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COMM 101 - Effective Speaking - Cieri

This guide has been created to help with your research for Professor Cieri's class.

Why Not Just Google?

This brief YouTube video explains why it's important to consider using library databases in your research rather than just doing a Google search.

In-class Challenge

Background Resources

Credo Reference

Credo Reference

Articles from encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other reference sources from all subject areas. Includes images, audio pronunciation files, maps, and data tables.

Gale Ebooks

Gale Ebooks

Collection of encyclopedias, dictionaries and handbooks covering a variety of subject areas.

Oxford Reference Online

Oxford Reference Online

Articles from encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other reference sources from all subject areas. Includes quotations, maps, and illustrations.

General Article Databases

Academic Search Complete

Academic Search Complete

Articles from scholarly journals, magazines and newspapers covering every area of academic study and news.

ProQuest Central

ProQuest Central

Searches across all ProQuest databases. Articles from scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers covering every subject area and news topic.

Controversial Issues Databases

Opposing Viewpoints

Opposing Viewpoints

Topic overviews, contrasting viewpoints, articles, primary source documents, statistics, videos, and recommended websites.

CQ Researcher

CQ Researcher

Analytical reports on controversial issues from 1991 to the present. Includes background, chronology, tables and maps, and pro/con statements.

Specialized Databases

Hospitality and Tourism Index

Articles from journals, magazines, and newspapers with limited full text. Covers the culinary arts, food & beverage management, hospitality law, hotel management, leisure & business travel, and market trends.

Communication and Mass Media Complete

Articles from scholarly journals and magazines, book chapters, and conference proceedings. Covers communication and mass media and related fields of cultural studies, film studies, marketing and business.