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CMST 101 Fundamentals of Speech Communication: Lessons on using the research databases

This guide links you to library resources such as the catalog, scholarly journals in print and electronic formats, and speech topic resources.

Part 1-Accessing the research databases

Part 1-Accessing the research databases
This lesson covers how to access the databases from the library's home page. This lesson is updated to reflect the recent changes to the university and library's websites.

Part 2-Topic selection resources

Part 2-Topic selection resources
This short video lesson (2:45 mins) shows you how to access several topic selection resources.

Part 3-Using subject/discipline specific databases

Part 3A-subject specific databases
This short video lesson (4:09 mins) shows how to effectively search on your topic using key words and how to narrow or focus your search.
Part 3B-subject databases
This short video lesson (3:09 mins) shows how to find articles and send them to yourself along with the citation in APA format.

Part 4-Using Nexus Uni (Newspaper database)

Part 4-using Nexus Uni
This short video lesson (3:09 mins) shows how to use the database Nexus Uni to find newspaper articles on your topic.

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