LibGuides: Kinesiology: Finding Peer-Reviewed Studies

Databases, etc.

ScienceDirect College Edition This link opens in a new window
Full-text journals from Elsevier. To focus on our subscribed journals , be sure to identify the type of resource wanted, eg. research or review article.

ScienceDirect lets you easily narrow to peer-reviewed research articles.

After you enter some search terms and click "search," then select "research articles" from the "Article type" menu on the left to narrow to original research studies.

Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Web of Science is a comprehensive research platform. Journal articles, patents, websites, conference proceedings, Open Access material—all can be accessed through one interface, using a variety of powerful search and analysis tools. Web of Science Core Collection is a painstakingly selected, actively curated database of the journals that researchers themselves have judged to be the most important and useful in their fields
To access Web of Science from off-campus, you must first register (create an account) while on campus.
To do this, follow these steps:
1. Access Web of Science by going to the Augustana College library website. (For example, on the “Databases A-Z” page.)
2. Click Sign In along the top navigation.
3. Click Register to create a new account. (You will be asked to enter your email address to verify that you don’t already have an account.)
4. Fill in the User Registration page.
5. After the username and password you have entered is verified, it will become active.
Keeping your access active:
• In order to keep their access active, users are required to sign in to their account from an IP authenticated (on-campus) computer or device every six months to verify that they are an authorized user.

Web of Science lets you easily narrow to peer-reviewed research articles.

After you enter some search terms and click "search," then select "Article" from the "Document Types" menu on the left to narrow to original research studies.

Google Scholar
Find additional journal articles and other scholarly sources in Google Scholar.

Google Scholar is a freely accessible web resource that can help you find a wide range of academic journals, books, conference proceedings, case law, patents, content from university repositories, and more.

Pros:

you can search lots of material all at once
if you are searching from on-campus, results will include links to materials held by the Augustana Tredway Library's collections

Cons:

doesn't have advanced features that enable you to easily assess if a source is "right" for your research needs
Google Scholar will sometimes show results from predatory journals

To access Advanced Google Scholar Search, click on the menu in the top left corner when conducting a search (but note that its features are not very robust).