SPC 1608 Southern New Hampshire University Research Process Discussion 200 WORD MINIMUM! This discussion is designed to provide more information about

SPC 1608 Southern New Hampshire University Research Process Discussion 200 WORD MINIMUM!

This discussion is designed to provide more information about the research process, to emphasize the importance of synthesizing information, and to help identify the difference between popular and scholarly information.

The Module 3 Unit B reading/video resources outlined the importance of an effective research process. The resources also outlined the requirements for Speech 2 Informative Speech:

Students must use academic resources.
Students must include four resources in the speech.

This Discussion is designed to provide you with more information about the research process. But, you will do the work. Please search online for articles related to the research process. Search for information such as:

What is a scholarly article?
Why is research important?
What is APA and MLA?
How do I know if the resource I found is a credible one?
…or any other research related questions you can derive.

For your initial post: 200 WORD MINIMUM!

1. Please copy/paste the weblink from an article you found to help answer the questions you pick.

2. Note the question or search term(s) you entered.

3. Synthesize what you learned from the article.

https://spcollege.libguides.com/c.php?g=994927 Citing Sources During Your Speech
Use one of these formats when you are talking, depending on the type of source you’re using, how you want to
emphasize the content, and who the author is:
1. The name of website (give author, title, etc. if necessary) reports… (note—do not cite the URL – address—of
the website. Do cite the name of the website and the title of the particular page you used. Make sure you indicate
that it is a website! Some websites include .com in the name of the company, such as)
Sample: I found a possible solution on the Florida Department of Education website. The “FCAT Results”
page says…
Sample: The American Institute for Preventive Medicine’s website Systematic Stress Management: The
Proven Way to Relax explains the five elements of its recommended stress management system…
2. According to author of source, credentials, (give fact, statistic, quote, etc.)
Sample: According to Allen Smith, author of “How Time Flies,” published in the Trade Journal last month…
3. Author of source, credentials, says, and I quote, “xxxxxxxxxxx”
Sample: Allen Smith, author of “How Time Flies,” in the Trade Journal last month, says, and I quote, “…”
4. “xxxxxxxxxxxx,” says source, credentials.
Sample: “xxxxxxxx,” says Allen Smith, author of “How Time Flies,” in the Trade Journal last month.
5. In a recent newspaper or magazine article, reporter or title of article reported…
Sample: A recent St. Petersburg Times article, “Fires Threaten Mountain Towns” reported …
6. I interviewed name of person, credentials tell when. He told me/stressed/explained …
Sample: I interviewed Patrolman Jon Lord of the Tarpon Springs Police Department. He explained to me
that…
7. In an interview with name of person, credentials, I found out …
Sample: In an interview with Patrolman Jon Lord of the Tarpon Springs Police Department, I found out …
8. In an email correspondence from name of person, credentials, …
Sample: In an email correspondence from Gov. Rick Scott, he wrote…
9. The name of specialized reference book defines/explains …
Sample: The Encyclopedia of Aging defines …
10. Name of expert(s), type of job/name of business, predicted/determined/found…
Sample: Jim Paxon, fire spokesman in Arizona, exclaimed, “‘It’s a situation that shouts, ‘Watch out!'”
11. A report issued by name of researchers and/or institute explains …
Sample: A report issued by the National Interagency Fire Center called the fire…
12. Data from the Census Bureau, etc. suggest/show/indicate …
13. According to researchers/experts in the field (give data, etc.)
14. Author writes that person quoted in source, credentials, believes …
Sample: Jones writes that Ann Landers, famous columnist, believes…
15. Name of source was quoted in the date, name of magazine/ newspaper as saying “xxxxxxx”
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Sample: Ann Landers was quoted in the June 23, 2015, St. Petersburg Times as saying, “xxx.”
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Evaluating and Using Sources in Verbal Messages
Why Do We Need to Use Academic Resources?
Motivating someone to believe you as a speaker can be difficult.
Selecting and using the most BELIEVABLE EVIDENCE is vital! Using academic resources helps us
accomplish this important step in the research process.
How do we find such resources?
Rather than using editorials or articles from, say, USA Today, we find more academic, research-based
evidence at SPC’s library, through JSTOR, and/or at online sources that end in .edu, .gov, and/or .org.
SO…If you want to use findings for serious research, you need to cultivate the habit of healthy
skepticism, of questioning everything you find with critical thinking.
Avoid the Popular – Choose Academic Instead
Popular sources like those listed below are not credible AND are prohibited for our public speaking
purposes!
Blogs
Personal websites of any nature
Interviews with friends and relatives
News shows, television shows, movies, novels
“pedia” sites, dictionaries, encyclopedias
We also try to select PRIMARY SOURCES!
We should always trace research findings BACK TO THE ORIGINAL SOURCE to check if they’re actually
correct.
Also, when we use such PRIMARY SOURCES, such evidence that is right from “the horse’s mouth” shows
our listeners we’ve done our homework, we’re informed, serious, and competent to speak on this topic.
Remember: On the internet, anybody can say anything.
The internet can be easy and helpful, but BE SELCTIVE (again)!
REMEMBER that putting documents or pages on the web is easy, cheap or free, unregulated, and
unmonitored (at least in the USA).
That means that you as reader/evaluator have the added burden of determining if the source should be
believed or not.
You don’t want to use a false claim, finding, or other information to support your verbal message only to find
out from a listener/audience member that the piece of information selected is not accurate.
Webpage evaluation suggestions come quoted from:
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html
If you use online sources, here are some more things to consider:
“The burden is on you – the reader – to establish the validity, authorship, timeliness, and integrity of what
you find.
Documents can easily be copied and falsified or copied with omissions and errors — intentional or
accidental.
In the general World Wide Web there are no editors (unlike most print publications) to proofread and “send
it back” or “reject it” until it meets the standards of a publishing house’s reputation.
Most pages found in general search engines for the web are self-published or published by businesses
small and large with motives to get you to buy something or believe a point of view.”
Activity
Review the reading at http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html
Then consider the “quiz” questions on your own and consider which responses are best (and, most
importantly, understand why).
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Get to know your sources: Things to consider if you want to choose reliable, credible sources of support
for your speeches (QUIZ yourself on these issues after reading the webpage provided above)
What are some things to consider when viewing a personal website?
True or false: Personal pages are always bad and should never be used for research.
Why are personal pages potentially bad?
How does it help to “truncate” the URL?
True or false: Factual or statistical information that are not dated are no better than anonymous information
and shouldn’t be used.
What are some ways to evaluate personal v. commercial web pages?
Why is it important to be alert to the “domain” of a webpage?
What are two things you should do when “evaluating the quality of a webpage’s information”?
True or false: If a URL of the document is not to the original sources, the material is likely illegally copied
and the text might be altered.
It’s possible to look up a title or publisher in a reputable directory. What does this mean, and what are two
sites you could use to do this?
The article mentions how important it is to evaluate the TONE and AGENDA of web pages you intend to
use for research. What does the author mean, and how can you go about doing this?
What Counts as Academic Resources?
Journals
Books
Interviews with acclaimed or noted professionals/experts
Online resources that are peer reviewed (like websites ending in .edu, .org, or .gov – though you still need
to question and evaluate these, of course!)
How to Get the Research in to Your Speech?
We use quotations, paraphrases, and summaries to…
Provide support for claims or add credibility to your writing
Refer to work that leads up to the work you are now doing
Give examples of several points of view on a subject
Call attention to a position that you wish to agree or disagree with
Highlight a particularly striking phrase, sentence, or passage by quoting the original
Distance yourself from the original by quoting it in order to cue readers that the words are not your own
Expand the breadth or depth of your writing
To Wrap Up: The research process requires all of the following to build a convincing, credible verbal
message:
Narrow your topic and main ideas around your audience analysis and related needs
Research, evaluate, and select SCHOLARLY/ACADEMIC research sources to show your listeners you are
selective indeed, and to vicariously show them you are serious about your topic and dedicated to related
truth and credibility factors
Integrate your research VERBALLY into the verbal presentation of your message
Document your research fully in MLA or APA format as part of your outline.
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