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Finals
Chapter 5
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Communication
Undergraduate 2
05/11/2015

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research inventory
Definition
list of the types of information you have for your speech and the types you want to find
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information overload
Definition
when we take in more information than we can process but realize there still is more information we are expected to know
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Boolean operators
Definition
words you can use to create specific phrases that broaden or narrow your search on the internet
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database
Definition
collections of information stored electronically so they are easy to find and retrieve
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bibliographic database
Definition
database that indexes publishing data for books, periodical articles, government reports, statistics, patents, research reports, conference proceedings, and dissertations
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full-text database
Definition
database that indexes the complete text of newspapers, periodicals, encyclopedias, research reports, court cases, books, and the like
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abstract
Definition
summary of the text in an article or publication
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index
Definition
alphabetical listing of the topics discussed in a specific publication, along with the corresponding year, volume, and page numbers
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interview
Definition
planned interaction with another person that is organized around inquiry and response, with one person asking questions and the other person answers them
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probe
Definition
question that fills out or follows up an answer to a previous question
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plagerism
Definition
presenting another person's words and ideas as our own
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patchwork plagerism
Definition
constructing a complete speech that you present as your own from portions of several different sources
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global plagerism
Definition
stealing an entire speech from a single source and presenting it as your own
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incremental plagerism
Definition
presenting select portions from a single speech as your own
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preliminary bibliography
Definition
list of all the potential sources you'll use as you prepare your speech
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