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Chapter 7 - Gathering Materials

This document provides tips and guidance for gathering materials for research and presentations. It discusses using your own knowledge and experience, doing library research through resources like catalogs, reference works, newspapers and periodical databases. It also covers searching the internet through search engines, specialized resources and evaluating internet documents. The document offers tips for interviewing such as defining the purpose, choosing interviewees, preparing questions, conducting the interview, and reviewing notes after. It concludes with general tips for research like starting early, making a bibliography, taking notes efficiently and consistently.

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Chapter 7 - Gathering Materials

This document provides tips and guidance for gathering materials for research and presentations. It discusses using your own knowledge and experience, doing library research through resources like catalogs, reference works, newspapers and periodical databases. It also covers searching the internet through search engines, specialized resources and evaluating internet documents. The document offers tips for interviewing such as defining the purpose, choosing interviewees, preparing questions, conducting the interview, and reviewing notes after. It concludes with general tips for research like starting early, making a bibliography, taking notes efficiently and consistently.

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CHAPTER 7

GATHERING
MATERIALS

Topic Outline

Using Your Own Knowledge and Experience


Doing Library Research
Searching the Internet
Interviewing
Tips For Doing Research

Using Your Own Knowledge and


Experience
Everybody is an expert on something
When you choose a topic from your own experience, you
may be tempted to depersonalize it by relying solely on
facts and figures from books
Personal touch can really bring your speeches to life

Doing Library Research


Librarians
Are experts in their own field, trained in library
used and research methods
The catalogue
- a listing of all books, periodicals, and other
resources owned by a library
- call number ( a number used in libraries to
classify books and periodicals and to indicate
where they can be found on the shelves

Doing Library Research


Reference Works
- a work that synthesizes a large amount of
related information for easy access by
researchers:
1.
2.
3.
4.

Encyclopedias
Yearbooks
Quotations Books
Biographical Aids

Doing Library Research


Newspaper
- are invaluable for research on many topics, historical
as well as contemporary
- have current issues as well
Periodical Database
- a research aid that catalogues articles from a large
numbered of journals or magazines
- abstract ( a summary of a magazine or journal article,
written by someone other than the original author)

Searching the Internet


The worlds biggest library
Search Engines
1. College cheerleading general/ too broad
2. College cheerleading specific search
3. College cheerleading + sport injury most
narrowing

Searching the Internet


Specialized research Resources
Virtual Libraries - a search engine that combines
Internet technology with traditional library method
of cataloguing and assessing data
Government Resources as a research tool in
the access information provides to government
documents and publication
Multicultural Resources it mirrors the
internationalism and diversity or our time

Evaluating Internet Documents


Authorship
Sponsorship
Recency

Before the Interview


Define the Purpose of the Interview
Decide Whom to Interview
Arrange the Interview
Decide Whether to Recode the
Interview
Prepare Your Questions

During the Interview


Dress Appropriately
Repeat the Purpose of the Interview
Set Up the Recorder, It You Are Using
One
Keep the Interview on Track
Listen Carefully
Dont Overstay Your Welcome

After the Interview


Review Your Notes as Soon as
Possible
Transcribe Your Notes

Tips for Doing Research


Start Early
Make a Preliminary Bibliography
Two major formats for citing documents in a bibliography
Modern Language Association (MLA)
American Psychological Association (APA)

Take Notes Efficiently:


1. Take plenty of Notes
2. Record Notes in a Consistent Format
3. Make a Separate Entry for Each Note
4. Distinguish Among Direct Quotations, Paraphrases, and
Your Own Ideas

DONE.
THANK YOU

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