Chapter 7 gathering materials spc2608

preliminary bibliography

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

catalogue

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

call number

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

research interview

an interview conducted to gather information for a speech

sponsoring organization

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

academic database

a database that catalogues articles from scholarly journals

newspaper and periodical database

a research aid that catalogues articles from a large number of magazines, journals, and newspapers

abstract

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

reference work

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

Doing library search

Librarians The catalogue Reference works Newspaper and periodical databases Academic databases