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Mastering Research Techniques for Stronger Presentations

Learn how to gather materials, support your ideas, and evaluate sources effectively for compelling presentations. Discover valuable tips for interviewing, conducting research, utilizing examples, statistics, and testimony to enhance your content. Enhance your skills in using the internet, library resources, and various databases to enrich your research. Improve your ability to cite internet sources and organize your notes systematically. Elevate your presentations with engaging supporting materials and professional delivery techniques.

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Mastering Research Techniques for Stronger Presentations

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  1. Lecture 3 Gathering Materials & Supporting Your Ideas

  2. Gathering Materials • Using your own knowledge and experience • Doing library research • Librarians, The catalogue, Periodical databases, General databases VS Special databases, Newspapers; Reference works; Encyclopedias; Yearbooks; Dictionaries; Quotation books; Biographical aids; Atlases and Gazetteers…

  3. Searching the Internet 1)Search engines: • 2) Meta-search engines: • 3) Virtual libraries: • 4) Keyword searches; • 5) Subject searches; • 6) Specialized Research Resources; • 7) Government Resources; • 8) Reference Resources; • 9) News Resources; 10) Multicultural Resources

  4. Evaluating Internet Documents • 1)Authorship • 2) Sponsorship • 3) Recency • Citing Internet Sources: (bibliography formats for APA and MLA)

  5. Interviewing • 1)Before the interview • a. Define the purpose of the interview • b. Decide whom to interview • c.Arrange the interview • d. Decide whether to record the interview • e. Prepare your questions

  6. 2)      During the interview: • a. Dress appropriately and be on time • b. Repeat the purpose of the interview • c. Set up the recorder, if you are using one • and try to ignore it • d. Keep the interview on track • e. Listen carefully • f. Don’t overstay your welcome

  7. After the interview • a. Review your notes as soon as possible • b. Transcribe your notes

  8. Tips for Doing Research • 1)Start early • 2)Make a preliminary bibliography • 3)Take notes effectively • 4)Take plenty of notes • 5)Record notes in a consistent format • 6)Make a separate entry for each note • 7) Distinguish among direct quotations, paraphrases • and your own ideas • 8) Use index cards if you write notes by hand; • 9) Think about your material as you research.

  9. Supporting your ideas: • make sure your supporting materials are: • accurate, • relevant • reliable

  10. Examples: a. Brief examples b. Extended examples c. Hypothetical examples

  11. Tips for using examples • a.  to clarify your ideas • b. to reinforce your ideas • c.  to personalize your ideas • d. make your examples vivid and richly textured; • e. practice delivery to enhance your extended examples

  12. Statistics • To create an overall impact on listeners • a.Are the statistics representative? • b. Are statistical measures used correctly? c. Are the statistics from a reliable source?

  13. Tips for using statistics • a. to quantify your ideas • b. use statistics sparingly • c. identify the sources of your statistics • d. explain your statistics • e. round off complicated statistics • f.use visual aids to clarify statistical trends

  14. Testimony • expert testimony • peer testimony • quote VS paraphrase • Quotations are most effective when they are brief, eloquent, witty or compelling.

  15. tips for using testimony: • a.quote or paraphrase accurately; • b.use testimony from qualified sources; • c. use testimony from unbiased sources; • d. identify the people you quote or paraphrase

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