*Kinesiology: General Research Guide

1) Create a list of keywords that relate to your topic. Determine broad AND narrow (specific) keywords for your topic.

2) If you need to find more keywords look a thesaurus, or perhaps an encyclopedia article (see previous tab "Background Resources")

3) Search via keywords (do not type sentences - Do not type a, the, etc.)

4) Use boolean operators: AND, OR, NOT.

• AND - all results will have ALL words (If you type: Sports AND Ethics - all results will include BOTH words
• OR - results will contain EITHER one word OR another
• NOT - results will NOT contain a particular word

ADVANCED SEARCH

- Use to search more specific

- Limit search by collection (TMC, Course Reserves, etc.)

- Do a more indepth search with more fields: ISBN, call number, etc..

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