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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.

Lesson 1-Accessing the databases

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.

Lesson 2-Using topic selection resources

Using topic selection resources
This lesson shows how to access and use several databases for help in identifying possible speech or paper topics.

Lesson 3-Searching databases using key words and phrases

Searching databases using key words and phrases
This lesson demonstrates how to search databases effectively using key words and phrases.

Lesson 4-Searching databases using subject terms

Searching databases using subject terms
This lesson shows how to search databases using subject terms in addition to key words and phrases.

Lesson 5-Accessing newspaper databases

Accessing newspaper databases
This lesson shows how to access and use the newspaper database ProQuest Newsstream

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