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Kinesiology, Health and Sport Studies

Welcome to the Kinesiology, Health & Sport Studies research guide. This is designed to outline library resources that are available to WSU students, faculty, and community members.

Databases

The PICO Method

The PICO (Population/patient, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome) method is often used to search for clinical research or describe a research question. For a more detailed description, watch the video below:

Searching with Boolean Operators

Tips!

When you're searching, keep in mind you may need to try multiple terms! For example, when looking for research articles about motor skills development, I may try adding and motor skills to my search. If that doesn't work, I could add and technique or and coaching. For example, if I am looking into Bulgarian split squats, I could initially search Bulgarian split squats and motor skill development. But, I see that I have very few results. So, I may alter my search to squat and technique or squat and motor development to still capture my research question while broadening my results.