Chapter 7 Speech

what is the catalogue

the list of books, periodicals, and other resources owned by the library and allows you to do precise search’s and what’s available

the reference works in the reference section and what they have

encyclopedias (about specific topics)

yearbooks (info from certain years)

quotation books (questions and quotes from different people)

biographical aids (who’s who and reference works)

different newspaper and periodical databases

proquest

lexisnexis uni

world news digests

academic databases

academic onefile

JSTOR

Google Scholar

search engines

websites like google that allow you to search specific things that will get you the information you need on certain topics

virtual libraries

ipl2

allows people to see what is available in libraries online

government resources

USA.gov

statistical abstract

world factbook

allows people to see government documents and publications

wikipedia

biggest encyclopedia in the world

used to not be reliable but now articles have been updated and changed to make sure they are accurate and current without being changed

a good place to start only because of connivence and range

three criteria for judging the reliability of research documents

authorship (how reliable is the author by their qualifications, bias and relevancy)

sponsorship (how is sponsoring a website and are they the right people to trust for sponsorship)

recency (is it up to date info)

preliminary bibliography

a bibliography that has 15 or 20 resources from your initial search and allows you to weed out the ones you want to use

final bibliography

a bibliography that has 7-8 sources that you will use and have been chosen from your big number of sources from your initial search

4 guidelines to taking notes effectively

take plenty of notes (more is better, you can narrow it down)

record notes in a consistent format (have the note, the source, and the reading indicating the subject of the note)

make a separate entry for each note (organize your notes into separate notes so you don’t get confused and make it impossible to decipher which notes are which)

distinguish among direct quotes, paraphrasing, and your own ideas ( to allow no plagiarism, make sure it’s clear to yourself what needs to be sourced in what way)