PUBLIC SPEAKING Gathering Materials Copyright

Where Do I Go? Draw on personal experience first Library Internet Other resources Copyright 20122

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Library Resources Librarians Catalogue Periodical databases Newspapers Reference works Copyright 20126

Librarians Circulation – Check books in/out Research – Help students find materials Copyright 20127

Catalogue Listing of all books, periodicals, other resources owned by library Copyright 20128

Periodical Database Research aid that catalogues articles from many journals, magazines Copyright 20129

Abstract Summary of magazine or journal article Don’t cite abstract alone Copyright

Newspapers Local National International Copyright

Reference Works Work that synthesizes large amount of related information – Encyclopedias – Yearbooks – Quotation books – Biographical aids Copyright

Internet Searching Search engines Specialized resources – Virtual libraries – Government resources – Multicultural resources Copyright

Evaluating Internet Docs Authorship Sponsorship Recency Copyright

Research Interview Interview to get speech information Copyright

Preparing Questions Avoid: – Questions you can answer without interview – Leading questions – Hostile, loaded questions Copyright

Tips for Doing Research Start early Make preliminary bibliography Make an annotated bibliography Copyright

Annotated Bibliography Include a complete citation Briefly describe the source Include stats, quotes, etc. Copyright

Annotated Bibliography Lucas, S.E. (2012). The Art of Public Speaking (11th edition). Boston: McGraw Hill. This is a public speaking textbook. In this book the author states that Wikipedia “…can be a good place to start learning about a topic…”(p. 127). There is also a reference to reliability being comparable to print encyclopedias (p. 127). Copyright

Tips for Doing Research Start early Make preliminary bibliography Make an annotated bibliography Think about materials Take notes efficiently Copyright

Efficient Note-Taking Take plenty of notes Record in consistent format Make separate entry for each Distinguish among direct quotations, paraphrases, your own ideas Copyright