EXSS 37500: Research Methods in Exercise Science

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Defining Your Research Question

Determine and define the clinical problem
·       Frame this in a question format as it will help you determine the key concepts: population, intervention and outcome.
Generate a list of keywords using PICO
·       Patient or Population (what is the disorder or disease)
·       Intervention
·       Comparison (if any)
·       Outcome (what you are hoping to assess)

Finding Scholarly Articles

Search for Scholarly Articles
MEDLINE (EBSCO) / PubMed
This is a great tool for finding primary medical and research articles.

CINAHL
This is a great tool for finding education, health promotion, and psychosocial health articles along with research articles.
SPORTDiscus with Full Text
This is a great tool for finding sports medicine, fitness, coaching and education articles. 
ERIC (Ebsco interface)
This is a great tool for finding education articles.
Cochrane Library
A collection of evidence-based medicine databases.

Interlibrary Loan

 Watch this short video on setting up and using your Interlibrary Loan account. 

Citing Sources Using APA

The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association is the style manual of choice for many disciplines in the social sciences. The current edition is the sixth (2010).