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Speech 101Fall 2015
Why should I do research?Research is
the search for knowledge
So, I just go to Google because everything is on Google, right?
Choosing a topic
NPR News
Peer-reviewed literature
Example topic: Fetal alcohol syndrome
• Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) is an umbrella term describing the range of effects that can occur in an individual whose mother drank alcohol during pregnancy. These effects may include physical, mental, behavioral, and/or learning disabilities with possible lifelong implications. The term FASD is not intended for use as a clinical diagnosis.1
• Discussion question – is this a just-right topic?• Note – there is lots and lots and lots of peer-reviewed literature on this
1. National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. (n.d.). Diagnosis. Retrieved June 26, 2015 from https://www.nofas.org/faqs
Fixing my too broad topic• Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) is an umbrella term
describing the range of effects that can occur in an individual whose mother drank alcohol during pregnancy. These effects may include physical, mental, behavioral, and/or learning disabilities with possible lifelong implications. The term FASD is not intended for use as a clinical diagnosis.• Class discussion: What resources do you think I could use to make my
topic a just-right topic?
Too narrow a topic• What if, instead, I want to talk about something like the Sturgis Rally? • Note – there are NO peer-reviewed sources on this topic
When do you write your outline?
Types of Sources
Textbook
Magazine
Novel
Original Source
Pamphlet Trade Publication
Scholarly Book
Newspaper
Legal Documents
Journal
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
Video
Website
Government Document
Peer-reviewed literature
Peer-Reviewed Literature
What do reviewers look for?• Citing/ethics• Documentation of sources/background information/literature review (C&RL
News)• Are there any special ethical concerns arising from the use of human or other
animal subjects? (Nature)
• Research reported on• Methodology (C&RL News)• Analysis/Logic of argumentation (C&RL News)• Are there other experiments or work that would strengthen the paper
further? (Nature)
What do reviewers look for?• Paper/Writing• Presentation (C&RL News)• Who will be interested in reading the paper, and why? (Nature)• How does the paper stand out from others in its field? (Nature)
• Scholarly Communication• Relevance to advancing knowledge in the filed of academic librarianship
(C&RL News)• Is the paper likely to be one of the five most significant papers published in
the discipline this year? (Nature)• Are the claims appropriately discussed in the context of previous literature?
(Nature)
How to find peer-reviewed literature
• Library databases!• Ebsco Discovery Services (EDS)
Aerobics for the Mind• Let’s see what we can guess (or what we know) about a peer-
reviewed article and its parts.
Evaluating Everything You Find!• What to look at when evaluating information (the criteria used in this
class come from your textbook):• Accuracy• Authority• Currency• Objectivity• Scope or coverage
Information Ethics• APA citation styles• http://libguides.sdstate.edu/APAStyle
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