COMMUNICATION 119 - PUBLIC SPEAKING - SPRING, 2008
BOOKS:
Use the Library’s Catalog to find books on your topic.
Before you start to search, make a list of words that might be useful for your topic.
Type one word in the first line and a different word in the second line.
Example:
Look at the records that you get:
Click on one of the titles. What are the terms that are used? You can use these to find more, for example:
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Concise general and scholarly articles on a wide range of subjects.
FINDING ARTICLES:
Communication and Mass Media Complete
Good for communication related topics.
PsycINFO
Good for psychology related topics.
Academic Search Complete
Good all purpose index for many topics.
General OneFile
Good all purpose index for many topics.
Sociological Abstracts
Good for any sociological topics.
ERIC
Good for information related to education.
Good for information related business, management, accounting, information sciences, and related disciplines.
Public Affairs Information Service
Good for information public policy and social issues.
Social Sciences Citation Index
Multidisciplinary database that includes cited authors.
NEWSPAPERS:
Ethnic Newswatch
International and U.S. ethnic and minority newspapers and journals.
Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe
Includes general topic news, as well as company, industry, market, government and political news. Coverage also includes: country and state profiles, law reviews, federal case law, medical and health topics, and accounting, auditing and tax information.
Access World News
Provides coverage of 196 newspapers in 35 states, Washington, D.C. and Guam. Some coverage begins in 1985 and other in the 1990s.
National Newspaper Index
Most recent three years. Indexes: Christian Science Monitor, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times.
Arizona Daily Star
Coverage begins with 1991 and continues to the present.
STATISTICAL SOURCES:
Statistical Abstract of the United States.
This is a summary of statistics on social, political and economic organization in the US. Everything is cited so that you can go back to the original source. The electronic version is less complete than the paper version.
US Census
Provides population and demographic statistics.
Statistical Universe
Statistical Universe is a comprehensive source to federal, state and local government statistics as well as privately published and some international sources.
Facts on File
Includes news and current information as reported weekly in more than 70 major newspapers and newsmagazines from the US and around the world.
World Almanac and Book of Facts
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Info Commons Ref. latest edition; earlier in the stacks.
Everything is cited so you can go back to the original source.
Statistical Resources on the Web
A good place to begin searching for statistical information published by the U.S. government on the world wide web.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INFORMATION:
Congressional Universe (Lexis-Nexis)
U .S. Congress and legislative information. Mainly full text online.
PUBLIC OPINION POLLS:
Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Limited free searching at their Web site; also available through the Lexis Nexis page. After accessing this page, choose Reference and then choose, Polls & Surveys.
Various sites for public opinion surveys are available through Cornell Institute for Social and Economic Research's page, Public Opinion Surveys.
EDITORIALS AND OPINION PIECES:
Library collection of helpful sources for controversial topics, Pros & Cons of Contemporary Issues Can be found by looking under “Help: How do I?” from the Library home page or by using this http://www.library.arizona.edu/help/tutorials/contempissues/index.html
Editorials on File
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This has a cumulative index of editorials from more than 150 daily North American newspapers.
CQ Researcher
Weekly research on current topics of widespread interest.
Includes a feature called "At Issue" which presents opposing viewpoints from two experts.
QUOTATIONS:
Can be found using the link from the Library’s home page under Reference Resources. Some of the sources listed let you look by author or topic or keyword.
You may also find some quotations by just searching Google.
EVALUATING WEB RESOURCES… CAN YOU BELIEVE THEM?
Evaluating Information on the Web