Public Speaking 101

Find Articles in Steely Databases
This tutorial offers step-by step instructions for locating articles in Steely databases, even if your article is not available in full-text.
Find Current Event Articles Using Steely Resources
This tutorial will discuss how to find a current event topic and how to use library resources to find information related to your chosen issue.
How to Find a Research Topic
This tutorial demonstrates how to find ideas for a research topic, how to formulate a research question, and how to identify keywords in your research question. 2:52 minutes.
Research 101-Evaluating (Your Search Strategy)
This tutorial gives some tips if you found too much information, too little information, or the wrong information in your search.
Research 101-Evaluating (Credibility)
This tutorial offers information regarding author and publisher credibility.
Research 101- Finding (Citations)
This tutorial explains what a citation is, and what it represents.
Research 101-Finding (Reading Citations)
This tutorial highlights the various elements that make up a citation for online and other resources in a variety of formats.
Research 101-Finding (Library Organizations: Sections)
This tutorial describes the differences in public, academic and school libraries. It also explains how they categorize materials.
Research 101-Topics (Basic Pointers)
This tutorial gives pointers on how to begin your research.
Research 101-Topics (Narrowing a Research Question)
This tutorial gives strategies on how to narrow the scope of a research question.
Research 101-The Basics (The Internet)
This tutorial helps you to understand how the Internet transmits a variety of file types including non-written multimedia.
Research 101-The Basics (Popular and Scholarly Communication)
This tutorial gives pointers on how to distinguish between scholarly and popular publications.
Research 101-Information Cycles (Sources Model)
This tutorial gives an overview of the components of the information cycle tutorial.
Research 101-Searching (Records and Fields)
This tutorial describes the structure of a database. Databases are comprised of records, and records are comprised of fields, which contain information.
Research 101-Searching (Field Searching)
This tutorial explains the difference between keyword searching and an advanced search based on specific fields such as author, title, or subject.
Researching for an Argumentative Paper or Speech
This tutorial is designed to introduce a beginning researcher to credible and reliable resources available in Steely Library. It will provide some tips for researching topics related to a persuasive assignment.
Choose a Research Topic & Establish a Research Plan
This tutorial helps you choose an appropriate subject and establish a research plan.
Evaluate Web Sources
This tutorial helps you to understand and evaluate different types of web sources.