Organizing Resources with BEAM
Ohio State University Libraries Teaching & Learning and Robyn Hartman
Identifying resources according to Background, Exhibit, Argument, and Method can help you determine how to use the resources and if you need to find additional resources to fill in gaps for your research project.
As you find information resources, you can keep brief notes about how you might use them. Then, you can see the gaps and what other research you need to do. You can create a chart like this one about injuries in football, with keywords or short sentences about each resource.
In our Nightmare of coaching the football team, think of this chart as a Roster of Players on your team and the positions they can play. You can easily see if you have plenty of running backs who can carry the ball to the end zone or need more players to kick a field goal.
| Resource | Type | Background | Exhibit | Argument | Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Concussions in the NFL (2012-2014) | Study Data | hundreds of concussion injuries, listed by player, team & game | |||
| Evaluation of an Injury Prevention Program | Dissertation | Participation in Youth Sports, General Principles of Injury Prevention | Injury Rates | PREPARE program reduces injuries | Injury Report Form, PREPARE Program |
| NFL Football: A History of America’s New National Pastime | Book | History | |||
| The Health Status of Retired American Football Players | Peer-Reviewed Journal Article | Fig 1 Prevalence of medical problems in retired Super Bowl III players | SF-36 health survey, Health and Football-Specific Questionnaire | ||
| Should there be a moratorium on high school football? | Opinion article | Boston Univ study on football CTE- 110/111 pro players | HS admin should pause football until there is more info on CTE | ||
| No Game for Boys to Play | Book | Part I. The Rise of Youth Football | Part II. Understanding and Preventing Football Injuries, Part III. Risk and Responsibility | Part IV. Whose Bodies, Whose Brains? | Part III. Risk and Responsibility |
Chapter Attribution:
Bachynski, K. (2019). No Game for Boys to Play : The History of Youth Football and the Origins of a Public Health Crisis. The University of North Carolina Press.
Baron, M.J. (2006) Evaluation of an injury prevention program. [Doctoral Dissertation, Michigan State University] ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global.
Choosing and Using Sources: A Guide to Academic Research by Teaching & Learning, Ohio State University Libraries, licensed under CC BY 4.0
Concussions in the NFL (2012-2014) [Data Set] https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/rishidamarla/concussions-in-the-nfl-20122014
Crepeau, R. C. (2020). NFL Football: A History of America’s New National Pastime (NFL Centennial). University of Illinois Press.
Nicholas, S. J., Nicholas, J. A., Nicholas, C., Diecchio, J. R., & McHugh, M. P. (2007). The health status of retired American football players: Super Bowl III revisited. The American Journal of Sports Medicine, 35(10), 1674–1679.
Serva, M. A. (2018). Should there be a moratorium on high school football? Protecting players from brain injury must take precedence. District Administration, 54(3), 74.
Sources that provide general, factual, or historical context for a topic.
Primary sources or data that are analyzed or interpreted as evidence
Scholarly or expert sources that present a specific viewpoint or thesis relevant to the research topic
Sources that offer theories, methodologies, or analytical frameworks used to interpret evidence.
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