Research Guides: Fitness and Human Performance: Articles & Journals

Find Articles on a Topic

SPORTDiscus with Full Text
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Selected full text articles from sports and sports medicine journals, magazines, books, and more
MEDLINE with Full Text (EBSCO)
Selected full text articles from biomedical and related journals, with clinical guidelines and more from the National Library of Medicine
Gale OneFile: Health and Medicine
Selected full text articles from medical and professional journals, health and fitness magazines, and reference materials in support of nursing education and consumer health
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Selected full text articles from scholarly journals focusing on nursing and allied health professions; also includes drug information sheets from the American Society of Health System Pharmacists

Complete list of library research databases: Databases A-Z

Depending on your topic, these databases also may be relevant.

Academic Search Complete
Selected full text articles from journals in a wide range of subjects, plus magazines, reports, books, and more
Gale OneFile: Health and Medicine
Selected full text articles from medical and professional journals, health and fitness magazines, and reference materials in support of nursing education and consumer health
Nexis Uni
Primarily full text for news sources from around the world, including broadcast transcripts, plus law review journals, statutory, case law, and other legal resources, company and industry information, and more
Alt-HealthWatch
Primarily full text articles, pamphlets, reports, book excerpts, etc., on alternative health and wellness
SocINDEX with Full Text
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Selected full text articles from journals in sociology and related areas of history, anthropology, social work, political science, psychology, and law

Complete list of library research databases: Databases A-Z

Search OneSearch for a DOI (digital object identifier) or a distinctive "exact phrase" from the article title. Add an author name if needed.

Sample citation and searches:

Robbins, B. G. (2016). Probing the links between trustworthiness, trust, and emotion: Evidence from four survey experiments. Social Psychology Quarterly, 79(3), 284-308. https://doi.org/10.1177/0190272516657546

10.1177/0190272516657546
"trustworthiness trust and emotion"
"trustworthiness trust and emotion" robbins

Sample searches:
american journal of sports medicine
0363-5465 (ISSN example)

A peer-reviewed (or refereed) journal:

uses experts from the same subject field or profession as the author to evaluate a manuscript prior to acceptance for publication
has articles that report on research studies or provide scholarly analysis of topics
may include book reviews, editorials, or other brief items that are not considered scholarly articles

Anatomy of a Scholarly Article
Explains key elements from the first & last page of a typical scholarly or academic article. North Carolina State Univ. Libraries

Peer Review in 3 Minutes

(3:15) Explains the academic publishing process for research articles and scholarly journals, including the quality control process of peer review. North Carolina State Univ. Libraries

These tutorials include practice in Neumann Library web-based resources and self-quiz questions to help you check your understanding.

Step 1: Choose a Relevant Research Database
Learn how to find subject-specific and other research databases in Databases A-Z and library research guides
Step 2: Create an Effective First Search
Learn how to choose keywords and how to use logical operators, wildcards, basic limiters, and more
Step 3: Critically Review and Refine Search Results
Learn how to identify scholarly articles and to find and use database subject terms, field, and other specialized limiters

(1:43) Learn how logical operators AND and OR work to help you get good results in library research databases.

(1:55) Learn how to retrieve varying forms of a word and improve search results.

Get Full Text for an Article

If a database lacks immediate full text, click Find It @ UHCL in results to check for full text from another source. Follow Available Online links in OneSearch to a resource with full text for UH Clear Lake users as shown below.

If full text is not found, submit an article request.

Request a book, article, or other item
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Locating Full Text Articles and Journals
Get Full Text for an Article
(1:55) Learn how to locate full text with Find It @ UHCL, interlibrary loan, or a known article citation.

Locating Print Journals (optional)

Current issues are shelved in alphabetical order in the Current Periodicals area (main floor)
Bound journals are shelved like books, in call number order in the General Stacks

Library Floor Plans
General Stacks A - QA on upper floor, QB - ZZ on main floor