Radiography: Getting Started
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This guide is designed to help student do research related to radiography.
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- Find Sources - Find books, articles, videos, and more for your research.
- Streaming Videos - Watch streaming videos on radiography-related topics.
- Citing Sources - Citation advice and examples.
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Getting Topic Ideas and Background Information
There are many tools that can be useful for selecting a topic to research for an assignment or to get more information on a topic you don't currently know much about.
Encyclopedias provide a broad overview of a topic, so they can be really helpful in coming up with a focused research question or background information when you're getting started with research:
- Access Science This link opens in a new windowAn online version of McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology and McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms. It contains nearly 9,000 online encyclopedia articles, terms, images and videos related to sciences and technology. The Study Center provides essay topics, study guides and bibliographies.
- WikipediaThe Wikipedia is useful for providing an overview of topics and is particularly strong in the sciences. It can also be helpful in coming up with keywords to use in later searching and for leading you to additional sources (using the bibliography at the end of the entry).
- Gale Ebooks (formerly GVRL) This link opens in a new windowGale eBooks has over 200 encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. Look here for biology, chemistry, nursing and medicine, sociology, history, education, law, and more.
Another way to get topic ideas is to browse the tables of contents of relevant journals. This is a great way also to see what professionals and scholars in your chosen field are talking about!
You can also do general searches in Google Scholar and the Health and Medicine Resources Database to get ideas for a topic to research. Both are available on the Find Sources page of this guide.
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