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Center for Disease Control and Prevention
A government source of public health information.
National Center for Sports Safety
NCSS "was founded to promote the importance of injury prevention and safety on all levels of the youth sports community through education and research."
National Institute of Health - Health Topics
A publication for athletes, people who exercise, health care professionals, and coaches who want to find out more about health topics.
USDA - Food & Nutrition
A government site with information on food and nutrition.

Career Exploration

Occupational Outlook Handbook
Find information on occupations, including what they do, work environment, required education, pay, and job outlook.
Hoosiers by the Numbers: Job Wages (OEWS)
Find average and median salaries for occupations in Indiana.
HINT: In the Specific Item drop-down menu, choose Healthcare Practitioners and Tech. Occup. for exercise science occupations.
Projections Central
Projections of industry and occupational employment by state.

Recommended Databases

Searching EBSCO Databases:

After clicking on Academic Search Elite, all recommended EBSCO databases* (so marked) can be searched simultaneously by clicking "Academic Search Elite," checking the box next to the database names and clicking OK.

Academic Search Elite*
This multi-disciplinary, full-text database provides journal coverage for nearly all academic areas of study as well as 1,100+ full-text, peer-reviewed publications.
CINAHL*
Indexes the top nursing and allied health literature available including nursing journals and publications from the National League for Nursing and the American Nurses Association. Also includes rigorous curation and indexing of open access (OA) journals, which has resulted in a growing collection of 1,389 active global OA journals.
Google Scholar
Google Scholar is a specialized Google search allowing users to narrow results to scholarly literature including articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions. Some resources are directly accessible on the internet, while others are available through library databases and interlibrary loan.
Health Source - Consumer Edition*
Provides information on many health topics including the medical sciences, nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health from consumer health magazines
Health Source - Nursing Academic Edition*
Indexing, abstracts and full-text for hundreds of nursing and allied health journals. Topics include pediatric nursing, critical care, mental health, nursing management, medical law and more.
Medline Plus
The National Institutes of Health's Web site for patients and their families and friends. Produced by the National Library of Medicine, the world’s largest medical library, it provides information about diseases, conditions, and wellness issues in language you can understand.
PubMed
PubMed comprises more than 19 million citations for biomedical articles from MEDLINE and life science journals back to 1948. It includes links to full-text articles which may be found in other databases such as PubMed Central or at publisher web sites.
ScienceDirect
Full text access to over 880 peer reviewed journals in health and life sciences.