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