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EXS 202 - Exercise Physiology

Course research guide for Prof. Hosick's EXS 202 class

Create a search statement

Now it's time to put your keywords together into a search statement that will give you relevant search results.

  1. View the video below to see some tips to enhance your search results.

  2. Try putting your topic into search statement format.

  3. Use the following databases to run your search statement on your topic to find scholarly, academic journal articles.

What are you researching?

Start with your topic. Look at the assignment sheet and scan for the main ideas in your topic. Write down or circle words that very specifically relate to the information you are trying to find.

Sample Topic:

How does exercise impact people who have asthma?

Click the "Keywords" tab at the top of this box.

The following bolded words are the keywords in the sample topic:

How does exercise impact people who have asthma?

Click the "Search Statement" tab at the top of this box.

The search statement is what you put into the database.

A simple search based on our keyword search could be:

asthma AND exercise

You may want to have several variations of your search statement using different terms or phrases that you come across. When searching this topic, I found that "therapeutic exercise" was a better way of saying "benefits of exercise." I also found that "contraindicated exercises" was a better way of  saying "risks of exercise."

asthma AND "therapeutic exercise"

asthma AND "contraindicated exercises"

Click "The Search" tab at the top of this box.

Finally, copy and paste your search into one of the databases below.

Here is a sample search for:

asthma AND "therapeutic exercise"

Sample of this search in CiNAHL

I filtered the results in that database to only find sources published in the last 5 years. You can modify that search using your own condition by deleting "asthma" and typing something else in, then running the search.

Databases for Exercise Science

Try your search in one or all of the following databases:

Journals & Magazines

You can also search in a specific journal. These are some journals your professor recommends.