Refer Orally to Your Sources
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Clearly identify the source of your information and provide enough context (including approximate date of publication) to accurately interpret it. For guidelines on orally citing your sources, see Chapter 11, “Citing Sources in Your Speech.”
Checklist: Evaluating Your Research Needs
Checklist: Evaluating Your Research Needs
Do you need . . .
Examples to illustrate, describe, or represent your ideas?
A story or an anecdote to drive your point home?
Firsthand findings, in the form of testimony, to illustrate your points or strengthen your argument?
Relevant facts, or documented occurrences, to substantiate your statements?
Statistics to demonstrate relationships?