SP 111

Instructor: Kathleen Doss, kathleen.doss@pcc.edu
Librarian: Tony Greiner
Term: Spring, 2009

Public Speaking

 

Locating sources for Informative Speeches

Background Information: Can you speak for one minute without notes on your topic, and answer the "Who, what, when, where and why?" for that topic? Then you are ready for deeper research. If not, invest 5 minutes in reading an encyclopedia.

World Book Online or Wikipedia or ask a librarian about the many SUBJECT ENCYCLOPEDIAS we have, both print and online.

RELIABILITY


These publications are listed alphabetically. Please re-sort them in order of "reliability"

Journal of the Amerian Medical Association
National Geographic
Oregonian
People Magazine

This is only slightly tricky, when you add in websites, it gets trickier.

Which is more reliable- National Geographic or CNN.com?

SCHOLARLY/PEER REVIEWED MATERIALS

Purdue University Library's video: How to read a Scientific Paper.

 

Article Databases


Academic Search Premier [database] from EBSCOhost. Full text for more than 4,500 scholarly social sciences, humanities, general science, education and multi-cultural journals. 3,700+ are peer-reviewed.

MasterFILE Premier [database] from EBSCOhost. Full text of general interest periodicals.

Finding Books and Videos in the PCC Library Catalog

Subject Keyword search

 

  • Use descriptive and inclusive terms: renewable energy
  • Use specific words, or narrower terms: biodiesel
  • Use the truncation symbol (ethic* = ethic, ethical, ethically, ethics)
  • Remember: the catalog indexes primarily data from the cover of the book: to be successful, you'll need to use encompassing terms, since only the "cover" information is used, not the text inside the book

 

Other sources for Persuasive Speeches

CQ Researcher -- Provides 'research papers' on new topics every week.

Opposing Viewpoints -- The 'Viewpoints' tab will offer arguments on all sorts of issues (gun control, abortion, War in Iraq)

This page was created for a specific class. Visit the Speech Communication subject guide for more.

CITIN' THOSE SOURCES

APA Style Guide from PCC Library. (Similar to the one handed out in class.)

Citation Makers

EasyBib [website] A free automatic bibliography (works cited) composer. OSLIS Secondary Citation Maker [website] From the Oregon School Library Information System. You fill in the citation information, OSLIS formats the citation for you! SourceAid [website] Automatic citation maker. MLA, APA, Chicago, CSE

 

Related:
Class Pages, Subject Guide -- Speech