Communication: COMM 1020 Public Speaking

COMM 1020: Principles of Public Speaking

Visual Representations of the Black
Panthers

KCUR.org. (2018, April 9). Former Kansas City Black
Panther leader admits mistakes, says violence still
an option.  Retrieved from: https://bit.ly/
2o0Dflt

Eater.com. (2016, February 16). The radical origins of free
breakfast for children. Retrieved from https://bit.ly/2DtNNQl 

Academic libraries are evidence-based and objective, but rhetoric, debate, discourse and opinion can all be presented in scholarly resources.  Regarding this library class guide, reach out to dale.larsen@utah.edu any time for help!

Trends, Ideas, Keywords
(Some of the resources below present multiple points-of-view in a journalist-prepared package; others you get to sift through trends on your own terms)

CQ Researcher (What is important to U.S. voters right now)

Polling the Nations (slow! -but good)
Roper iPoll (Comm Faculty Recommend!)
Gale Opposing Viewpoints 

Pew Research Center 
YouGov (polls search)

US Newsstream (most U.S. newspapers -including today)
Google Trends 

Scholarly/Academic Research
Sociological Abstracts
Social Science Premium Collection

Communication & Mass Media Complete

PsycINFO (psychology, but with many applications in social sciences)
Education Full Text & ERIC (education, family development)
Business Source Premier (business)
PAIS (public policy and analysis)

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (politics)
CINAHL (nursing -medical policy, procedure, intervention)

Library Catalog (everything -highly recommended)

Academic Search Ultimate (A big mash of many disciplines)

Advanced -sort by # of times cited
Scopus  
Web of Science 

Less Bias, more evidence, plz

2024 ELECTION SPECIAL
There seems to be a bit of opinion out there, but a distinct lack of agreement on evidence.  How can a student seek unbiased evidence, and how to use overt bias in your favor when examining the election?

How to use these resources (video)

CQ Researcher
Gale Opposing Viewpoints

Interactive Media Bias Chart

Keywords and Search Ideas

some samples of keyword searches to try (note: edit and choose your own!)

FOR THE INFORMATIVE HERE'S SOME SAMPLE KEYWORD "STRINGS" TO TRY (related terms, synonyms, names, etc.)

bees AND "hive mind"

"artificial intelligence" OR "machine learning" OR automation
AND
future
AND
humanity OR culture OR community OR society

"mario kart" OR nintendo OR wii OR "nintendo switch"
AND
culture OR community

NOTE: FOR THE PERSUASIVE ADD THESE KEYWORDS:
debate OR opinion OR rhetoric OR argument

Interlibrary Loan

How do I get full text for free?

Watch this mercifully short video on
Inter Library Loan
(and as always, e-mail dale.larsen@utah.edu for help)

Subject Guide

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