RJA #6c: Protopage

Here is link to my Protopage:

http://www.protopage.com/elvis1020

RJA #6b: Search Strings

+steroids-
+performance enhancing drugs-
(steroids* OR performance enhancing drugs*)AND (supple* OR vitamins* OR horomone*)AND (MLB* NEAR NFL*)

RJA #6a: Periodical Articles

I used the Dictionary of open access journals. I accessed the website September 24, 2009. Both articles that I found are from the same journal. I used the keywords: steroid and performance enhancing drugs.

1. http://dopingjournal.org/content/4/1/dopingj042007-01.html

• Anthony P Millar
• Should Drug Testing be Banned?
• Doping Journal
• Volume 4 Issue 1
• April 19, 2007
• No page number available

2. http://dopingjournal.org/content/1/2/dopingj092004-01.html

• Jacquelin Magnay
• BALCO drugs shopping list revealed
• Doping Journal
• Volume 1 issue 2
• June 24, 2004
• No page number available

RJA #5c: Search String Check

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RJA #5b: Books

• Author: John McCloskey, Julian Bailes, M.D.
• Title: When Winning Costs Too Much steroids, Supplements, and Scandal in today's sports
• Place of Publication: Lanham, MD
• Name of publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
• Date of publication: 2005

Keywords that i used where: steroids, supplements, and Professional sports. I searched and found this book through prospector on September 10, 2009. I got a couple of hits that were relevant for my topic, the relevance of hits scale would be about a 4. This book seemed appropriate for what I'm writing my paper on.

RJA #5a: Finding Reference Articles

• Searched at: Infoplease.com
• Search Strategies: Advanced search “AND”
• Date of search: September 17, 2009
• Keywords used and relevance (1-5):

-Steroids- 120 hits, relevance (3)

-Performance Enhacing drugs- 120 hits, relevance (4)

- Steroid AND Performance Enhancing Drugs- 120 hits, relevance (4)

Online Reference: http://www.infoplease.com/spot/doping1.html

Date last accessed: September 19, 2009

Authors: Gerry Brown

Title of the article: A Dangerous Edge In search of competitive glory, athletes worldwide are jeopardizing their sports, their health — even their lives

- The article explains how athletes have been trying to get an edge over their competitors for years. This article seems that it will be helpful for writing my paper.

RJA #4c: Checking Research Questions

http://nhlyeti303.blogspot.com/2009/09/rja-3c-developing-research-question.html#comment-form

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