1. Using Your Own Knowledge and Experience
GATHERING MATERIALS for the SPEECH
Using Your Own Knowledge and Experience
Personal experiences, anecdotes, stories from your or someone’s life you know personally

2. Remember: Librarians Are Your Friends!
LIBRARIES
Public libraries
Specialized libraries
College/university
Law, medical, business
Organizations
Remember: Librarians Are Your Friends!
They can keep you from going crazy…

3. Catalog Periodical Database
Listing of all books, periodicals, and other resources owned by a library
Periodical Database
Research aid that catalogues articles from journals or magazines

4. Abstract Reference Work
Summary of an article, written by someone other than the original author
Reference Work
Work that synthesizes related information for researchers

5. Types of Reference Works
Encyclopedias
Dictionaries
Quotation books
Biographical aids
Atlases

6. Internet Search Aids Search Engine
A search aid such as Google that indexes Web pages and checks them for sites that match a researcher’s request.
Virtual Library
A search aid that combines Internet technology with traditional library methods of cataloguing and assessing data.

7. Evaluating Internet Documents
When you step into the Internet, don’t leave your brain
at the door!
KEEP IN MIND……..
Authorship
Sponsorship
Recency

8. Interviews  BE FLEXIBLE!!
What’s your purpose? (don’t waste their time or yours)
What are your questions? (avoid closed-ended, leading, hostile, stupid questions)
How will you transcribe the information? (notes vs. tape-recorder)
 BE FLEXIBLE!!

9. Research Tips Start early Make a preliminary bibliography
Take notes efficiently
Don’t get sidetracked
Distinguish between direct quotations, paraphrases, and your own ideas