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Slide 1 Chapter 5 Gathering Materials “Gathering information” McGraw-Hill © 2007 Stephen E. Lucas. All rights reserved. ...

Slide 1 Chapter 5 Gathering Materials “Gathering information” McGraw-Hill © 2007 Stephen E. Lucas. All rights reserved.  Slide 2 Introduction Once you have considered the purpose and topic of your presentation and analyzed your audience, the setting, and the situation, the next step is to gather information and organize it so that it will be interesting and easy for your audience to understand. McGraw-Hill © 2007 Stephen E. Lucas. All rights reserved.  Slide 3 Using Your Own Knowledge and Experience Your personal experiences can sometimes supply many supporting materials for your speeches. McGraw-Hill © 2007 Stephen E. Lucas. All rights reserved.  Slide 4 Library Resources Librarians Catalogue Periodical indexes Newspapers Reference works McGraw-Hill © 2007 Stephen E. Lucas. All rights reserved.  Slide 5 Periodical Database A research aid that catalogues articles from a large number of journals or magazines. McGraw-Hill © 2007 Stephen E. Lucas. All rights reserved.  Slide 6 Abstract A summary of a magazine or journal article, written by someone other than the original author. McGraw-Hill © 2007 Stephen E. Lucas. All rights reserved.  Slide 7 Reference Work A work that synthesizes a large amount of related information for easy access by researchers. McGraw-Hill © 2007 Stephen E. Lucas. All rights reserved.  Slide 8 Types of Reference Works Encyclopedias Yearbooks Dictionaries Quotation books Atlases and gazetteers McGraw-Hill © 2007 Stephen E. Lucas. All rights reserved.  Slide 9 Internet Search Aids Search Engines Virtual Libraries McGraw-Hill © 2007 Stephen E. Lucas. All rights reserved.  Slide 10 most widely used search engine is Google). (http://www.google.com (http://dir.yahoo.com/) (http://www.about.com/) (http://www.infoplease.com/), McGraw-Hill © 2007 Stephen E. Lucas. All rights reserved.  Slide 11 Search Engine A search aid such as Google that indexes Web pages and checks them for sites that match a researcher’s request. McGraw-Hill © 2007 Stephen E. Lucas. All rights reserved.  Slide 12 Virtual Library A search aid that combines Internet technology with traditional library methods of cataloguing and assessing data. McGraw-Hill © 2007 Stephen E. Lucas. All rights reserved.  Slide 13 Evaluating Internet Documents Authorship Sponsorship Recency McGraw-Hill © 2007 Stephen E. Lucas. All rights reserved.  Slide 14 Bookmark A feature in a Web browser that stores links to sites so they can be easily revisited. McGraw-Hill © 2007 Stephen E. Lucas. All rights reserved.  Slide 15 Research Interview An interview conducted to gather information for a speech. McGraw-Hill © 2007 Stephen E. Lucas. All rights reserved.  Slide 16 Interviews. Another way to get information is by interviewing people. If you are giving a presentation related to running a business, for example, interviewing managers might give you useful information. McGraw-Hill © 2007 Stephen E. Lucas. All rights reserved.  Slide 17 Requesting information. Finally, you might be able to get information by requesting it by email or regular mail. If someone has information that might be useful to you but lives too far away for you to interview them, or if you just need to ask a few brief questions, you can contact the person by email or letter to get information from them. McGraw-Hill © 2007 Stephen E. Lucas. All rights reserved.  Slide 18 Thank you McGraw-Hill © 2007 Stephen E. Lucas. All rights reserved.