Activity 1.
GOAL.
To help your classmates by introducing them to a useful resource! You are not being graded. RELAX and enjoy this activity.
ACTIVITY. Your group will:
- be assigned a resource
- search for either “national parks” or skin disease in the resource
- demonstrate the resource to the class
- have 15 minutes to prepare
- have 5 minutes to demonstrate: show a search and an example of the kind of material found.
- answer these questions during the demonstration:
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- How would this resource be helpful/useful for speech assignments? For your next speech assignment?
- What special features of the research database or its content might be most useful?
- Which kinds of material does a search of this research database produce? Books, magazine articles, encyclopedia articles, statistical sources, dictionary, other… ?
- RELAX! Enjoy showing your classmates a resource that you know about and they don’t.
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Opposing Viewpoints In Context This link opens in a new windowOne-stop source for full-text information on current, controversial or hot-topic issues. Includes book chapters, magazine & journal articles, statistics, images, and more.
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Credo Reference This link opens in a new windowSearch this large collection of specialized encyclopedias, dictionaries, and related sources to find overviews and brief explanations of topics from a wide range of subjects.
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Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new windowIndexes and abstracts journal articles on a broad range of topics and provides the complete text (text and graphics) of many of the articles it indexes. Aimed at undergraduates, it provides scholarly journal articles along with articles from popular, technical/trade, and substantial news sources
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ProQuest Research Library This link opens in a new windowIndexes and abstracts articles in magazines, journals & newspapers on a broad range of subjects and provides the complete (text and graphics) of many of the articles. Aimed at undergraduates, it provides scholarly journal articles along with articles from popular, technical/trade, and substantial news sources.
