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Drawing on personal
experience
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List of books, periodicals,
other resources owned by
library
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Work that
synthesiz
es large
amount
of related
info
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• Encyclopedias
• Yearbooks
• Quotation books
• Biographical aids
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Newspaper & periodical:
• Articles from magazines,
journals, newspapers
• Easy access to wide range
of material
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Academic:
• Articles from scholarly
journals
• Best place to find
scholarly research
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• Summary of magazine,
journal article
• Don’t cite abstract
alone
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• Search
engines
• Specialized
resources
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• Virtual libraries
• Government resources
• Online encyclopedias
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• Biggest encyclopedia ever
• Reliability comparable to
traditional encyclopedias
• Good place to start, not to
end
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• Authorship
• Sponsorship
• Recency
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Interview
to get
speech
information
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• Define the Purpose of the
Interview
• Decide Whom to Interview
• Arrange the Interview
• Decide Whether to Record
the Interview
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Avoid:
• Questions answerable
without interview
• Leading questions
• Hostile, loaded questions
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• Dress Appropriately and Be
on Time
• Repeat the Purpose of the
Interview
• Set Up the Recorder, If You
Are Using One
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• Keep the Interview on Track
• Listen Carefully
• Don’t Overstay Your
Welcome
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• Review Your Notes as Soon
as Possible
• Transcribe Your Notes
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• Start early
• Make preliminary
bibliography
• Take notes efficiently
• Think about materials
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• Take plenty of notes
• Record in consistent format
• Make separate entries
• Distinguish direct
quotations, paraphrases,
own ideas
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