Search the One Search Catalog for books and other library materials by
      keyword (recommended) or if you're looking for a specific item you can search by title,
      author, etc. 

When you find one book in the library catalog that looks useful, review the subject terms that are listed in the book's record.  Click on the link for any subject term that looks relevant to view other books in the library also on that subject. 

Some useful subject headings are:

Applied Kinesiology

Dance -- physiological aspects

Exercise

Exercise therapy

Human mechanics

Kinesiology

Kinesiology -- Statistical methods

Muscles

Occupational therapy

Physical education and training

Physical education and training -- Vocational guideance -- United States

Physical medicine & rehabilitation

• Use the "Advanced Search" option within the online catalog.

• Identify and brainstorm the keywords and concepts relevant to your search--usually noun concepts and their synonyms.
  Example: If you're researching the topic of "neuroplasticity," related terms may be "synaptic plasticity" or "dendritic arborization" or "axonal pruning."

• Use Boolean operators to link key words for searching. 
  To narrow a search to an exact topic, link major concepts with the Boolean operator "AND."
  Example: If searching for books about exercise in the United States, search for "exercise" AND "United States."
  
  To expand a search to retrieve more results, link synonyms or related concepts with the Boolean operator "OR."
  Example: To expand on the search above, search for: ("exercise" OR "physical activity" OR "aerobic exercise") AND ("United States" OR "America" OR "USA")

• Use truncation to search for all variations of a key word.        Example: If searching for books on rehabilitation search for "rehabilitat*", typing an asterisk or star symbol (*) at the end of the root "rehabilitat".  This will find books that mention "rehabilitation," "rehabilitating," "rehabilitate," "rehabilitates," or "rehabilitated," all of which may be relevant to your research.

Want to search for items @ other libraries near you?  

Try a Worldcat Search