Research Guides: BIOL 333: Kinesiology: Getting Started

Developing a Research Question

An effective research question requires analysis and is appropriately scoped to the size of a project.

Effective Search Strategies

Evaluate your research question for phrases and wording of importance. You may use or adapt these to act as your search terms.
Consider like terms. Rather than just searching the word "teenagers," you may wish to use "teenagers or young adults or teens or adolescents" in your search term field. This may yield a larger number of results.
Identify subjects. As you investigate your research area, identify commonly used language to describe how scholars are referring to your area of interest. Revising your search to use the terms that the scholars are using will improve the relevance of your search results. Often, article overviews will list these terms, names, or phrases as "subjects."

The video below will demonstrate effective searching in two of our go-to database picks for Kinesiology research (Health Source and MEDLINE Ultimate, both hosted by EBSCO).

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