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SPE 151 Introduction to Speech

This guide will help you locate, evaluate, and cite credible sources for your three speeches: Demonstration, Informative, and Persuasive.

SPE151 - Speeches

Knowing where to begin your research is often the hardest part! Use the steps of the research process to guide you, then use the tabs on this guide to learn more about how to find sources for your speeches.

1. Information need: Credible sources for your speeches.

2. Pre-research: Learn more about your topic, narrow it down, find keywords.

3. Research question: This will be the subject of your speech.

4. Search strategy: Where will you look for the information? 

5. Search: Start with the keywords you identified during the pre-research step.

6. Evaluate the information you find.

7. Cite: You have found credible sources to authoritatively present your speeches!