You will have to make various types of speeches for these classes.
You will need facts, information and visuals to make the best presentation possible.
You will also need to cite your sources in MLA format.
Use the resources in this guide to help you.
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Articles in periodicals will provide the most up-to-date information on your topic.
To locate only articles, use Academic Search Premier or ProQuest Research Library for general topics.
For more specific topics, you may want to use a subject specific database.
Begin your search at the Library Homepage.
A subject search will help to narrow down broad or general topics. For example- American artists
Keyword is useful when you want to combine terms. For example- looting and art
From the search results page, use the format box on the left to narrow the list to books.
Use the library box to see what's available in our library.
You found a book or article that isn't in the BCC library and you really need it. Now what?
Use our Inter-Library Loan request form and have the the item delivered to you.
Fill out all the information you have to help us get the article or book for you as soon as possible.
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Helpful Web Tools
- Statista This link opens in a new windowContains statistical data on media, business, finance, politics, and a wide variety of other areas. Easy to download graphs and charts for powerpoint presentations.
- Reference Solutions This link opens in a new windowFind basic information on U.S. and Canadian businesses and residents.
Demographics refers to things about people that can be objectively counted and verified.
Some examples: race/ethnicity, age, gender, income.
Basic Demographics:
The US Census website www.census.gov is the best place for demographic information. There are many tools and ways to use the information on the Census website.
American Factfinder - A product of the US Census, American Factfinder provides Census data in user friendly format.
Demographics on expenditures
The Bureau of Labor Statistics website http://www.bls.gov/ is a great place for employment and economic information. There are many tools and ways to use the information on the website. A few of those tools are below:
Consumer Expenditure Survey - The Consumer Expenditure Survey (CE) provides information on the buying habits of American consumers, including data on their expenditures, income, and consumer unit (families and single consumers) characteristics.
American Time Use Survey - The American Time Use Survey (ATUS) measures the amount of time people spend doing various activities, such as paid work, childcare, volunteering, and socializing.
Psychographics look at groups of people based on their attitudes or beliefs. The analysis of a person's day to day pattern of living as expressed in that person's activities, interests, and opinions.
Use keywords about the group of people you want to learn more about:
- teen* and consumer behavior
- women and marketing and attitudes
Other keywords to try when searching psychographics: lifestyle, consumer research, consumer behavior, consumer attitudes
- ProQuest Research Library This link opens in a new windowGeneral database good for all subjects. Find newspaper, magazine and scholarly journal articles.
- Business Source Elite This link opens in a new windowJournal and magazine articles in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, accounting, finance and economics.
- ABI/Inform Global This link opens in a new window800 worldwide business periodicals for in-depth coverage of business and economic conditions, management techniques, theory, and practice of business, advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, taxation, computers, and more
Working on groups can be difficult when you have to coordinate schedules and share information.
There are many web based tools that can help and that can be used for free. Just a few are listed below.
- Adobe Sparkvideos, slide shows, presentations
- Google DriveShare documents, sync files
- PreziCreate a web based presentation.
- TrelloCreate boards and assign tasks, share comments, set deadlines