public speaking smartbook chapter 7

How does the Internet research differ from using a traditional library?

The Internet has no catalogue.

Which two are major online periodical databases?

World News Digest ProQuest

In contrast to several years ago, Wikipedia is now seen as:

a good starting point for research

Maddie has to present a speech tomorrow, but she still hasn't decided how to organize her main ideas and needs to gather some additional supporting statements. She most likely could have avoided these problems by:

getting an earlier start on her research

Once you have the call number to locate a book for library research, you can:

go to physical location of the book

When doing online research, if you can't find information about the author in the source, you should:

look for a link to a page that tells about the author

Encyclopedias, yearbooks, and quotation books are publications called:

reference works

An interview conducted to gather information for a speech is called a or an:

research interview

A researcher would be least likely to visit U.S. government resources to find which one of these types of information?

archives of news sources

What are the criteria for evaluating Internet documents?

authorship, sponsorship, and recency

Which four are some of the research sources typically available in the library?

biographical aids, yearbooks, quotation books, periodical databases

Good note-taking strategies include

separating quotations, paraphrases, and original thoughts

The date of a document is especially important when citing:

statistics

What is the purpose of a preliminary bibliography?

to keep track of potential sources

True or false: Search engines can be used to help use the Internet effectively for research. True false question.

true