Com Arts 100: Chapter 7 (Gathering Materials)

1. Start early 2. Make a preliminary bibliography 3. Take notes efficiently 4. Think about your materials as you research

Name some general tips for doing the research.

1. Review your notes as soon as possible 2. Transcribe your notes

Name some tips for after an interview.

1. Define the purpose of the interview 2. Decide whom to interview 3. Arrange the interview 4. Decide whether to record the interview 5. Prepare your questions

Name some tips for before an interview.

1. Take plenty of notes 2. Record notes on a consistent format 3. Make a separate entry for each note 4. Distinguish among direct quotations, paraphrases, and your own ideas

Name some tips for note taking.

1. Dress appropriately and be on time 2. Repeat the purpose of the interview 3. Set up the recorder, i you are using one 4. Keep the interview on track 5. Listen carefully 6. Don't overstay your welcome

Name some tips taken during the interview.

1. Newspaper and Periodical 2. Academic

Name some types of databases.

1. Encyclopedias 2. Yearbooks 3. Quotation Books 4. Biographical Aids

Name some types of reference works.

1. Authorship 2. Sponsorship 3. Recency

Name three criteria used for evaluating Internet documents.

This is a way to research. Journalists will collect info from people that they interview

What does it mean to interview?

A number used in libraries to classify books and periodicals and to indicate where they can be found on the shelves

What is a call number?

A listener of all the books, periodicals, and other resources owned by a library

What is a catalogue?

A research aid that catalogues articles from large number of magazines, journals, and newspaper

What is a newspaper and periodical database?

A list of compiled early in the research process of works that look as if they might contain helpful information about a speech topic

What is a preliminary bibliography?

A work that synthesizes a large amount of related information for easy access by researchers

What is a reference work?

An interview conducted to gather information for a speech

What is a research interview?

An organization that, in the absence of a clearly identified author, is responsible for the content of a document on the Internet

What is a sponsoring organization?

A search engine that combines Internet technology with traditional library methods of cataloguing and assessing data

What is a virtual library?

A summary of a magazine or journal article, written by someone other than the original author

What is an abstract?

A database that catalogues articles from scholarly journals

What is an academic database?

It will always take longer than you expect

What is the one certainty when it comes to time researching?

1. Librarians 2. The catalogue 3. Reference works 4. Databases

What resources can help you in research?