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Agenda
• Read chapters 4 & 5– Quiz due Sunday midnight
• Today– Research & Citations– Speaking order– Assignment due Sunday midnight
• Next Week– Outlines, Audience Analysis– Read chapters 6,7,8
Sources & CitationsHow & Where to Find Credible Sources
Where Do I Start?
• NIC Library database– Scholarly journals– Periodicals– Government archives– E-books and real books
• The Internet– Multiple search engines– Library recommendations– Try sweetsearch.com
How does Google work?
• Key Words– Spiders, crawlers, site maps
• PageRank– Frequency and location of keywords– How long the Web page has existed– Number of other Web pages that link to the
page
Dig Deep
• The best sites are not always on top• Check for credibility:
– Who hosts the site?– How current is it?– Does it appear to be biased?– Are there citations & references?– Don’t always trust the domain
• Eg. Martinlutherking.org
Search the Library
• NIC links to many other libraries• Provides access to thousands of books
and periodicals• Peer reviewed journals• Other university databases• Academic archives• Journalistic archives
Write Your Bibliography
• MLA tip sheet (workbook, Blackboard)• Purdue OWL (Online Writing Lab)
– Electronic Citations• Easy Bib• Son of Citation Machine• MLA Handbook• Ask librarian or writing lab for assistance
Review
• Assignment:– Source & Citations Worksheet in Week 2
folder– Find two (2) sources for your speech topic
and answer the questions– Write MLA bibliography for your sources
• Please include the URL for sources if electronic