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Each vendor (ProQuest, EBSCO, etc.) offers access to different journals and their articles, with little overlap.

Try different database vendors to see their searching features and get different search results.

Try different subject specific databases within a vendor to narrow your search.

EBSCO Databases

Alt HealthWatch (EBSCO)
Full-text articles covering holistic medicine and therapies.
CINAHL (EBSCO)
Nursing and health literature, including scholarly journals, books, dissertations, and conference proceedings.
Health Source-Nursing (EBSCO)
Access to over 500 scholarly full-text journals focusing on medicine - specifically nursing and allied health.
MEDLINE Complete (EBSCO)
Access to over 2,400 medical journals.
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection (EBSCO)
Access to over 500 full-text psychology journals.
Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCO)
Comprehensive, multidisciplinary database providing access to full-text journals, magazines, newspapers, book reviews, and more.

ProQuest Databases

Health & Medicine (ProQuest)
Search nine ProQuest health databases simultaneously - CBA complete: Health & Medicine, Ebook Central, Pharmaceutical News Index, ProQuest Career and Technical Education: Health Medicine, ProQuest Consumer Health, ProQuest Health and Medical Complete, ProQuest Health Management, ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source, and ProQuest Research Library: Health & Medicine.
Science & Technology Databases (ProQuest)
Search nine science databases simultaneously – CBCA Complete, Ebook Central, ProQuest Biology Journals, ProQuest Career and Technical Education: Science & Technology, ProQuest Computing, ProQuest Military Collection, ProQuest Research Library: Science & Technology, ProQuest Science Journals, and ProQuest Telecommunications.
Biology Database (ProQuest)
Access full-text biology scholarly articles.
Nursing & Allied Health Source (ProQuest)
Nursing and allied health journals, videos, dissertations, and more.
Science Database (ProQuest)
Access to over 760 full-text science journals.
Consumer Health Database (ProQuest)
Journals and magazines focusing on health subjects.
ProQuest Central
A multidisciplinary, aggregated database; search multiple ProQuest databases simultaneously for ebooks and scholarly articles.

Various database vendors (each one special for its content and features)

PubMed
Database of life science and biomedical references and abstracts.
Install the LibKey Nomad browser extension to connect PubMed's search results to Vanguard University's journal subscriptions.
ScienceDirect - College Edition (Elsevier)
Peer-reviewed, full-text database that includes medical, scientific, and technical content.
JSTOR
Multidisciplinary database with scholarly journals, ebooks, reviews, and pamphlets. Use Journal Filter to narrow down by discipline/subject.
Opposing Viewpoints
Information on hot topics and issues; access to pro/con essays, primary resources, video and image files, websites, academic journals, and more.

Explore these individual scholarly journals online and read full-text articles.

International Journal of Sport Nutrition & Exercise Metabolism
Covers issues 03/01/1991 to 2017.
Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
Covers issues 03/01/1979 to current.
Journal of Strength and Conditioning
Access issues from the following years: 02/2004 to 06/2020
Perceptual and Motor Skills
Covers issues 03/01/1949 to 2015.

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