HEA 486 Health Studies Capstone  

Medical Subject Headings, or MeSH, provides a listing of medical terms and their interrelationships.  Use this site to explore possible research topics, select useful keywords for doing article searches, and refine your understanding of what topics are connected to each other, and how.

Start your question with "Is," "Who," or "When" and you'll end up with a very short answer. (Try it!)

Start your question with "What," "How," or "Why." and you'll find yourself speculating about all sorts of interesting possible answers.  This is a better approach to a research project.

Thinking about a research topic and formulating a good research question are two different things.  The two links below take you to sites that will help you move from a broad topic to a specific and researchable question.  Check them out!

If your research involves a clinical health issue, try this link for help developing your broad topic idea into a focussed research question.

Another way to see relationships between subject terms is with the Concept Map in CREDO Reference.  Enter your keyword in the CREDO search field, select the Concept Map tab, and wait just a moment.  Related subjects will appear; mousing over the various "nodes" will show entries from various encyclopedia and specialty reference books on your topic.

Great way to get started if you're looking for ideas.