Speech 03 Resources

"Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your father which is in heaven." Matthew 5: 13 – 16

• Dictionary Exercise:

Use the following web sites to complete this exercise:

http://dictionary.reference.com/

http://www.merriam-webster.com/

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/

• Locating Sources:

Locate at least 4 books, web sites, or magazine/journal articles on your topic.

You are strongly encourages to get a San Antonio Public Library card. With this card, you are allowed home access to the library’s databases. Databases have indexes and full text articles from magazines and journals. The Library offers access to over 70 full-text databases. These databases are available 24 hours a day/seven days a week – all that is needed is a free San Antonio Public Library card. 

View a list of databases at http://www.sat.lib.tx.us/webcatalog/online_dbs.asp

 Instructions:

• Go to http://www.sanantonio.gov/library/ and click on Databases (located under Electronic Resources).
• Locate a title from the Subject category list or alphabetical list.
• Click on a database title.
• Enter your library card number (14 digits with no spaces) and click on Enter
• Enter your last name and click on Enter

Other online sources:

http://www.britannica.com/

http://encarta.msn.com/Default.aspx

http://findarticles.com/

http://www.doaj.org/

Evaluating a web site:

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html

NOTE: Wikipedia is not a valid source for any assignment.

• Sample Note Card

Not all note cards look exactly alike, but here are some common examples:

Each note card should record the following:

• Where you found the source (library call number, Web URL, special archive or depository location)
• A topic heading or keyword to indicate which part of your paper the note belongs to
• A full description of the source – author, title, publication information – so that you can later create a footnote or endnote and put the work in your bibliography
• Brief quotations of any material that you might want to use word for word in your paper
• A summary, in your own words, of the main points that relate to your theme (only a few points per card; all points on a card for the same part of your paper)
• A number in the corner of the card telling you the order in which you took your notes from a particular source