Athletic+Training

=Athletic Training as a Career=

1. Task Definition [[file:Research_Guide.pdf]]
**Sample Essential Question (establish a focus for your research)**
 * In what ways do athletic trainers make a difference in the over all performance of athletes? **

**List Supporting Questions (provide background and guide your research):**
 * 1 **W hat kind of specialized training and experience does it take to become an athletic trainer? ** ||
 * 2 **Where can a athletic trainer find a job? What types of jobs (hospitals, teams)? ** ||
 * 3 **When does an athletic trainer hit the peaks of their career? ** ||
 * 4 **How does an athletic trainer treat and prevent injuries for the athletes? ** ||
 * 5 **What type of treatment can a athletic trainer legally give to an athlete? ** ||

==** 2. Information seeking strategies: Use these Keywords to search online databases for books, articles and websites. Use Boolean Operators ( AND, OR, NOT ) to combine these terms and refine your search: **==
 * **Injuries ** || **Athletes ** || **Training ** || **MD in training ** ||

**Look for Books under these Dewey Numbers:**
 **Specialties** ||
 * **<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> 796 ** || **<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> 610 ** || **<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> 617 ** ||
 * **<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Athletic & Outdoor **
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Sports & Games ** || **<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Medicine & Health ** || **<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Surgery & Related Medical **


 * = **call number** |||| **Title** ||
 * ** REF 613.7 FIT ** |||| //<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">[|Fitness information for teens : health tips about exercise, physical well-being, and health maintenance : including facts about aerobic and anaerobic conditioning, stretching, body shape and body image, sports] // ||

Click on the Thomas Dale OPAC(Online Catalog) to locate additional books in our collection

Library home page with links to the databases

 * Sample Subscription Database searches: **
 * [[file:atr_EBSCOconsumer health.pdf]] || [[file:atr_EBSCOhost.pdf]] ||
 * now do your own search || Now do your own search ||

Sample Advanced Google searches:

 * [[file:atr_advgoogle.pdf]] ||

Three excellent web sites:

 * **<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">ExploreHealthCareers ** || **<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">National Athletic Trainers Association ** || **<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics ** ||


 * explore health careers || NATA || U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics ||

Now try your own search
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Step 4: Use of Information; Take notes; record bibliographicc information for each source.
See citation & notecard guides under Roadmap to Research on the main library page. Use the <>, Citation Machine or Easy Bib for your works Cited list.

Step 6. Evaluate your work that you have successfully completed all steps.
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 * Steps in the “Big6™” are copyright © (1987) Michael B. Eisenberg and Robert E. Berkowitz. For more on Big6, visit: www.big6.com **