Chapter 8: Sources for Your Presentation

Interviews: (Parenthetical Citation) You interviewed UT personal communication professor, Dr. Richard Cherwitz, on August 15, 2014.

(R. Cherwitz, personal communication, August 15, 2014)

2 examples of parenthetically cited APA sources in your presentation

1. (Appel, 2014) 2. According to Appel (2014)

Diversity (Key criteria for deciding how credible an online source might be)

1. A credible website should not contain any offensive material that targets any racial, gender, ethnic, or sexual preference or disability group 2. Even if a site is talking about disapproving of gay marriage, it should use respectful and accepted language for these issues

Currency (Key criteria for deciding how credible an online source might be)

1. A credible website should say when it was last updated 2. Currency also can include whether all the links on a site are still active and functioning

1. Citation Style 2. Citation styles allow for?

1. A method of organization that allows you to integrate research into your outline and reference page in a particular standardized fashion 2. Consistency, organization, and professionalism in the context of writing

APA Style (2 Things)

1. A particular method for organizing research into an outline and reference page 2. Popular in the social sciences and stands for the American Psychological Association

1. What is a periodical source? 2. Example?

1. A source published on a regular but not daily basis that can encompass a wide array of publication styles 2. Magazines

Lexis-Nexis Academic (2 Things)

1. A subscription-only database that gives users access to nearly every newspaper printed around the world 2. Part of your tuition pays for this database

In communication studies, what are the 3 most common citation styles?

1. APA (Use APA in 306M) 2. MLA 3. Chicago Style

Parenthetical Citations (2 Things)

1. Allows you to integrate research into the body of your text 2. It provides the key for reading your reference page

1. Ombudsmen 2. Who usually hires ombudsmen?

1. An individual responsible for fielding complaints directed to an organization and providing explanations to these inquiries 2. Newspapers

1. What are fields? 2. Examples?

1. Areas of the citation that are found in various journals 2. Author, title, journal title, abstract, or full text

When referencing newspapers you want to make sure to include what 5 things

1. Author name (if avaliable) 2. Specific date of the newspaper's publication 3. Title of the article 4. Name of the newspaper 5. Pages from which the article is located

When referencing journal articles you want to make sure to include what 6 things?

1. Author of the article 2. Year the article was published 3. Title of the article 4. Name of the journal the article was published in 5. Volume and issue of the journal 6. Page numbers of the journal the article was published in

What are the 5 key criteria to meet when deciding how credible your website source may be?

1. Authority 2. Accuracy 3. Objectivity 4. Currency 5. Diversity

When referencing magazines you want to make sure to include what 6 things?

1. Authors name 2. Specific date of the magazine's publication 3. Title of the article 4. Magazine's title 5. Magazine's issue number 6. Page numbers

What are 3 major search areas you can control by clicking "Advanced options" under the search bar when you enter Lexis-Nexis?

1. Boolean Operators 2. What type of sources to search 3. The data range in which you search

What are 2 major ways you can assess a website's authority?

1. Check the domain 2. Ask who sponsors the site

What are 2 advantages of using website sources?

1. Excellent for keeping up on breaking news 2. Great for topics and subjects that don't get a lot of news coverage in the mainstream media, or sources that are well-served by open, accessible forms of information like blogs or Facebook pages

What are 3 reasons why gathering research for presentations is necessary?

1. For appearing credible 2. Helps you support the claims you make whenever you communicate professionally 3. It is the ethical thing to do

1. Logos 2. Exhibiting logos requires?

1. From the Greek for "the word;" it is translated as logic 2. Having good research and data to back up the claims that you make

When referencing books you want to make sure to include what 5 things?

1. Full name of the author (First name and middle name, if applicable, will be abbreviated) 2. Year of publication 3. Title of book 4. Location of publisher 5. Name of publisher

What are 3 important steps you must know about when searching EBSCO?

1. How to get there 2. Select a field 3. Peer-reviewed (Crucial Step)

What is different about interviews when it comes to referencing?

1. Interviews are not considered recoverable data and therefore are not required by APA to be referenced in your reference page 2. You should still treat interview encounters as a parenthetical citation

What are 3 ways you can build your search on the UT catalog?

1. Keywords 2. Advanced Search 3. Author and Title

What are the 2 most popular databases?

1. Lexis-Nexis Academic 2. Academic Search Complete

What are 3 major drawbacks when using magazine sources?

1. Magazines are interested in earning profits 2. Political perspective some magazines may have 3. Magazines do not always share their original data, nor do they give readers an easy way to double-check this data for themselves

What are the 3 rules you must follow for incorporating oral citations into your presentation?

1. Make sure to mention all your sources in your presentation 2. Anytime you introduce a new oral citation into your presentation you must provide a rationale as to why the source you have chosen is credible (qualifier) 3. After introducing a particular oral citation into your presentation, you do not need to include a rational the next time you introduce that same oral citation

What are 3 advantages of book sources?

1. Material has been reviewed and proofread by a staff of editors 2. Not just anyone can publish a book 3. Easily accessible in your campus library

What are the 2 criteria APA has when it comes to parenthetically citing research?

1. Must include the last name of the author of the material you are referencing (Essay title if there is no author) 2. Must provide the year that the material was published

When referencing an internet website you want to make sure to include what 4 things?

1. Name of authors (if available) 2. Date the internet website was made available (if information is provided) 3. Title of the webpage or online article 4. Website URL

To avoid plagiarizing in 306M, what 3 locations do you need to cite your sources?

1. Outline 2. Reference page 3. In your speech

What are the 2 important parts of APA style?

1. Parenthetical Citations 2. Reference Citations

1. Abstracts 2. Abstracts are helpful with?

1. Short summaries of an entire article that help the reader grasp the main points of the study 2. Academic journals

What are 2 major drawbacks of academic journals?

1. Since this is the highest level of expert research you may encounter a high level of jargon 2. You may not find data on current events because studies take a long time

What are 2 advantages of using interviews as a source?

1. Some topics demand interviewing methods such as local issues, topics that involve eyewitnesses, and topics that relate closely to your audience 2. Can provide vivid quotations, precise details otherwise unavailable to you, and can add credibility to a speaker by your association with the interview subject

What are 3 disadvantages of book sources?

1. Takes a long time to complete the publication process 2. Can be very long and dense 3. There are outside influences that may shape the content of the book, namely profit and politics

When referencing a YouTube video you want to make sure to include what 3 things?

1. The author or screen name of the person who posted the video 2. Date the video was published 3. URL where the video can be retrieved

What are 2 reasons that academic journals are considered to be the most credible source for expert research on any topic?

1. The credentials of the authors 2. Most academic journals are peer-reviewed

1. Objectivity (Key criteria for deciding how credible an online source might be) 2. Example?

1. The distinction between authority and objectivity is crucial for determining credibility 2. While the Democratic National Committee is a highly credible source for information, it is not however politically objective because it would lean towards the democratic cantidate

1. What is domain? 2. Websites ending in .edu? 3. Websites ending in .gov? 4. Websites ending in .org? 5. Websites ending in .com or .net?

1. The final letters in a website address indicating the nature of that site in terms of content and credibility 2. Only published by accredited educational institutions 3. Can only be issued to official government agencies 4. May be run by a non-profit group 5. Commercial sites whose main priority will be economic success

1. What is subjective bias? 2. What source may have an issue with subjective bias?

1. The particular partisan stance a source may have on the contents it is reporting 2. Magazines

1. Directly Quoting 2. If you direct quote?

1. The process of stating verbatim, in a presentation, information derived from an author other than oneself 2. You will also need to include the page number that you took the information from

What are 4 things to know about formatting when making a book citation?

1. The second line of the citation should be indented five spaces 2. When writing the title of the book in you should only capitalize the first letter of the title and the first letter of the subtitle 3. The title is the only italicized aspect of a book reference citation 4. If a book has multiple editions you must put what edition it was and abbrivate it ed

What are 3 disadvantages of using interviews as a source?

1. The time and effort involved in conducting good interviews 2. The risk of getting a biased individual perspective on the problem 3. The time it takes in your presentation to contextualize your interview subject

What are 3 reasons to visit the PCL in person?

1. There are computer terminals in the PCL, enabling you to research and prepare your presentation at the same time 2. To take advantage of the open stacks 3. The librarians

1. What is the rule of thumb for using Wikipedia? 2. Why is it not a reliable source?

1. Use it as a starting point, not an endpoint, of your research 2. Since it is an open forum allowing anyone to change the information at any time

1. What are closed domains? 2. What are the only 2 closed domains?

1. Website address types that are available only to certain sources that have been verified and authenticated 2. Educational (.edu) and government (.gov, .mil)

What are 3 important things to know about using Google?

1. When you type in your topic the search results you see are ranked based on an algorithm that values both numbers of hits that site has received, how many other websites link to the site, and how high each of those links ranks in this same formula 2. When you enter your search term, usually two or three websites will appear labeled "Sponsored Links" which means those companies have paid Google to list their site at the top of a search for a particular term 3. Google has an "Advanced Search" option

What are 2 things to know about formatting when making a journal article citation?

1. While the title of the article is not capitalized or italicized, the journal from which the article is taken is both capitalized and italicized 2. The volume number is also italicized but the page numbers are not

What are 3 disadvantages of using newspaper articles as sources?

1. You are less likely to get broad historical context 2. Rarely have space to include original data 3. Known to make mistakes

What are 3 advantages of using newspaper articles as sources?

1. You can find day-to-day coverage of breaking events 2. Can provide valuable details and personal commentary from sources or witnesses to help bring your topic to life 3. Can give a good sense of local reactions to a larger issue or focus on local issues that may be of more interest to your audience

Databases

A link found on the UT library homepage that allows users to search a wide variety of online databases of scholarly resources

Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)

A major research database of scholarly sources available through the UT library homepage

Qualifier

A statement used in your presentation that demonstrates why the source you are referring to is credible

Edited Books

A type of book that does not consist of one comprehensive study but instead a number of studies written by various authors

Editorial Columns (Opinion Pieces)

A type of newspaper article, written either by editors of the newspaper or approved guest writers, that expresses an opinion rather than delivering neutral reports on the news

Open Stacks

A way of organizing a library system that allows users to retrieve their own books as opposed to having a librarian find such books for the users

Book: Create a reference citation of Edward Appel's book "Cybervetting: Internet Searches for Vetting, Investigations, and Open-Source Intelligence (Second Edition)" which was published in 2014 by CRC Press in New York City.

Appel, E. (2014). Cybervetting: Internet searches for vetting, investigations, and open-source intelligence (2nd ed.). New York, NY: CRC Press.

YouTube Video: Create a reference citation for a YouTube video titled "Obama: 'We're building Iron Man' which was posted by CNN on February 25, 2014 retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77pnVFLkUjM

CNN. (2014, February 25). Obama: 'We're building Iron Man.' [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77pnVFLkUjM

Blog: (Not a scholarly citation) Create a reference citation for a blog written by John Cassidy from The New Yorker titled "A Very Un-American Triumph." that was published on June 26, 2014 and retrieved from http://newyorker.com/online/blogs/johncassidy/2014/06/a-very-un-american-triumph-at-world-cup.html

Cassidy, J. (2014, June 26). A very un-American triumph [Web log post]. Retrieved from http://newyorker.com/online/blogs/johncassidy/2014/06/a-very-un-american-triumph-at-world-cup.html

Journal Article: Create a reference citation for an article by Ronald Walter Greene titled "Rhetorical capital: Communicative labor, money/speech, and neo-liberal governance." The essay is published in 2007 in the journal titled, Communication and Critical Cultural Studies, volume 4, and can be found on pages 327 to 333

Greene, R. W. (2007). Rhetorical capital: Communicative labor, money/speech, and neo-liberal governance. Communication and Critical Cultural Studies, 4, 327-333.

Magazine: Create a reference citation for an essay found in the July 7, 2014 issue of "Time" (volume 184, issue 1) titled "Which company will control your home?" by Harry McCracken and located on pages 10-12

McCracken, H. (2014, July 7). Which company will control your home?. Time, 184(1), 10-12.

Internet Website: Create a reference citation for the statistics page of the Mothers Against Drunk Driving website copyrighted in 2014 located at the URL of http://www.madd.org/drunk-driving/state-stats/Texas.html

Mothers Against Drunk Driving (2014). Texas. Retrieved from http://www.madd.org/drunk-driving/state-stats/Texas.html

Is reading an article online in Lexis-Nexis that appeared in the Houston Chronicle an online source?

No, the article existed as a printed article

Newspaper: Create a reference citation for a New York Times article with no author written on March 26, 2014 titled "Obama renewing U.S. commitment to NATO alliance" starting on page A1.

Obama renewing U.S. commitment to NATO alliance. (2014, March 26). New York Times, pp. A1.

Academic Journals

Periodical publications produced by scholarly presses; usually dedicated to one area or sub-area of research; usually searchable online

Newspaper: Create a reference citation for a New York Times article written by Michael D. Shear and Peter Baker on March 26, 2014 titled "Obama renewing U.S. commitment to NATO alliance" starting on page A1.

Shear, M. D., & Bakey, P. (2014, March 26). Obama renewing U.S. commitment to NATO alliance. New York Times, pp. A1.

Boolean Operators

Special language codes that facilitate database searches by combining terms in particular ways and by specifying the way information is retrieved

Jargon

Specialized and complicated terminology used by a particular discipline

Internet Website: Create a reference citation for the statistics page of a website with no name identified with it that was copyrighted in 2014 located at the URL of http://www.madd.org/drunk-driving/state-stats/Texas.html

Texas. (2014). Retrieved from http://www.madd.org/drunk-driving/state-stats/Texas.html

Internet Website: Create a reference citation for the statistics page of a website with no name identified with it that has no original launch date posted located at the URL of http://www.madd.org/drunk-driving/state-stats/Texas.html

Texas. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.madd.org/drunk-driving/state-stats/Texas.html

Ethos

The Greek word meaning "credibility"

Reference Citations

The comprehensive documentation of a given source, that allows the reader to gain access to the cited material

UT Library Catalog

The electronic listing of all UT's library holdings found on the website http://www.lib.utexas.edu/

Sponsor

The individuals and groups responsible for a website's content

Oral Citations

The organization style used for referencing citations in your actual presentation

Paraphrasing

The process where you rearticulate, in your own words, what you learned from consulting the research of an original author

Perry-Castaneda Library (PCL)

UT's largest library, named after Ervin S. Perry--the first African American to be appointed to the academic rank of professor--and Professor Carlos E. Castaneda--a central advocate and developer of the Benson Latin American Collection

Peer-Reviewed

Designation of an acedemic journal that indicates that its articles have been approved by experts in the field