KINE 203 (Jacobs) FA25

Example Topic: Rehabilitation Plan for an ACL injury

Brainstorm other keywords:

• Rehabilitation: recovery, exercises, physical therapy, optimal loading
• Anterior Cruciate Ligament: ACL, knee, ligament
• Injury: tear, rupture, strain

Try different combinations of these search terms:

• "Anterior Cruciate Ligament" AND rehabilitation
• Knee injury AND "physical therapy"
• "Anterior Cruciate Ligament" AND recovery AND exercises

• Try "Phrase Searching" - Place quotation marks around keywords you want to keep together. Example - "optimal loading"
• AND searches all terms - Example: ACL AND "physical therapy"
• Spelling counts! Not seeing many results? Double-check your spelling.
• You May Not Find Everything in One Place - It's unlikely that a single source will cover all aspects of your topic. Instead, think of each source as providing pieces of a puzzle.
• Think about how experts in the field phrase the concepts you're researching and try those words in your search.

Keyword searching is not an exact science and you may need to experiment with different combinations to get the best results.