and using health statistics

Background Information

• Physiopedia
  Online Encyclopedia of Physiotherapy
• MayoClinic
  Overviews of medical conditions and treatments
• U.S. National Center for Health Statistics (CDC)
  Find the prevalence of medical conditions in the United States

Research Search Tools

Working on a literature review? Try one of these online tools to find additional research studies and grey literature. Search for the article title in Primo to find to full-text.

• OTSeeker
• ClinicalTrials.gov
• Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)
• Epistemonikos
• HSRProj (Health Services Research Projects in Progress) (NIH)
• PLoS Medicine
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

• 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 designed to allow health professionals to rapidly identify the highest quality clinical evidence for clinical practice. Registered users (registration is free) benefit from extra features such as CPD, search history, and collaborative tools.
• SumSearch
  Search Pubmed using PICO

Other Guides

• Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Sources in the Health Sciences
• Types of Research Studies (Hierarchy of Evidence) PDF