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SPCH 1311 -- Informative Non-Verbal Speeches (Dr. Adkins)

The purpose of this research guide is to help students find information sources for their informative (non-verbal) speeches.

Keywords

What Is Your Research Topic?

Your first step is for your group to select a topic and then get approval for it from Dr. Adkins. Choose a culture an examine its non-verbal communication through kinesics, paralanguage, self-presentation, proxemics, as well as other cultural considerations that use non-verbal communication.

Once you have selected a topic and received approval for it from Dr. Adkins, you should generate keywords. Keywords are search terms that you use when searching for information about your topic. As an example, let's assume that our topics is the non-verbal communication of the Roma people. Our search terms could include:

  • Roma and non-verbal communication
  • Roma and kinesics
  • Roma and paralanguage
  • Roma and body language
  • Roma and eye contact
  • Roma and gestures

How to Search the Library's Discovery Tool

Most of the library's resources can be searched through this single search portal. This video shows you how to use it.

APA Documentation

This is our video that introduces APA documentation. I urge you to watch the entire video carefully before starting to write your paper or annotated bibliography. It is much easier to cite correctly as you go along, rather than try to fix your documentation after you have written your paper.

This is our complete APA guide, which goes into more detail about citing sources and formatting correctly.

It includes our sample paper. When you're writing a paper, you can model the formatting of your paper after this one.

If you are unsure how to set up the formatting in Microsoft Word so that it fits the requirements for APA formatting, you could instead download this blank Word document that has the formatting already set up for you.

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