GCAN Speech Courses: Finding Information

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Welcome! This guide is for students of GCAN speech courses. This includes:

• 100 Survey of Human Communication
• 101 Public Speaking
• 215 Interpersonal Communication

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• Start your assignments early. Allow yourself time to look for quality sources, revise your topic/thesis, or ask for help.

• Keep track of your sources.

  • Keep a list of website URLs or citations.

  • Or use a citation manager such as RefWorks or Zotero.

  • When you've collected all your sources, you're ready to make a reference list!

• Start broadly, then narrow in.

  • Browse the issues on Opposing Viewpoints to spark ideas.

  • Use QuickSearch to search for general topics, then filter the results to narrow things down.

• Once you have an idea for a topic, write it down and keep it in mind.

  • Think about the relevance of each source to your topic.

  • Try to asses the quality of a source as you're exploring it.

Opposing Viewpoints In Context (Gale)

Contains a range of perspectives on many controversial issues, with over 13,000 pro/con viewpoints. A good starting point to explore topics for persuasive speeches.

ProQuest Central

Provides access to millions of full text articles from scholarly journals, international newspapers, dissertations, and market reports. Try limiting `Document type` to `Speech/Lecture`.