Guides: Sport and Exercise Science: Databases

What Are Databases?

Databases are:

searchable banks of journal articles
they can be subject specific or generic
they contain thousands of journal articles which you can search simultaneously via keyword search to retrieve relevant results
some are full-text – others are abstract only.

You can search across most of the Library's databases (we have over 200) using the Find books and articles search on the Library homepage (using the Advanced search is the best). But searching across individual databases provides access to subject specific high quality articles and you won't be overwhelmed by the sheer number of results you are finding (as you can be using the main library search).

Useful Databases for Sport & Exercise Science

SPORTDiscus with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive sports and sports medicine database with full-text coverage dating back to 1985. Includes content from therapy to recreation, focusing on all aspects of fitness and health relating to sports medicine and related fields.
- Database help guide
- Exporting to RefWorks
Anatomy.tv This link opens in a new window
Interactive 3D virtual models of the human head, torso, limbs and joints.

You can register for a Personal Profile to add customisation to your searching :
Association for Physical Education (AFPE) This link opens in a new window
Provides access to Association for Physical Education members' area and includes the Physical Education Matters journal archive.

Access to AfPE requires an additional log-in.
Scopus This link opens in a new window
Abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed research literature from scientific, technical, medical and social sciences fields and, more recently, also in the arts and humanities.
BoB National (Box of Broadcasts) This link opens in a new window
Shared off-air recording and media archive service. Programmes can only be viewed in the UK.

You will need to register with the site before you can access the content.
- Database help guide
MEDLINE This link opens in a new window
Access to authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE uses MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) indexing with tree, tree hierarchy, subheadings and explosion capabilities to search citations from over 4,800 current biomedical journals.
CINAHL Complete This link opens in a new window
Full text for nursing and allied health journals with coverage dating back to 1981.
- Database help guide
- Exporting to RefWorks
PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
The American Psycholgical Association's database of abstracts of journal articles, book chapters, books and dissertations in psychology and related disciplines. Coverage is from the 19th century to the present.
- Database help guide
- Exporting to RefWorks
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
Full-text access to scientific, technical & medical peer-reviewed journals.
- Exporting to RefWorks
Web of Science (Web of Knowledge) This link opens in a new window
Abstract and index database of articles from academic journals covering the sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities.

You can now export references directly to RefWorks from Web of Science. Any issues, please see this FAQ from Clarivate: Web of Science: Disable pop-up blockers for Save to RefWorks
- Database help guide
- Exporting to RefWorks
Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Multi-disciplinary journals, reports and proceedings.
- Database help guide
- Exporting to RefWorks
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global (incl. UK & Ireland) This link opens in a new window
The most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses from around the world, spanning from 1743 to the present day and offering full text for graduate works added since 1997, along with selected full text for works written prior to 1997. It contains a significant amount of new international dissertations and theses both in citations and in full text.

If you wish to access full text theses, please make sure the "Full text" option is ticked under the search bar.
Web of Science (Web of Knowledge) This link opens in a new window
Abstract and index database of articles from academic journals covering the sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities.

You can now export references directly to RefWorks from Web of Science. Any issues, please see this FAQ from Clarivate: Web of Science: Disable pop-up blockers for Save to RefWorks
- Database help guide
- Exporting to RefWorks

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What Are Databases?

Useful Databases for Sport & Exercise Science