Speech 101Carl LehnenReference [email protected] 2014
Outline• Intro• Evaluating sources• Getting started• Thinking about your topic• Searching for books and articles
Popular vs. Academic (Scholarly)
Popular (Newspaper) Academic (Journal)
Written for a general audience Written for a specialized/expert audience
By a journalist By a professor/researcher/expert
Tends to be short, summarizes In-depth original research
Has visual attention-grabbers Mostly text
Does not usually cite sources Gives full citations for all sources
Has abstract (summary) at beginning
Lists affiliations of authors
Contains section headings
Popular
Popular
Academic
Academic
Academic
Academic
You type something in the search box…
BLACK MAGIC
Thinking About Your Topic
Does global warming cause extreme weather?
Thinking About Your Topic
Does global warming cause extreme weather?
Keyword 1 Keyword 3Keyword 2
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