Assignment: Muscle Enhancements & Substance Abuse

Class Name: Teen Wellness
Teacher: B. Wagner

North Library Resource List

Print materials in the North Library

What?

Task Definition
1. What is my research question?
2. What do I already know?
3. What information do I need?

Where?

Search Plan
1. What type of information do I need? For example: general, in depth, current, historical, biographical, issue oriented, other?
2. Review suggested resources, circle ones that fit, prioritize your list.
3. Evaluate resources for significance, accuracy, currency, authority

Sample Book List
362.292 Hyd Alcohol 101: an overview for teens
362.2908 Nel Coping with drugs and sports
615.773 Spr Steroids and your muscles

Sample Reference Books
Ref 610.3 Enc Encyclopedia of Health
Ref 610.3 Mag Magill's Medical Guide: Health and Illness
Ref 613.xx Enc Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Drugs

Special Collections
CQ Researcher for issues across the curriculum

How?

Location & Access
1. Jot down rich words that relate to your topic.
2. Check your words, change your words if your search fails.
3. Focus your search by looking for relationships between elements in your research question.

Words to try for keyword or SUBJECT searching the North Library catalog.

Muscle Enhancement search words
ANABOLIC STERIODS
ATHLETES--DRUG USE
DOPING IN SPORTS
MUSCLES--DRUG EFFECTS
SPORT DRUG

STEROIDS

Substance Abuse search words
ALCOHOL
ALCOHOLISM
DRUGS
DRUG ABUSE
SUBSTANCE ABUSE
TOBACCO
SMOKING
NICOTINE
MARIJUANA
STIMULANTS
NARCOTICS
HERION
BARBITUATES

amphetiamines
cigarette
smokeless tobacco


 


 

Online materials

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North Library Online Databases
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Home access passwords available from Mrs. Leeson

Cyberography
Selected Web sites

Muscle Enhancements
Use search words like steroids, muscle cells, drugs and athelets, muscle supplements, creatine, arginine, bodybuilders--drug use, athletes in the databases below.

 

Substance Abuse

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