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Kinesiology250: Fad Diets project

Types of Sources

Gathering background information is an important step for the fad diet you're researching in this course. This is called pre-research.

Pre-research will provide you with a good understanding of your topic so you can identify keywords and find sources.

  • A database like Credo Reference can help you get started with background research and identifying keywords. Use the search box at the left to use their Mind Map tool.
  • Try one of the eBooks listed below for background research on a broad topic, or search the library catalog.
  • Google can be a good tool -- you’re just looking for ideas and inspiration at this point, not sources.
  • As you do your pre-research, be sure to take notes! Seeing your keywords written down can help you make connections between keywords and ideas, which may then help you form a thesis statement and identify supporting arguments or evidence.

Using eBooks

Online reference books (eBooks) are helpful for finding background information because they contain a lot of information about your topic all in one place. eBooks can be found in our library databases and are available at any time without a library card. Here are just a few of our eBook databases to get you started.

For more eBooks, please visit our A to Z Databases and sort the database Types by eBooks.