+ Health & Exercise Science Resources: Getting Started

This Library Guide offers key databases, book catalogs, journals, and more for the disciplines of Health and Exercise Science.

To read the latest published research, check out BrowZine for your favorite journals. To get started searching for primary or secondary research, check out the some of databases listed below.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact the librarians.

All databases related to health and exercise science can be found on the A-Z Databases page, but feel free to start with one of these "Best Bets": 

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Images taken from UIC Library Research Guide

In UST databases, you will sometimes see the full text of articles readily available. Other times, you'll have to click on the "Get It" button to be directed to the full text. 

This feature checks all of the databases and will list a print or electronic copy, and will provide links where available. 

When searching in databases, use keywords that capture the essential ideas of your research topic. Narrowing down your topic into specific key concepts will help retrieve relevant sources. Here are some keywords tips: 

• A search like 'The impact of gender on people's salary' will retrieve fewer results because the database will look at all the words as separate concepts. Instead, break your topics into the key concepts: gender AND salary
• Brainstorm keywords with similar meanings to concepts. For example, salary could also be wages, page, income, or earnings. 
• Search for all of these terms together separated by OR. For example, pay OR wages OR income OR earnings tells the database to find all of these terms in your search results.