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22 Cards in this Set
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In which you use words such as and, or, and not to control the subject matter.
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Boolean Searches
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Connect something already known or believed with ideas a speaker wishes to have understood or accepted.
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Comparisons
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Help clarify complex situations and processes by focusing on differences.
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Contrasts
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Used to seek information, but they have arranged the internet sites by topic.
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Directories
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Are real examples or are recitations of events that actually happened or of people, places, and things that actually exist.
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Factual Examples
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Are made up. Fictional.
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Hypothetical Examples
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An interview where the goal is to obtain answers to specific questions.
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Informational Interview
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Databases and other resources that are not indexed by commercial search engines and thus escape notice with generic searches.
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Invisible Web
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Size
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Magnitude
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Search engines that allow you to compensate for the limitations of individual search engines because they send your search request to a number of search engines simultaneously.
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Metasearch Engines
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The unacknowledged inclusion of someone else's words, ideas, or data as one's own.
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Plagiarism
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Eye witness and first hand accounts.
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Primary Sources
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A computer program that allows you to search multiple databases using specific words or phrases.
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Search Engine
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Accounts based on other sources of information.
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Secondary Sources
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Statistics that are used to isolate the parts of a problem or to show aspects of a problem caused by separate factors or parts.
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Segments
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Numbers that show relationships between or among phenomena.
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Statistics
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When you cite the opinions or conclusions of others.
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Testimony
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Indicators that tell us about the past, present, and future.
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Trends
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Usually non-profit, smaller than commercial search engines, and hosted by academic or scholarly organizations, they combine the advantages or technological speed with traditional library methods of organization and cataloging information.
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Virtual Libraries
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1. Comparisons and Contrasts
2. Examples 3. Statistics 4. Testimony |
Types of Supporting Materials
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1. Complex and abstract ideas benefit from the use of specific information
2.If your idea is controversial or members of your audience are hostile, use statistics and testimony. 3. Enhance your credibility as a speaker 4. Provide audience members with ammunition for later discussions 5. Examples create human interest, while statistics provide reasonable proof |
Functions of Supporting Materials
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1. Translate difficult to comprehend numbers into more understandable terms
2. Don't be afraid to round off complicated numbers 3. Use visual materials to clarify statistics whenever possible 4. Use statistics fairly |
4 Tips for Using Statistics as Support
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