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Kinesiology251: Drugs in a Contemporary Society

Resource guide for HFE 251 students.

About This Guide

This guide contains library resources to help you locate quality, authoritative sources for your KHS251 research.

Research can be overwhelming and frustrating. It rarely goes in a straight line or in perfect order, as the research process steps may suggest. The library is here to help you along the way! If you have a research question, use the Get Help from a Librarian tab to start a chat or schedule a research appointment.

Any time you're doing research, please be sure to read your assignment carefully so you find the types of sources your instructor requires. Check with your instructor if you have questions about your assignment.

Pre-Research

Gathering background information is an important step for any topic you're studying. This is called pre-research. 

Pre-research will provide you with a good understanding of a broad topic so you can identify keywords, narrow down the topic, and form a thesis statement or research question.

For example, opioids is a broad topic. You may choose to focus your research on the availability and administration of Naloxone.

  • 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.