The Need For
Research
Primary & Secondary Sources
Using The Internet
Print Sources
Supporting Your Thesis
100
Quoting experts on your subject to make yourself seem more reliable is a way to gain _________.
Expertise
100
An original source of information.
What is a primary source?
100
A research tool with an enormous amount of information on almost every subject.
What is the internet?
100
A system that categorizes nonfiction books using numbers.
What is the Dewey Decimal System?
100
To show that your thesis is valid.
What are claims?
200
Speakers who establish _________ are likely to be well received.
Credibility or believability
200
Comments on our develops information found in a primary source.
What is a secondary source?
200
Printed materials , such as books, magazines, and web sites usually go through a process of _______ before they post anything or make it final.
Evaluation
200
Uses letters instead of numbers to indicate major subject areas.
What is the library of congress?
200
Numbers presented as facts.
What are statistics?
300
Research can give you helpful ideas for ways to begin and conclude your speech. (True/False?)
True
300
Example: Newspaper articles, records, photographs
What is a primary source example?
300
A collection of related information can offer excellent research options
What is an online database?
300
identifying numbers and letters which indicate a book's location in its system.
What is a call number?
300
an analogy between two cases that are not alike enough to be compared meaningfully.
What is false analogy?
400
Audience need to feel that the speakers are trying to accomplish something positive.
What are good intentions?
400
Example: A book written years after its topic took place.
What is a secondary source example?
400
What is one tip to make most of your internet research?
Try out more than one search- Uses the right key words- Use the summaries- Copy and paste- Use links- Use other sources-
400
A lot like using a search engine to find information on the internet.
What is an online catalog?
400
They support claims.
What are proofs?
500
Speakers gain credibility by demonstrating e_________, showing g_____ i_______, and appearing t_________.
Expertise, good intentions, trustworthy
500
Primary or secondary? -Biographies
Secondary Source
500
What is one of the three questions you should ask yourself about web materials?
Who sponsors the web site? - Who wrote the content? - When was this written?
500
Copyrighted material is available on the internet, but usually for a fee. You can find it for free only at a _______.
A library
500
Testimonies, analogies, statistics, and facts
What are the four types of supporting material?