Sources & Research

LECTURE VIDEOS

CITING SOURCES VERBALLY

Excellent video with spliced video clips of student speakers successfully citing sources. Useful if you teach: Name of Publication and Date (cited verbally before the source). A super great video!

DECIPHERING THE CITATION FOR WHAT TO CITE VERBALLY

A video designed to help students learn how to verbally cite a source (name of publication & date) and gives them guidance for how to find that information within the full bibliographic citation.

CONTENT VIDEO

DETERMINING A SOURCE'S CREDIBILITY

Ways to help teach students what makes a source credible (date, source, bias).

WHY LIBRARY DATABASES Vs. USING THE INTERNET

Examine how library database sources are preferable to internet sources. A highly visual video that will show students how library databases provide more useful information for speeches.

Picking the right words to search the databases

Help students understand how to come up with topic search terms.

Using SEARCH TERMS IN THE LIBRARY DATABASES (BASIC)

Part 1 of 2 (but stands alone): A simple explanation of Boolean search terms- the language of library databases so that students know how to narrow down search results when research in the library databases.

Using SEARCH TERMS IN THE LIBRARY DATABASES (ADVANCED)

Part 2 of 2 (but stands alone): A video on selecting the right search terms to locate library database articles.

GREAT EXAMPLE OF BOOLEAN OPERATORS ("AND") BEING USED

A clever and fun short video explaining "how" Boolean search terms work using a fun student example to follow.

WORKS CITED: HOW TO FORMAT HANGING INDENTS

CREATING HANGING INDENTS for A works cited IN Microsoft Word

Students can use this video to easily create hanging indents for their Works Cited page when using Microsoft Word.

CREATING HANGING INDENTS for a works cited IN GOOGLE DOCS

Students can use this video to easily create hanging indents for their Works Cited page when using Google Slides.