Integrative Healthcare 4300 : Botanical Pharmacology: Home

Research is non-linear process.  Keep an open mind and explore.

Tips:

• Have a well defined reseach question.
• Identify a number of different databases to search.
• Identify keywords and subject terms that are linked in the best articles.
• Find the major authors and journals in your topic area.

Refining your research question to one that is well-focused and specific is the key to reducing frustration and stress. 

• The Auraria Library offers great resources for finding and researching your topic.
• You can search for subject encyclopedias and browse the current periodicals area to see what other researchers are doing.
• You can also search databases such as PubMed to identify recent medical research in conditions associated with stress.

Tip: In the discussion section of many research articles, the author proposes further areas of inquiry.

Tip: When you're searching topics in PubMed and find a promising article, try clicking the "related articles" link to the right of the citation.