Kinesiology 400: Entrepreneurship for Applied Health Professionals: Research Help

Librarians help with the following research-related activities:

• Narrowing down a topic
• Suggesting resources for finding credible background information on a topic
• Coming up with effective search terms
• Finding books and articles
• Figuring out which research tools are the best fit for your topic (there are over 350 choices!)
• Getting more (and better) search results
• Saving, emailing and printing articles
• Getting books and articles from other libraries
• Creating bibliographies with RefWorks

The following techniques can improve your success with online searching, whether you're searching a catalog for books or a database for articles:

• Enter phrases in quotes:  "body image" "aerobic exercise"
• Use truncation symbols to search for alternate word endings: In most databases, entering athlet* searches for athletic, athletics, athlete, and atheletes.
• If one term doesn't work, try a few others. Experiment with different vocabulary related to your topic. Brainstorm ideas for relevant keywords and use background sources such as encyclopedias for suggestions.