From one student to another, here's some tips..
Within my research, I found that at the beginning I was rather overwhelmed by such an extreme topic. The entire topic of endorphins is a bit scientific for me, which is why I found myself in such a fearful situation.
Though, I wouldn’t let this stop you. The topic gets a lot simpler as you begin to understand this information and continue finding sources and taking notes. It becomes something less of a stressor, and more of something to fuel you. I genuinely found myself wanting to grasp as much information as I could, and when I had to stop searching for the day, I felt it hard to turn off my computer.
This being said, finding information for me was rather simple, but I just needed to make sure that I went on correct websites to find scholarly information. As I continued to make sure that my information was completely scholarly and correct, it made everything a lot easier. I didn't have any issues with miscommunication and bias. You just simply had to make sure you're finding your information from medical cites that were clearly scholarly and were created by people that are actually medical professionals, not just people wanting to make money off of people.
The main authors that I kept connecting with was authors from the publishers of PubMed and ScienceDirect. These two websites are extremely scholarly and professional, giving me all the information I needed with factual sources coming from them. They also had lots of citations and a vast variety of information about my topic, making them very great sources to gather my information from.
My advice to others would simply be to let your mind flow and take it step by step. If you look at the whole picture, you might find yourself feeling frightened and/or overwhelmed. But, if you pick everything apart bit by bit, focusing on one subtopic at a time, you not only learn a lot more, but you also feel a lot better during the process. Research papers are difficult to conduct, but using a simpler process makes everything much easier. Don’t work yourself up!
Another helpful tactic for me is to get a notebook specifically for notes you took on the topic. It really helps to keep your information organized, so that when you use it, you can just dive straight into a specific section of your notes and find exactly what you’re looking for right then.
When it comes to gathering notes and research cites, I really recommend starting with a simple encyclopedia, but then diving more into the PubMed and ScienceDirect routes for more scholarly, completely factual sources. Specifically highlighting PubMed, I found a ton of my information there with so, so many different sources from all different creators, dates, and subjects. They also have an amazing number of experiment-based articles, which I personally really found important and informative when analyzing research and putting evidence together.
Altogether, my advice to my fellow classmates, pupils, and students would be to just take everything bit-by-bit and don’t overwork, stress out, or burn yourself out. It is important that you go through the process on lots of separate days as well, enabling a fresh mind when you look things over after taking a break for a bit. Let me say it again: DON’T STRESS YOURSELF OUT! Allow yourself to take breaks. You’re doing amazing, as this is not easy. Go you!
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