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What Should I Research?

Need some ideas for health topics to research? Check out the list under "Health and Medicine" category from our Science - Gale in Context database (sign in required off-campus). The CDC's Healthy Living page lists many topics to explore as well. These categories can help you build a search with the catalog, since databases will often use similar or equal terms for these topics.

Here are the main topics under Health & Medicine from Films on Demand with a sample of their subtopics for ideas on what to research:

  • Health Care & Treatment
    • Alternative Medicine
    • First Aid & Emergency Care
    • History of Medicine
    • Medical Advances & Research
    • Medications
    • Pain Management & Palliative Care
    • Prevention & Diagnosis
    • Surgical Procedures
    • Therapy
  • Health Careers
    • Health Support Services
    • Therapeutic Services
  • Nutrition
    • Food Safety & the Food Supply
    • Nutrition & Fitness
    • Weight Control & Eating Disorders
  • Personal Health & Wellness
    • Aging
    • Disease Prevention
    • Mental Health & Wellness
    • Nutrition & Diet
    • Relationships & Sexuality
    • Substance Abuse & Addiction
  • Public Health
    • Environmental Health
    • Epidemiology
    • Occupational Health
    • Public Health Policy & Programs

OneSearch Catalog




The OneSearch library catalog lets you search many types of materials at once, like books, eBooks, articles, and more from our databases, as well as free, scholarly sources on the web.

Remember to use the search filters on the left side of the search results screen; narrow down to "online only" sources, books only, specific subjects, or limit your search to a range of publication dates.

When you select an item from your results, this source record will display all of the item details. Notice the hyperlinked subjects that describe that source. You may want to click on one to start a new search on items containing that subject, or take note of some useful subjects to use in future catalog or database searches.

You may also want to open the advanced search for better precision; notice you can search for terms just under subjects, which will greatly narrow down a search.

For more help using the catalog, visit our OneSearch research guide.

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